Scott M.

Congrats Noel!!!

Noel needs your votes troopers!!! Looking for a little 501st magic!!!

You want one too, don't you???? Well, I can come down and be more of a "team player" next year. I promise to bring the sandy, or maybe a Cody Kit.

And not a bad looking "lone" snowtrooper either . Although I did feel a little out of place. Oh well, I will have to go TD next year!!!

Nope. If you have a Legion approved TD, you are eligible to request affiliation in the MEPD on the Legion site. You do need to go to the Legion site, and click on the Membership DB link on the left side. There you will find at the bottom detachments you are eligible for. Select the MEPD and hit "register" I believe. You will be in a pending status until our DL approves you, but that does not take long. Hope this helps.

Yea, thanks Mike. Sorry to be such a pain in the ****!!!

Can I just ask why the only time we ever see GINO (I am capitalizing this because it is how the screen name is listed, not because I am yelling!!) on the FISD or MEPD is for crap like this, or to point out where someone else is wrong, but provide nothing other than "trust me, I know better, and I would show you if you deserved it, but you don't. So just bow down and thank your lucky stars I was born, because without me, NO ONE would have anything!!! As far as the recasting goes, I believe if you have worked hard and put your efforts into something, anything, it should be respected. I also know it does not happen, and that is a shame. If someone wants to cast your stuff, they should ask. I f you say no, they they shouldn't do it, period! Two wrongs don't make a right, and this can go around and around, so I will stop there. (insert chicken and the egg thing here!) Heck, several years ago a co-worker and I designed a process for dealing with transferred calls in a Voice over IP (VoIP) environment to improve call quality. We even shared it with Nortel (A PBX vendor with who's product we were working on at the time) to see what they thought. 6 months go by and at a conference I learn about a new feature that does just what we were working on, and there starring me in the face is OUR Feature briefing; almost word for word!! I went to Nortel and asked if that was our stuff and they admitted it, and even said thanks. When I asked for it in writing or a "provided by" tribute, they said no way!!! No acknowledgment was made, and no public knowledge of our hard work was ever know but for a few people. So, I can say I have spent hours and hours and hours of my own time and energy to have someone else steal my work and not even give me a nod, so GINO you cannot say I have no idea what I am talking about. (heck, we never got a dime, so I am worse off than I thought) What I can say is there are two ways to go with this. One is to simply recognize this exists, and do your best to avoid interactions that will add to it, or whine about it every chance you get, and demoralize every person you meet simply by making them feel inferior by your words. If you would stop and read, there are many people who do appreciate the work and effort it took to get a screen accurate bucket. There are many people who will say that they are so glad people like GINO and TE existed for the sake of the hobby. It gets us closer to the screen than ever before. But it is when those people start to feed on that ego boost and demand to be worshiped above and beyond the admiration already in place; people start to throw stones. I am not saying I condone it, I just see it.

All of the above!!! Garter belt and parachute clips for the thighs. Velcro for the backs of the calves. Snaps non the crotch and belt, plus the shoulder bells and biceps. Glue on the forearms and thighs. I used rivets and screws on the packs, plus a little wire and other parts on the pack. Need it all!!!!!!!!

These should be round. Approx 7/16" buttons, painted white. Some guys (like myself) have an ab plate sans buttons, nut most screen grabs show three buttons on the left side of the ab plate, same white as the rest of the armor. Hope this helps.

Amen Brother!!! I did the St. Patty's parade and had my pack on for about 5 hours on Saturday, and it is not light. I also think the suit up process you are following works best. seems if you run the shoulder bell straps over the pack straps, you should not be popping off. But hey, I am the new guy over here.

I actually went with a 2" olive drab nylon webbing from the local Army Surplus. I am hoping to do the accurate loop on the end, but I was having a hard time convincing myself after checking the screen shots it was canvas. Just my $.02

Isn't this a raygay music conversion kit??

Well done troopers!!! As my sig banner says, I have Type 1 diabetes, so I can say thank you for walking for the cause. I know we have many garrisons and squads doing JDRF walks this year, and I am hoping to get some form of National Updates to include all the 501st troopers and their walks in some of the JDRF Publications. If you can, I would really like a few pics and some info on how the day went. If you are willing to shoot me a PM with anything (maybe a small snipit), I would really appreciate it. If not, I can always plagiarize your post!!! Thanks again, Scott Magerfleisch Type 1 Trooper Rocky Mountain JDRF Board of Directors.

Thanks Mike!!! I will be adding a little to the ab plate, but I think I am planning to leave the rest. I know the darker dirt will make pics pick up the dirt better, but I am rather partial to the look right now. The troop yesterday really helped me to know what all would stay, and I have to give major props to Aqua Net super hold!!!

TD-4149 requesting deployment, sir!!! FULL NAME: Scott Magerfleisch 501st TD ID: 4149 LOG IN NAME: Scott M. GARRISON: Mountain *EMAIL: tk4149@comcast.net Here we go (From St. Patty's Day parade) Covers Ammo pouches, Heavy blaster, orange pauldron, Different Ab plate, no drop boxes, and most importantly, dirt!! To make sure the knee plate is in there: Covers helmet details: No black lines for traps: No black lines for tears: Flat green lenses: Covers shoulder straps: And the pack: Here are two more just for reference: Awaiting your instructions and/or commands, sir!!!

I will let you know after this weekend!! It will be my first troop as a TD, so I will probably learn a lot on Saturday.

Scott Magerfleisch TK-4149 requesting 501st access!! Thank you sir!

OK, you guys are animals!!! Here is my first round with the lighter earth on the pack. I will see how it looks in the sun tomorrow, and maybe add some darker stuff. Here is a shot with less flash: Keep the feedback comin'

Agreed. I will be brushing it off this week to make it more in line with the rest of the armor. I still need to dirty the pack and gun, so I will get that done before the weekend. A good gentlemen of the 501st site. It is a resin gun, so on the heavy side, but I have a Cushman DLT-19 just starting to take shape.

Thanks for the input, that is why I asked. I have a feeling a lot will come off, and I also agree it looks a little "heavy" on the dirt. Yea, I was trying to focus on the cracks more, but my technique needs practice. I hope to dirty up the pack today. Thanks again for all the comments. I will post an update of the pack when I get it a little more "used."

I wanted to show off a little something I been working on. Let me know what you think: I am waiting to get my TD designation and then I will submit for Deployment over here when that comes through, but I just wanted to share a little of what I have been doing here and there. Feel free to provide any feedback or suggestions. I certainly have been very grateful for all the help I have received here so far, so keep it comin'. I know I need to trim the strap for the BFG, but I just cannot decide how I want to attach it, thus my hesitance.

Here it is.... I will be submitting my pics shortly for my TD designation, as well as Deployment status, so stay tuned!!!

Got back from registering the kids and went right to work!!! Here is the exhaust tubing prior to painting. You will notice the top white tube is much larger than the 3/4" coupler. After I cut it, I checked more of the reference pis here and realized it was way too short. I used a piece of 1" PVC, and cut it to match. I think it looks much better. I also added the zip tie for the "band" effect on the top. After that I filled the side tubes with some of the Great Stuff for Windows. In looking at pics, I really thought this mirrored what the side tubes looked like the best. Others may disagree, and I am cool with that. After that, I placed the exhaust tube in the housing, and glued it on. I did realize that I had too long a tube, and had to cut an inch off the bottom. Not a big deal, but it certainly pays to check the reference photos!!! Now, finally paint: I think it turned out really well. Thanks again Seth for a great box, and thanks to Mike for the great directions for the box and triangles on the housing. Now I just need to let the sun dry the paint, mount the part to the top box, add the screws and shoot another coat of pain over it so the screws are black. Stay tuned, more to come soon!!!

OK, I got my Exhaust port from Seth this week (SWEETNESS!!!), and I have been making some progress. I decided I would use Spa tubing for the upper pipe, and I am also adding an extra 3/4" coupler with an angle cut later (hopefully later today). Here are the parts as they sit now: Here is the side with the triangle mounts (I have not sanded/Dremeled these yet, so they are a little rough). And, this is the inside mount I made for the tube. It is a 1" coupler, with a 3/4" coupler inside that, in which the exhaust tube will fit. I added the bolts inside for added strength and to get it to stand off from the pack. I am off to register the boys for baseball, then it is back to the lair to try and get this wrapped up. I hope to start weathering tonight. I appreciate all the encouragement and feedback I have received here. I will be ready to apply for my deployment as soon as I get my pics done and this pack complete.

OK, I made some good progress recently, and I am 90% of the way there. Here is my pack (sans exhaust tube). The last pic really shows the UK cistern (Thanks Rachel again!!!), modded up with the mushroom cap and burger stackers. I think it turned out pretty good, but I am looking for your input and criticisms. I still need to add some Good Stuff foam in the small tunes on the side, and shoot another coat of pain to get it all black.