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Yeah of course mate!

Just used for test fitting

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Already ordered from Ross, but he has no E6000 anymore, selling Gorilla Glue instead of it.

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Thanks bigwam ! Ordered some lenses from TM, hope the arrive soon

Little update, already some tests if it fits well .. So far so good for me, but the butt plate is unconfortable need to do some trimming haha...

Pretty happy with how it fits and hope  you guys can confirm it .. Cause im still afraid of trimming and cutting that abs armor haha.

So hyped now

 

 

Bought some glue, that i thought could be good for glueing my proppers inside armor etc.. But god, that didnt even worked good, so had to remove the glue.

Still waiting for order from Ross, that also includes some real deal glue, Pauldron and Canvas Belt.

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Alright mate, to be honest i got that helmet already assembled and hand painted, just need to paint the tubestripes, cause he wanted to use decals for that. And i knew it wasnt accurate, so he didnt do them

Im kinda unhappy with the lenses, if i wear the helmet my nose touches the lenses, and they start to deform so that i have a gap in the eyes where u can look through..

You also can see my eyes through the lenses.

Also going to buy a smaller brush tomorrow and hope, that the other side will be better ..

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Some struggle with the Tubestripes ... Already finished one side, but color wasnt completly dry, when i put the helmet on my pants to paint the other side ... Fail 

To the moment before i was kinda happy with the result .. But now, wow .. Had to remove some paint

I mean, in my freetime i do also paint 28mm Tabletop figures, never was a problem for me to paint, but with that im struggling.

Don´t want to mess up more, trying to cover up some bad places with more weathering.

 

 

Do i also have to paint the same amount of stripes on each side ?

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Alright mate, will send down tomorrow

Another question, can i follow the building instructions from Ross Walmsley via Youtube ( i know its a TK) but is it huge difference in terms off strapping, poppers and rivets ? I mean as long as i follow the PO CRL..

 

A lot to do and so much stuff, that i can do wrong haha..

Want to waste any materials or money

 

cheers,

appreciate your help guys 

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Alright Urs,

i can leave the chest bottom returnedge  like this ?

Thinking of putting some kind of foam stripes inside the armor .. Inside the armor to make it more comfortable, as long as you can´t see them from outside its no problem ?

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Hey folks,

so i already started to trim Chest, Back, AB Plate, Kidney Plate and Butt Plate

Was kinda hard to spot the lines where i can cut off .. Worried about to cut off to much, but here is the result:

 

Chest

Do i have to cut this off ? on both sides ?

Back Plate:

 

AB Plate:

 

Kidney Plate:

Butt Plate:

 

What can i do better ?

 

 

 

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I´ll will Urs 100%

I guess like bigwam said : ,, Just look for the dirty guys"

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Yes, Sir !

 

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Emmerich am Rhein (NRW) small City 5min away from Netherlands :-D

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One more reason for me  to drive around 4 hours !

 

 

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Alright thank´s a lot guys !

Got to trim a lot of stuff, bit worried about it.. Just afraid of cutting to much away ..

But will study some other Build Threads, will help a lot i guess..

Will post the progress and questions in this thread !

 

ps: are some of you guys at the Speyer Technik Museum next month i guess ?

 

cheers

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Hey folks,

so today i finally received my DA Props Armor kit <3 Beautiful Kit !

May i introduce myself,

I´m Luke 22 years old, from Germany and want to become a Member of the 501st and be part of the MEPD! My goal is to achieve a PO with my armor :-)

I hope that you can help me newbie to reach my goals, so that we can troop together one day :-D

kind regards,

Luke

 

 

Edit to Helmet : Do i have to add a mesh behind the Frown ? I also find, that the lenses arent dark enough, cause u can still see my eyes behind them :/ So i maybe have to change them, also i have to paint the Tubestripes by myself.