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Very nice! You'll have to let me know what the battery life is on the 6 AAA's as well as if the air flow is good for the 15mm wide fans. I tried some of those but was afraid it wouldn't be enough for most people so I stuck with the 20mm wide ones.

Typically the straps are 20mm. Here is a diagram from Troopermaster. RS is known to be a little off on the fine details as least from a Centurion level perspective. For instance for centurion, the crotch split rivet needs to be brass and unpainted. They often do it just in nickel. As for EIB, that's up to the reviewing officer.

Congrats

Nice! Looks great. Kidney plate seems a little high. Otherwise good fit.

Here longboard, here's a Pepsi.

I use an old soldering iron. The side works well to melt cut edges, and the point works well to create a hole for snaps, rivets etc while simultaneously melting it.

Looks great. I finally had a chance to start the one I bought. Will post a build thread soon.

Very nice! Good fix. Stripes look great as does the whole helmet

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Hi Tim, I use a short handled Philips screw driver. I place the point between the arms of the split rivet and lightly hammer down until the point of the screwdriver hits the back of the rivet head. This spreads the arms out enough to then I simply hammer the arms directly until they bend against the back of the armor. I also place a piece of wood under the head so that it doesn't get marks from any other hard surface. The wood is soft enough and should indent slightly from the head.

I saw this at SDCC and thought it was a display for their booth. No idea they were planning to sell them. Here is a pic from their booth.

Trying to respond to your PM, but work is really busy. Can answer one quick one though. Technically per the current CRL's centurion award requires only the crotch rivet to be brass since it is unpainted. The ab/kidney split rivets can be either since they need to be painted white. But the original suits were all brass split rivets so that one is up to you.

Congrats!

If you want to be able to detach the elastics that connect between the ab and kidney, then you would use a male snap. Otherwise you can fasten the elastic directly to the split rivet. The original screen suits were connected directly like that. The use of snaps is a costuming method many people use for convenience in trooping.

Looks great! Can't wait to get the time to work on mine.

Nice work! Good to see it all come together.

Yea, Eastbay $30 for the set (compression top and bottom). Hard to beat

Wow, nice. Congrats!

Very nice!

Very nice! I bought one of Walt's kid's helmet too. I'll be making a build thread soon. My son is only 3, so I'm making a white foam version for the armor and will post progress on that too. When he's old enough I'll get the rest of Walt's armor kit. Have fun with the build.

Try running 4 x AA's. the sound drops considerably and there may be enough air flow, though I see you are using square fans instead of blowers. The AA's will last a lot longer too. Nice rig though. Have you tried it with a mic inside? Wondering if the sound of the fans is audible.

Congrats

Congrats!

Love the expression on the cat..