Dan’s ESB Build-Anovos

[DocDan[TK]]

Hi team!

 

Well, I kind of fell into this helping another in our garrison finish his ANH kit. He had originally purchased this one then found another that was built a bit to a taller frame…so this one was just laying around. I had been tinkering with an OT kit and thought ESB would be different plus I was always drawn to that film 🤫

Most everything seems to be trimmed and the MTK bucket is put together(that needs some touch up to the teeth and vocoder black paint areas. It also needs the ear boxes outlined  in black. Please let me know if you see something out of the ordinary.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 22 by DocDan

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Very nice, helmet may need some updating, ESB used different tube stripe and cheek traps decals

 

References

 

Here are some of the differences between the OT versions

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tEVteIreh6AHMogW010cuH_Bf8TBfU6/view

 

Good luck with the build

[DocDan[TK]]

Thanks Glen! 
I see they have these decals on Trooper Bay. I’m assuming these are the ones?

 

 

Edited September 22 by DocDan

[DocDan[TK]]

I worked on the TD yesterday. I made sure the overall length is 7.25” and the screw heads were painted black. I have not glued the top plate on yet but if it looks good as it is, I will do so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

4 hours ago, DocDan said:

Thanks Glen! 
I see they have these decals on Trooper Bay. I’m assuming these are the ones?

 

 

That will be them

 

With your TD screws for L2 and above they should be slotted not Phillips 

For Level 2:

1.  Clips shall be attached with slotted type flat or dome-head screws, and be black (two per clip).   V-head or Philips screws are not permitted.

 

Nice work on the spacing  

[DocDan[TK]]

50 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said:

That will be them

 

With your TD screws for L2 and above they should be slotted not Phillips 

For Level 2:

1.  Clips shall be attached with slotted type flat or dome-head screws, and be black (two per clip).   V-head or Philips screws are not permitted.

 

Nice work on the spacing  

Thanks for pointing that out! Easy fix for me as I have some slotted screws hanging around. I will go ahead and glue the top abs part to the tube as well.

[DocDan[TK]]

Replaced the TD screws. 🫡

 

[DocDan[TK]]

Starting to mark the return edges for fine trimming. Let me know if these lines look correct please?

 

Forearms

 

Bicep

 

 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Really depends on your arms and the fit, you can remove all of the return edge or leave some to fill the space if needed. Front to the forearms you remove ALL the return edge.

 

 

For Level 3, no return edge on the inside of the front of the forearm is allowed.   Return edge must be completely removed, especially in the "hump" area as seen in the reference images below.

 

 

 

 

 

Great thread here on return edges

 

[JBar[TK]]

People may disagree here but outside the forearm wrist areas I personally tried to keep around 1/8" or so of a return edge around most of the armor. I find it gives a nice "fullness" effect. While it's not wrong to remove more return edge each movie TK was different and there are definitely examples of TKs with more return edges. Here's how much I had as you can see on the forearm on the left side