The5thHorseman

Very nice! Even without any weathering it's already looking superb. I'm looking forward to see the end result. Did you pattern your own duster? And i'm curious about the way you attached the backpack to your back, did you go with the velcro tabs?

Great to seee it progressing Walter, keep going! Unfortunately, you will need to either fill in or flatten the unused teeth of the frown for the Hero helmet to be acceptable.

Your drop boxes are perfect the way you made them on your diagram. However, i would move the end cap closer to the edge of the ABS ammo belt.

Looks superb! I'm pleased to finally see someone attempting the dovetail cut. And i'm pretty sure you'll make a success of it And don't worry, we do love pictures here. Especially when they're well taken like yours.

Steve mentioned it in your EIB thread: think about fixing your drop boxes alignment. The outer edge of the drop boxe should align with the outer edge of the ABS belt: And good job, updating you TD clips with larger ones. It definitely makes a difference .

Just be careful, the ROTJ CRL is kind of messed-up regarding what was actually done on the film. And i agree, the shoulder bridges are very unlikely free floating in the back so they should be secured in a way or another.

1. It seems correct to me. 2. Keep it like that until your strapping is done and then take a decision if you fear they could become too short. However, i would trim the ABS that flares up on the right/hand side and then even the opposite side. 3. The shoulder bridges are riveted on the chest plate and yes they'll need some heat bending. Boiling water is hot enough for this job normally. On the back, i really don't know how they're secured. You can see duct tape on a ref pic but i doubt this is the way they did it, maybe velcro or free floating? However, i'm pretty sure ROTJ armors have no elastic shoulder bridges and that the chest/back plates rests on the wearer's shoulders directly via the ABS bridges. One way would be to use suspenders for the Ab section and the Kydney/butt plate, to prevent to put too much weight on the ABS bridges. You can see it done on the ESb MkII armor which is close to the ROTJ. 4. I really don't know for that but i'd drop few glue dots here an there just to be sure.

Congrats! You sure have done more than your part of the job on that armor to bring it up to the EIB/Cent standards.

Long time coming, but most excellent update as always.

The pipe's OD should be 38,1mm, not 40mm.

He sells them assembled, not in kit form.

Basically, just a screwdriver to spread the legs of the rivet, and then a hammer to flaten them. Edit: Maybe this wil help you

Looks great . The size of the ab buttons seems a tad big but aside from that it's mostly perfect. One easy thing you could do with your thermal detonator would be to cut the end of your clips just above the screw holes, and then bring down the main panel: Terrible i'd say!

Looking forward to see the update . Don't worry, this ain't a race!

Sounds awesome!! You're making such a dedicated work with your kit Mike .

Edit: Just realized i've been wrong all the way. You indeed have the newer version of TM's thermal detonator. That version replicates the sharp pulls the original molds were doing before they deteriorate.

I agree with you, the AP detonator is kinda poor. Good call changing it. And yet, i believe that's an old version of his Thermal Detonator!

Don't worry Chris, i sent him the same informations i've sent you, and the this is sorted out

A = Inner right / B = Outer right E = Outer left / F = Inner left Shins seem to be paired right, hard to tell though. Biceps and forearms are identical for both arms. No left and right.

There should be very minimal return edge on the handguards: And for the drop boxes, just lay it flat on a piece of sandpaper (100-150 grit) and start making circles until it evens nicely .

Just the unpainted heads of the original brackets Ben used to strap his armor.

Very solid work so far! Keep on like that.

In case you still need a reference pic for the underside of the mag housing, i have this one: And what i did back when i was building my e-11: Hope this helps.

Love the ceremonial one! There's such a Daft Punk's feel to it .