Irishtrooper

The webbing/elastic for the drop boxes will only need to be changed to white if your going for EIB, same goes for holster - it will be fine the way you have it for clearance with your local garrison. I would recommend doing it though as it looks a lot better

Ok after switching and trimming the armour for a while it was back to the lid and piecing it together. The first thing to do was to attach the faceplate to the back and cap section. If you can get someone to help you hold it during the drilling and positioning then it would make it a lot easier. There are 2 methods for doing this 1, clamps through the eye holes which hold both sides in place for drilling or 2, using tape to hold it all together. I used the tape method as i couldn't find clamps that would fit. To see the clamp method you should watch Mike's videos. The most important thing here is to have the positioning as identical on both sides as possible. I lined up the start of the traps with the top of the eye, taped it up inside and outside, once i was happy i drilled a hole completely through. Once this was done i then threaded through the bolt with the nut and washer on the inside of the lid. This helped hold it better for drilling the other side. So once all this was done it looked like this. Front: It is sitting out a bit slightly but this will all get taken care off once the ears go on. Left handside: Right handside: Now it is time for attaching the ears. I will mention that these can be the hardest bit of putting any lid together and very daunting to a new builder. When it comes to trimming these be extremely careful, little is better leave about 2-3mm from guideline! Trim a little then fit against lid,keep doing this if necessary until you are happy with the fit then its time to attach them to the lid. What i did with the ears was to drill the guide holes for the screws, then placed them beside the lid where i wanted to go and the drilled lightly through to only score the lid. I then marked the scores with a pencil, then placed the ear up again looking through the holes to ensure it was still the position i wanted and that it had not slipped during drilling. Once i was happy it had not moved i drilled the pencil marks right through. Note i did not drill the bottom ear holes, this was done only after i attached the ears by the top to screws for my ANH Stunt. Showing the 2 screws in ear going through layers of HIPS connecting it to the lid: With the 2 screws going in these gaps will disappear or become very small: Now the top 2 screws have been put in on both sides and tightened with the washer and bolt on the inside, i held the bottom parts together and carefully drilled right through and then added the screws. This is how it all looks now. Front: Left handside: Right handside: The inside shot here shows where the screws/nuts and washers are. The where quite long as can be seen in the pic but i have now used a pair of pliers and cut them shorter and will put some hot glue over then so as i don't end up cutting my head on them. With this done i then added the brow and neck trims. The brow trim was a little longer than required so i carefully trimmed the end a little bit by little bit until it fitted perfectly. So it now looks like this: Front: Left handside: Righ handside: Next up will be spray painting the lid and then adding the decals. Then putting in the lenses and hovis.

Very nice work there Eric, that looks awesome

Ashley the MRCE is a nice helmet i use one at the moment and it does need a bit of modding. If you contact Dazb on the UKG forum he can direct you to his link for the modding or you can search the thread here.

Looking good there Aaron

Guess its what we can do with our armour once it gets retired...i'm sure my goldfish will love it.

Thants how i pack my fx lol

Plus his thighs look to be on sideways?

Jim all thats been said above is the best advice you could ever need bud. Contact your local garrison for advice and also research like crazy here, everything you will ever need is at the touch of a button all you got to do is look for it Oh and welcome ;P

Was wondering where i has seen that before and realised UKG have a thread filled with old pics like that one. Good find D, been a while since i seen that one

Alex as Eric said research everything before making a decision on which armour to buy, trust me you will be glad you did. Dont just jump on the 1st set you see, especially if its from fleabay!

Joe that is one sweet looking bucket, looking forward to seeing you build this beauty.

Nathan looking really good bro keep it up!

Armour looks great m8, get the things sorted that Mark said and you should be fine

D that is one awesome lookin kit you got there man! Enjoy building bud!!!

As does the UK Garrison - Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales

Trimming armour and then a taxi service for the wife and her drunken pals...

Steve, as Dmain said check out the charter bro it will give you all the ins and outs of starting an outpost or garrison with all the requirements you need to form it.

Hi Miranda just read this all again, i have an MRCE lid and i have 2 40mm fans in it with 2 4AA batts both sides and my mike plus a ton of thick foam in there too. I'll try and take a photo if u want?

I cant even remember the holiday special although i have seen it and have a copy in the house. looks like my mind is trying to save me from a fate worse than death...

Looking good there John, should be an easy pass bud!

Smitty, Take it easy bro, we will all still b here when u get back

Its 4 humps both sides, the pic has quite a bright light on it so that it looks like 3. Thanks for the comments so far

G thats a very sweet set up and how the hell did u get it all in an AP???

Not a problem easily done