troopermaster

Best to place a rivet roughly 10mm in from each end of your belt and one in the middle, then add the rivet covers. Placement for the snaps is roughly behind the last box section on your ammo belt. I would use some small machine screws or split pins to temporarily attach the ammo belt to your canvas belt then mark up where the snaps should go. It's better to get the snaps fitted before the ammo belt is riveted in place as it could be tricky getting them attached properly.

Yes, that's correct. They are the exact same thing though

They are the same, just pulled in thicker plastic and maybe over trimmed a bit at the wrists. I'd make your moulds sharp and only use the originals as reference. Those photos will help you get the sizes right.

Those are photos of TE2 ESB hand plates I was sent as reference for my sculpts. These were cast from a real ESB MKII suit that came from Cameron Oakleys original suit.

These might help you out- ----------

This is the suit with the flower shaped rivets-

Looking good, John! But, the originals are not exact mirror images of each other and you could try blending in the strips so they don't have a hard edge. You can see the hand plates taper up to the top strips rather than being rounded and have the strip on top. They are not shaped how you would expect them to be.

Just an FYI - the rivets do not go on the cod section as in the photos above and should be kept on the abdomen only. If you are going to the trouble of having the rivets then I think you should put them in the right place

There are a few that look close, but I found the Warn Grey to be the best. The colour is a lot darker in real life than what is shown on the reference chart.

I was using Plastikote Grey Beige Super Satin for HDPE base coats on my helmets. It was a good colour but they no longer produce Plastikote products (they went bust apparently). I am looking around for another option now. I was shown this paint to use from Stuka, but haven't tried it yet: ----- I'm not sure what he said the best colour was though?

Have you looked on EBAY

No rivets or screws on the original ANH armour....just glue.

I've got some scrap pieces of 1mm ABS that you can have. PM me your details

I thought so

I don't think airsoft was around in those days Karin. MGC's are cap firing, shell ejecting, full scale metal replicas - MGC E-11 I used to have an MGC M4A1

I always use E6000 to glue the lenses in. There is no heat involved to do any damage. Only down side is the dry time, but it's worth the wait

Here you go: NECK SEAL

If your armour is identicle, you have a TM.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Drill out the rivet and insert a new one, making sure you are using the washers inside the helmet to make the joint secure. A bit of superglue will sort out the crack, but it really won't affect anything as the crack won't go past the rivet hole.

Top notch job Rich. The whole suit looks fantastic!

Great job Daniel! You've obviously put a great deal of effort into this build and it shows. Well done

Your right. I got many people to help me with measurements from their replica suits. I also got photos from them too. I still have the emails from around 2004 from all the guys who helped me out (some are from original armour too). I got the idea about making trooper armour from studiocreations. Since trooper armour was something I had wanted since 1977, I thought I can do a better sculpting job of what was on the website, so I decided to give it a go. It's been a long road and I am far from coming to the end of it. In fact, the best stuff is just around the corner

All photos I had are gone now unfortunately. They were all on my yahoo site but I never got around to making a new site when they changed to whatever it is now. If anyone saved them, feel free to share. I often hear things like "these must have been photographed during the sculpting stage" but that is not the case. I used to do my sculpting in my Grandmothers attic which I turned into a studio, and didn't get much time to work on my project back then, so I didn't bother with photos. I had only just started with the internt back then too and never even knew about forums like this, so I didn't know I 'had' to take photos to show anyone. It was my hobby and my project. I used to show off whatever I made on the RPB years ago and it has just escalated ever since. I did take some photos along the way. They are out there....somewhere.

Cut away all of the return edge at the wrist area first, then tape the forearms together and see how they fit. 20mm is a bit wide for the arms. But, if that what you need, then so be it.

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