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Thanks to all for comments and suggestion. As always the armour is still "working progress" (damn seasonal desease). I'm glueing the snap to the ab plate, butt, chest etc. More to come. I'm trying to not cut shins or thighs. The suspender from belt to thigh is not elastic, so thighs stay higher and for me is confortable to walk and make stairs. The thighs pull a little but snaps are good.

This is the right place for a question: why use rivets? Once you drill the hole is not the same use screw and nut? The screw can be removed easly if you need to dismantle the helmet (paint job, lens, wiring etc.) and it can be reassembled in a minute.

To be honest I'm following religiously stukatrooper tutorial and Paul guideline and sometime it's difficult to figure out the end risult . In this case the TM forearm is quite large and without the strapping it'll start to spin. In this way I don't have to fill with foam the forearm. It stay in place as it is. Just a snap and problem solved.

After a long time here I am with my first test fit (finally). I've to do a lot of work but I can see the light at the end of tunnel. Here the arms strapping system. I can wear them like a jacket. Shin and thighs and AB plate: and finally a panoramic of me My 2 cent about snap tab: after made a canonic snap tab I bend it with heat gun to fit the internal of part it is glued to. It is not so difficult. Comments and advice are always appreciated!

E6000 is the best glue for ABS IMHO. It create an elastic but powerful bond. Remember to degrease and sand before glueing. After 5-6 hours you can remove the dried excess of glue with a large wooden toothpick (Zahnstocher I think). I use toothpick because it is sharp and remove well glue from angles and the wood doesn't scratch ABS. You can find easily on ebay. Hope this help

Hi bro, I'm sorry but my job and my children keep me away from my lab. Now I'm working on the strapping system and I'll post more updates asap. To answer roguetrooper: the rare earth magnet are very powerful. The power depends also in the quality and in the dimension of the magnet. IMO the bigger is better (push more). For a comparison a good clamp pinch more than a couple of magnet but the magnet pinch a lot more than every combination of tape and wooden stick.

Can you post a pic of the damage? I am curious about this problem. I tried to do this with two spare ABS pieces, a snap and a lot of E6000 but nothing happens...

Today heat gun and sniper plate. I confess I was really worried. Make a mess is so easy... This is the situation before heating left side of the plate after heating and right side before... and after heating Top view and front view Maybe the bottom side is a little waved but it's a risk to heat again... What do you think?

Don't worry, this is my first build too...

No, you have to cut it from a larger strip, cut to measure and then, I rounded the corners with sand paper. I love round corners but I don't think it's movie accurate. Reading some troopermaster post the corners are 45° trim but I'm not sure...

Thanks everyone for the kind words, they are really appreciated. Now I'm preparing the ab section, chest, back etc (just trimming and sanding) and after I'll start glueing the snap tab. Stay tuned for more updates

Hi everyone, here are some updates left shin and his overlap sorry for the foot here the inner strip glued to the front and the two halves glued together preparing for the outer strip... glueing and clamping and finally

You're doing a good job. Maybe I'll cut the teeth a little more

Great job mate, and great kit. I'm working on my shins too. I found earth magnet very useful when I glued the outer strip. Just an advice