troopermaster

100% AP!

Are you sure about that?

Your persistance with this plastic has definitely paid off. These are no doubt the best replicas ever made and I don't think anyone could make a better helmet. They look fantastic! Great work guys

You have everything is the correct position except for the outer forearm pieces need swapping over. The parts I gave to RS to cast are the knee plate, ab buttons (both parts), hand plates and shoulder straps - nothing else. The knee ammo strap is their own making and not cast from the original suit. Same goes for their belt and drop boxes I believe since they are too sharp looking to be cast from the real deal.

Just so you know, the ESB MKII is a competely different suit compared to your RS. You would be better off with a CFO if you want to try and replicate an ESB MKII since it was cast from one originally. I would stick with going ANH or ESB MKI. Good job with the helmet build BTW

I have one of those scopes and I will be using it on my real Sterling until I can find a more accurate one

Is the RT really any bigger than your TM? Looking at your photos I think your massive FX chest piece might be making the gap between your chest and helmet look smaller. Have you worn your RT helmet with TM armour to see if the gap is less or are you just going by how your TM looks on you and comparing it to your FX/RT combo?

Me too! The state of that box is disgusting. It saddens me to see a kit arrive in a box in such a bad condition especially when it is clearly marked FRAGILE! I am pleased everything is in perfect condition though and look forward to seeing your progress with the build. Good luck

Most (if not all) sub machine guns and assault rifles are right handed. The ejection ports are on the right hand side of the reciever and ejects spent shell away from the shooters face.

Nice photos Steve Good to see our cadets in training at such a young age

Work on these sculpts has been slow going again, but I have made some progress. Things are really starting to take shape and I am looking forward to pulling a test suit soon. Here is how everything is looking so far.

Just remember that the suit is a tour suit and not an original ROTJ, so don't go sticking velcro in your ROTJ replica armour

You're wrong. The middle helmet is actually an ESB MKII which is different from regular ESB helmets made from khaki PP. These are made from ABS and are similar to the ROTJ, but these were made specially for ESB and only one helmet was seen on screen. The way you have listed them should be the other way around - second helmet is an ROTJ and the third is an ESB

Now it's too low! Just kidding mate Looks much better to me.

These are really awesome photos. Thank you for sharing them here That ANH helmet is incredible. The top is an ANH, middle is an ESB and bottom is an ROTJ. What makes you think they listed them wrong?

That goes for everything in Star Wars. Make things too nice and you take away that screen used look. Whenever you over-think a prop, 9 times out of 10 you end up with an idealised version, and that just isn't my cup of tea Carry on

Click on these links to see the larger photos. You can see the rear sights are missing and the scope rails are low. http://www.originalprop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/stormtrooper-e-11-blaster-missing-hengstler-box-cylinders-hd.jpg http://www.originalprop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/princess-leia-stormtroopers-high-definition-star-wars.jpg

Look at the trooper on the right. His rail looks very low and the rear sight seems to be missing completely.

The lower the better for me. Having it lower would get that curve you see on the screen used blasters that is created by the scope mounting bolts.

But the one above (on the right) has the rail bent and fixed to the back of the receiver and not into the rear sight. There seems to be at least two different ways to attach these as far as I can see.

Looking at this blaster it looks like the rail is very low and is being pushed upwards by the scope bolts like on Luke's blaster. I really don't know if they were all like that or not, but I will be doing mine this way.

It looks like your scope rail sits too high compared to Luke's blaster. I am no expert on these but I think the rail should be as low as possible. It looks as though the gap under the rail is caused by the scope mounting bolts and not the bend at the front of the rail?

Good job on the mag. Well done I'll be watching this thread with interest. I need to start work my real Sterling blaster so this will be a good thread to follow