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Excellent Work, Hats off to you. Curtis

Hey Clutch, On the AP kit there are visible indented guide lines that your knife will sit in and just score slowly and make sure you have enough lite at you work station. Some of the guide lines on some pieces are not that visible so what I did was take a crayon and drew the line while I used some reference pics and then just follow the line with your exacto. Again take your time and do it SLLOOOWWLLYY. Curtis

Hey Wyatt, I would like to order one if you have decided if you are going to make them. Could you please PM, Thanks, Curtis

Hey Troops, I've finished pre-trimming almost all the parts, it took about two weeks a couple of hours a night. I still have to do some sanding on the edges but I am very happy to have trimmed it without any mishaps. But today I just couldn't wait I had to put something together! So I decided to put my forearms together. My friend Scott came over to assist me, and we watched mt friend Dave's You Tube videos on putting together the forearms. http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=glastondebury I used the same method as Dave, Plastic weld the front seam and Indust. velcro the inside(close to body). Everyone that is putting together a new set of armour should watch Dave's videos. It's such a great thing that Dave did to help newcomers. After putting the forearms together I was able to fit my hand through the forearm with no problem and with my glove on, so I will probably plastic weld the inside seam too. I plan to completely plastic weld the bicepts and the thighs also, but I will use Dave's videos for the shins/calfs. Here are the pics for todays project. My cat Josie was getting Pissed cause I haven't been paying enough attention to her since I've been doing this project so I wanted to include her in this and give her Kudos for being as supportive as a cat could be. Till next time, Curtis

Thanks Mark, I'm not even that skilled with an xacto, so if I could do it than I'm sure alot of guys thinking about getting this armor but are just not sure about trimming, worry no more. The hardest thing is being patient cause I'm sitting here with a full set of Stormtrooper armor that I've wanted for years and I cant wear it yet. AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH! So the key is patience and it will pay off. I cant wait to finish it and to receive one of your belts than my armor should look awesome. Curtis

Thanks, Chef, Thanks for giving me the heads up about putting pics on the forum. I should be done pre-trimming before the weekend is over. Curtis

Hey Troops, I've been trimming my AP kit and I wanted to share my progress and info to anyone thinking of picking up this kit. For pre-trimming I used an Xacto knife to score the guide line and then I just bent it till it snapped off. At first I was kinda scared to attempt it but after the first piece (right calf) I realized how clean of a break it made. I only have a few more pieces to trim and then I can sand and clean up. I realized after trimming most of the pieces and test fitting a few (shins,thighs & arms) that if I were any bigger or smaller the kit would need other alterations. this armor was really made for someone 5'10 - 5'11 and 150 - 160 lbs. I'm 5'11 160 lbs. so I shouldn't have any problems at all. Here are some pics of my progress.

Hey Dave, Looks great, are you still smiling? Good now that your almost done you can come help me! LOL Awesome feeling I bet. Hope to see the rest of your videos on You Tube soon. Curtis (TK-4261)

Then I'm Interested in getting one for my AP helmet and I would be able to send you my Hovi-Mix tips. Thanks, Curtis (TK-4261)

Could you make one to fit an AP ANH helmet? If so I would be very interested. Thanks, Curtis