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Hello fellow troopers! Some try to paint match with brush and clear coat, some try RAL 9010 spray paint, some paint match and airbrush, some use ABS paste and sand. I have an RS Prop Masters kit that I'm currently trying to paint over a filled and sanded shim seam. I tried RAL 9010 spray paint, but it was too white (I put on many small coats because in the beginning of painting I got small droplets here and there and it just became too thick). I then sanded of everything and started with paint matching and found that Humbrol Enamel Satin 130 worked pretty nice (it will most definitely work and match on your rivets and screws) - and plan to sand it down a bit and maybe put a clear coat on it and then polish up with a little bit of scratch remover or something of that nature. I have 4 small pieces that I have cut off of my Hero belt and Stunt belt, but I doubt those 4 little pieces (2-3mm wide and belt height high) will be enough to create ABS paste. Talking paints then I have heard of people using RAL 9010 spray paint with success, especially for FOTKs it is a great match, but the RS Prop Masters kit is more creamy in its color than that. What colors have you had success with? Please share below as I am dire to hear about your success(es)!

Hellu! TK-23592 requesting the thing!

Hello everyone! I am Jonatan Östling from Sweden and I just got approved! A dream has come true! I cannot wait to connect more with the people in the Swedish Garrison and go out on troops, and taking my kit through the higher levels of approval (so you'll see me in the EIB and Centurion request threads)! I was so excited that I spend a few hours at work to create this fun little signature with Obi-Wan in the background! Enjoy!

@Deployment Officer Team Hello! Does this angle on the counter and the number of coils look passable for centurion?

I cut the left side (as you wear) now! Looks good! And the right side (as you wear) actually turned out pretty good. At least passable I think!

Yeah nice, the left side seems ok to cut as you say! I'm thinking of maybe trying that cut you suggest here on the right side (as you wear) just to see how it looks, I could sneakily trim the bottom of the belt a little bit along with doing a small cut on the edge, just to get it small enough so that it can pass!

@gmrhodes13 Thanks! Here is the completed E11 then!

Ok this should do it!

I adjusted it now, how does it look?

As for the E11, I have moved down the angle on the counter now a bit. How does this look? It is a little more on a down angle than the straight rail, as you can see in image 2. Also, as for the wires, I got told to remove some coils, how much do you reckon I remove?

I adjusted the thermal detonator so now I should cover the "little" in "little to no" right?

Awesome! Thanks! I have some additional concerns about my Hero belt, they cut this even closer to the cloth belt compared to my Stunt belt, look at this... It looks like I can't do much here, what do you think?

This is the other one

First cut here, before touching up, looks good?

I have made two lines, the outer most line is where the belt meets the angle, but the inner most line is the little straighter edge, where should I cut here? Here on the left side (as you wear it) I have done a compromise between straight and meeting the edges of the belt! Is this line OK to cut? I'm looking for level 3 certification quality so if there are any issues just let me know!

Here is an update on my Thermal Detonator Edit: Finished them up a bit more

My shims are just one plate sticking out from behind the kidney plate. Am I allowed to add paste on top of the seam and sanding it down or must I have a plate in the back used for gluing and butt up the shim along the edge of the kidney plate? In this case it seems like an impossible task since they (RS) have welded the shims under the kidney plate and I'd have to remove way too much of it to get rid of the existing shim

Ah so the 45 degree angles don't have a requirement for how large they need to be, simply just matching the belt? Interesting! I was thinking about what you wrote about seamless on the sides, how would I achieve that? There is a shim attached to the kidney plate on each side, but is that the seam that would have to be hidden?

@gmrhodes13 I am at a loss on what to do with the belt, I'm thinking of removing stitches along the top and bottom of the cloth belt and cut it down so it matches the inner most 45 degree angles, but then I worry about the rivets that's on the ammo belt, I'm thinking if there is a way of fixing this without removing any rivets?

@gmrhodes13 Thank you for your review! Quick question about the gap on the sides, the gap isn't larger than 12.5mm on the left side, is it still a problem? And how is the right side for higher approvals?

@TKSpartan @gmrhodes13 Could you check if it's good now?

Got it thanks!

@gmrhodes13 Hmm ok I'll try, all images are showing for me both on PC and on my phone. Are you using the app or the browser? I'm using Chrome browser atm

Hello and welcome to this messy thread! Enjoy scrolling? Awesome, here you'll do a lot of it! 1. Jonatan Östling2. Swedish Garrison - Stockholm3. RS Prop Masters - Full Commission Build11. 182cm12. 100kg13. ANH Stunt (and ANH Hero suited up pics coming soon, got too sweaty)