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thanks Paul! hey, I PMed you a couple days ago, hit me back with your thoughts

ah, you beat me to it, you can see my hand plates on this suit...

welcome to the FISD John!

Putting bondo putty into the openings... After putting the bondo putty in the remaining opening... next "sanding"...stay tuned

Here is a pic of the shims being glues into place... My helper "Kat", she's sooo excited! The ear caps after glueing them back into place...

Ok...Helmet time!!! this is a play by play of correcting those bothersome ANH screws and holes This is a "before" pic of my ear piece when I was taking the ANH screws out Here are the shims that I am placing behind the holes in the ear caps...

I second that!

I definately like the ones he made for me

yeah, there ya go

cool!

I think it just takes time

Yeah! lets see this cod!!!

Thanks Joey!

Here are a few pics of my shoulder bells after taking off about an inch...

yeah huh

Yeah Steve.... yes, yes...role with that ...let this thread play itself out

Actually I think you should stay Matt

I think the swearing and name calling adds to the atmosphere It makes this thread that much more exciting to read...it kinda reminds me of watching Jerry Springer in a way

Thanks Paul , on the suits I just couldn't see the strapping, or its rotted away over the last 20 years which it probably has but if you say it was there it probably was...but taking the existing straps off was a must as they were just too big anyways, how wide would you say the straps were?

Here is some comparison shots that show how far my armor has come in over a year now Here is my armor at a troop last October... Here is my armor as of this afternoon...

Now! I have decided to trim my shoulder bells shorter...I made this decision by looking over countless ROTJ photo's and by inspecting an original ROTJ suit...So, what I am going to do is cut about 1/2" to 1" off the bottom of these oversized FX bells until they look better, cuz I don't think they will ever look perfect to me being an FX and all <_< My bells before cutting... More soon to come...stay tuned

in this pic I have removed the shoulder bell straps as per original ROTJ's

my shoulder bells today after further sanding round the corners...

Here is a pic of my current chest plate and bells before any further modding...

Here is my new clasps on my old FX thermal detonator...