TD4128

Hey Welcome to M.E.P.D Dave

That is absolutly amazing work,

Nice pics, Iain mate! Looks like you guys had a great day! keep on trooping

Welcome to the sandpit Scott

Bouncy blast Blaster cast

I think you can safely say that pack is finished!

Hey Justin! Looking good, one bit of advice would be to cut down the polish lids on the mortar tube to about an inch and a half (sorry forgot to put that on the tutorial). As for posting up pics, if you put at the end of each link, they should show up

Looking good as others have said, the blue looks a little dark, the colour you want is, Humbrol sea blue #47 good luck with the clearence

Nice pictures mate,

Nice job! thats one sweet T-21 you've got

Yeah I orderd some decals off him awhile ago, best thing to do is send him a seperate email, telling him what you have purchased, and what you TK/TD number is.

Mate you certanly have been busy, keep up the good work!

Now that is a cool picture, hope you guys had a great troop!!

Good work guys

Nice one Ray, looks like you guys had a good day

Some great pics there Angelo! it was a pleasure trooping with you mate, Also give my thanks to Sharon, she did a fantastic job looking out for us! GOLD SQUAD ROCKS

Bought both of these colours when I did my backpack, # 48 is slighly to dark in my opinion, So I would definetly go with #47 sea blue,

Here you go! I used them on my backpack!

Sounds like you guys had a great day

Leigh Lewis UK Garrison, requesting 501st access! TK / TD - 4128

Heres the rough tutorial, I've also added a few more things to the shopping list. I hope it makes sense, but if anyone has any questions, just drop me a PM and I'll try and answer it as best I can : Frame Build White 1" overflow pipe two lenghs & 6 x 90 degree connectors------B&Q / plumb center Rest of Pack Old style bike pump------ wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... kepump.jpg 4 x small cat litter trays------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... ertray.jpg 2 x value baby wipe bottles------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... ottles.jpg 2 x baby bowls------tesco: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... bybowl.jpg 9" toilet cistern------B&Q / Do it all: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... yphon1.jpg Master plunger------B&Q: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... lunger.jpg Fridge jug------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... dgejug.jpg polish tin lids, or anything simmular 2 1/4" diamater------any supermarket 1 x square marley adaptor------B&Q http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... hments.jpg 2 x square marley adaptors with screw brackets------B&Q Flexable pipe------B&Q Medium jubilee clip------B&Q 6 x metal carpet grips------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... tgrips.jpg 3mm rivets,long and short plus washers ( lots of )------B&Q Vintage tuppaware lid------Ebay: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... juglid.jpg Radio facia------John Danter 2 x toggle switches------Maplins: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... itches.jpg Value rubber sealent------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... ealant.jpg 2 x papier mache craft boxes (one tissue box & one plain box)-----hobbycraft: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... 10inch.jpg (Tissue box: 4" wide x 9 1/2 " high x 3" deep, Plain box: 6 1/2 " wide x 9 1/4" high x 3 1/4" deep) Black insulation tape------B&Q Black 2 1/4" diameter downpipe, of which 1 x 29" length is required Approx. 3m of black 1" webbing 2 x Small quick release clips(for 1" webbing) Nuts and bolts Detonator Plate (spare from TK armour or John Danter) 2 x Black cable ties No47 Humbrol Sea Blue paint Primer Matt Black Spray Paint PVA Glue Ok thats the list so far, pictures of the items to follow. (1) The starting point of the backpack is the frame, I made mine following this tutorial by Marcus Simon: http://www.thedirtytrooper.com/My_Field_Pack.htm (2) Once the frame is done, take the carpet grips, and cut 4 x 15" lengths, these will be for supporting your main boxes! (Keep any off cuts). Once cut attach them to the frame using 3mm 1,1/2" bolts, now prime and spray the frame matt black. (3) Now the carpet grips are on, we can attach the backpack straps. For this you will need the 1" webbing, use two, 2 foot lengths of webbing and attach them to the top grip, do this by folding the webbing over the grip by 3" ,and then rivet together (2 x 3mm short head rivets and 4 x washers) ,do this for both the top straps! For the bottom straps you will need two, 1 foot lengths of webbing, and attach them to the bottom grip the same way, once you have done this slide them to the middle of the carpet grip and leave them there for now. (4) Now its time to prep the boxes (litter trays). Attaching the first two base boxes. Firstly take the blue box (which is the one going on the bottom)and place it on top of the carpet grips, making sure that the box sits nicely on to the bottom shelf of the backpack. Now carfully with a 3mm drill bit, drill 4 holes, two at the top of the box and two at the bottom. When drilling these holes, make sure the drill bit goes through the box and through the carpet grip, leaving you with perfectly lined up holes! Now do the same for the top box ( which is the black one ) making sure that it is equal on both sides and not too high or too low! Once all the holes are drilled out take 4 x 10" carpet grips(some of the off cuts may be suitable), you need 2 for the top box and 2 for the bottom box. On these 4 peices you will need to drill holes that corecpond to the holes you have drilled on your boxes,once this is done you should be able to place your bottom box on the carpet grip then place the 10" piece inside the box and all the holes should match up perfectly. Now you need 8 x 3mm long head rivets and 8 x 3mm washers (one for each hole). Place the rivet through the hole in the 10" grip, through the box and then through the grip attached to the frame, place the washer over the rivet head and rivet in place. Repeat this for the remaining holes. Put the frame to one side. (5) Now to prepare the attachments for the top section of the bottom box. (Right click and save the picture, so that you can scroll up the instructions) (6) Top Box (7) When all attachments have been put on the boxes, they can then be riveted to the boxes already attached to the frame, by a rivet in each corner. (8 ) Bicycle pump

No problems mate! In the process of writing up a rough tutorial and will have it posted up by the end of the day.

Ok, this is a list of the parts I used to build my backpack, Old style bike pump------ wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... kepump.jpg 4 x small cat litter trays------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... ertray.jpg 2 x value baby wipe bottles------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... ottles.jpg 2 x baby bowls------tesco: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... bybowl.jpg 9" toilet cistern------B&Q / Do it all: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... yphon1.jpg Master plunger------B&Q: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... lunger.jpg Fridge jug------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... dgejug.jpg polish tin lids, or anything simmular 2 1/4" diamater------any supermarket 1 x square marley adaptor------B&Q http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... hments.jpg 2 x square marley adaptors with screw brackets------B&Q Flexable pipe------B&Q Medium jubilee clip------B&Q 6 x metal carpet grips------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... tgrips.jpg 3mm rivets,long and short plus washers ( lots of )------B&Q Vintage tuppaware lid------Ebay: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... juglid.jpg Radio facia------John Danter 2 x toggle switches------Maplins: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... itches.jpg Value rubber sealent------wilkinsons: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... ealant.jpg 2 x papier mache craft boxes (one tissue box & one plain box)-----hobbycraft: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n26/ ... 10inch.jpg (Will elaborate on the dimensions of the tool box and radio box at a later date) Black insulation tape------B&Q White 1" overflow pipe two lenghs & 6 x 90 degree connectors------B&Q / plumb center Black 2 1/4" diameter downpipe, of which 1 x 29" length is required Approx. 3m of black 1" webbing 2 x Small quick release clips Here's what the back pack looks like from the back!( pre weatherd )

At the end of the day, what does hight matter, it's your hobbie and something you love to do as a sandtrooper! I say keep it, and live out your child hood dreams!

I used a 3" and went down to a 2" at the end!