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Doggydoc

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  1. One thing that I am noticing in the photo of your belt is that the canvas belt appears to not be lining up with the 45 degree cut outs on the corners of the ABS belt. It could just be a perspective issue on the photo if the canvas belt has dropped away from the ABS one. If you are aiming for Centurion, then you may need to trim the corners a bit as shown below. L3 CRL: "The corners of the plastic ammo belt shall be trimmed at a 45 degree angle that that meets the outer edge of the cloth belt." Reference photo
  2. They should be cut down to sit almost flush on the belt Original screen used belt (from gallery):
  3. Congratulations Chris - looking forward to this year and what will come.
  4. Here is a photo to explain what I am talking about with adjusting the clip. You essentially are just unrolling the thermal detonator on the clip slightly. Let me know if this doesn't make sense.
  5. Hi Tim, I will be the Deployment Officer overseeing your application. Your application looks great and you have an amazing set of armour. Before we go ahead with the approval however, I just need a couple of things from you. 1. Could you please send another photo of the right side of the helmet? The one you have does not clearly show all 3 screws as the bottom screw is not visible. You just need to grab the photo at a slightly lower angle. There are a couple of minor fixes that we will need you to do as well before we can move ahead with the approval. With respect to the thermal detonator, Your control panel is sitting a bit too high and the round disk is pointing upwards. The CRL for the control panel is as follows: Basic CRL: The white control panel raised ribbed pad faces the rear, with the controls/round washer style detail closest to the right end cap. This is a fairly simple fix. All you need to do to correct this is open up the clip a bit to allow the thermal detonator to roll down a bit. Reference Images The second fix we will need on the thermal detonator is with respect to the placement of the clips. They should be up against the white end caps. You will just need to move them over slightly. If the black paint on the screws gets chipped off while doing this, its a simple touch up with a dab of paint. L2 CRL: Thermal detonator belt clips are positioned with little to no gap between the clips and the end caps. Reference Images
  6. Hello Leia. Welcome to the FISD. Looking forward to following your journey
  7. If you look at the reference photos, they look like they are okay. As they go all the way to the top on one photo, but are a bit shorter like yours in the other. Personally, I like the look better with the gap covered. Remember though that the top of the cover strip will be hidden under the shoulder bell.
  8. One recommendation I would give you when ordering that I did and it was a life saver is to ask for an extra set of ear pieces and some extra cover strip material. I messed up my first ear trying to countersink the screw and went right through.
  9. Hello Connor, welcome to the most fun and exciting hobby you will ever know. Imagine putting on your completed helmet for the first time, looking in the mirror and smiling from ear to ear, then grabbing your blaster and running through the house yelling pew pew pew. Great choice starting with the storm trooper. I also did my TK first and then did a death trooper. The death trooper was definitely a tougher and more technical build. Here at FISD, you have a great team of people that will help you to succeed. Never be shy to ask questions even if they seem silly. We all want you to succeed and look your best trooping for the 501st.
  10. You are correct. They did make some interface changes last week and it does make you go through a few extra steps. I was in the middle of uploading a bunch of photos over a few days and they changed it midway through that. I was very confused for a second.
  11. Hi Jim. Welcome to the FISD. I also have an AP kit. mark is great and the kit holds up really well. As others have said, we are here to help and never be afraid to ask any questions no matter how small. It is better to do it right, than to make a mistake and need to order a new part. ‘Looking forward to following your build.
  12. Most of the blasters have a solid bolt that separates the inside of the blaster from the spring area. As Chemi mentioned, putting some black foam in there would help hold the spring in the back section or just securing the spring to the back cap should work. Not sure how close you are to me geographically. I am in Cambridge. If you are not too far, maybe we could meet up sometime and I can help you.
  13. Hey Matt. I can’t tell from the photo, but it looks like the spring goes into the sliding bolt. Not sure if this is the case or not. The spring should sit between the bolt and the back cap and should be a bit compressed so it doesn’t move. Are you going to Toronto Comicon next month. I will be there all 3 days and would be happy to look at anything you need me to in person.
  14. Hi Kevin. Great work on lining up those screws with the back of the trap angle. I think you are still okay. Your ears are not too thin at this point and if you look at the screen used helmets, they often did not fight tight to the helmet. If you look where the ears are sitting on the helmet, this is the area that holds the other parts off of the helmet, so careful incremental sanding may bring them in a bit tighter. The helmet seam showing in the gap does affect the look some. Not sure if you have some room to trim it back a bit to hide it. Different helmet manufacturers will all have slightly different layouts to the alignment. Here are some screen used references.
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