ANH Mini TK Build (Walt's Kit)

[jedi.paramedic[TK]]

I finally had some free time and some great assistance (Culp did most of the build) to put together a Mini TK for my daughter that I bought from Walt. I originally purchased it for my oldest son, but he grew about 6" in 6 months, so now it is my daughters. I want to thank the DSG for helping me out with this project. I would also like to give props to Walt for this awesome kit which will keep my 2 youngest happy for the next few years hopefully.

This is her bucket next to the one I'm building for myself.

 

 

No decals were harmed in the making of this build. All painting was done by the steady hands of Mike Culp

Edited May 6, 2015 by jedi.paramedic

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Does anyone know how to rotate pictures that are uploaded? Seems they only want to go into Landscape.

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After some trimming the armor spent minimal time on the belt sander.

Tried to get a nice straight edge to work with.

Edited May 4, 2015 by jedi.paramedic

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The build is to the "Centurion" standard. Mike was very meticulous about how this went together.

 

Believe it or not, that drill actually plugs into the wall socket. I haven't seen one of those since....???

 

 

Got to make those holes smooth for the buttons.

 

 

Side holes done

 

 

All the holes were drilled and the mounting brackets were placed. Everything lined up really nice in the end.

 

 

 

 

 

Shoulder bells round out the day.

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All the strapping was put in place and my daughter got to start trying things on.

 

 

This was a complete pain in the a very impolite person. Only after almost being done did he give me the advice to do the ends last.

 

 

 

Helmets are finished up. Like father like daughter. :-)

 

 

Another shot to see the size comparison 

 

 

Her first try on. Although, that helmet looks a little off. Any ideas???

 

 

Shoulder bells added to the equation.

 

Some tape to hold the biceps and arms on. I'm really not sure what the face is all about. But she was having a great time.

 

 

And the real helmet on.

 

 

Finally getting to the thigh and shin armor. We did have to take off quite a bit to get these to fit snug.

 

 

 

 

That's the end of the night. Time to get her home and get yelled at by the wife for being an hour late home on a school night. The things we do for our daughters.

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The next 3 days we split up and tackled different things. Culp was able to get most of the armor put together at his house and I kept having things arrive at my house to finish the build.

 

Here is the armor almost finished.

 

Culp was very impressed with the kit. As you can see in the background he has a few kits of his own.

 

Another size comparison

 

 

Some work on the holster. Which was built by a member here on FISD at about 75% size. Fits a Hasbro blaster perfectly.

 

Again, a size comparison to another full size kit that is almost done as well. Yes Dads armor was finished first. 

 

 

Awe. Such a cut little thermal detonator.

 

 

Painting all done on ab buttons. ANH spec.

 

 

Meanwhile back at my house I was getting some different things ready. Thanks to the spectacularly fast work of Rob Kittell and such.

 

 

Boots arrived. Size 2 US. They don't make them in white. 

 

 

Prepped for painting.

 

 

And now they are the correct color.

 

 

Hmm. Maybe another Mini TK for the Zombie walk this year. What do you think Walt?

 

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Final day of fitting and completion of armor. Friday 5/1/15. Her first troop will be on May the 4th.

 

 

Some final prep work on belt.

 

Thighs and Shins are all prepped and ready.

 

 

Armor is painted, all put together and ready for belt.

 

 

My daughter is getting anxious. If she only knew the pain this armor will cause her during her trooping. LOL

 

 

Legs came out good. Just some small adjustments. Had to put some velcro on the tops of the boots and the bottoms of the shins to keep them from rotating outwards.

 

 

Torso getting snapped together. So far so good.

 

 

And all the armor is on at last. She didn't want to wear the neck seal as it was pulling her hair. We will put it up in a ponytail for the trooping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And "No", she cannot get her own helmet off.

 

 

Well, there you have it. After over 6 months of waiting due to work, moving, traveling, and generally just life, It only took the better part of 2 weeks to get this all together. She does have an iComm system that she wants to use all the time and even in school, which she is banned from doing.

 

Thanks to Mike Culp from the DSG for his fanatical approach to this project. To Tristan Moriuchi for helping with my own kit. To my wife for putting up with my "silly habit", and my kids for "not really having a choice of whether they like Star Wars or not". And to WALT, the man of the hour. This kit rocks. If anyone has any doubts about getting one of these for your kids, don't hesitate to do it. Now all my kids want one. And the neighbors kids, and so on.

[Vertex[TK]]

Thanks for sharing. Awesome build. Congrats!

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

AWESOME job, Mike!!!  Sounds like you are going to end up with your own mini-squadron!

[TK1636[TK]]

 This was fun to build Mike, to bad we can't put her in for centurion. all she needs are the rubber gloves and latex hand plates. I am really impressed with walts skills at down sizing this for kids. i found this just as accurate as the full size kits.

[Tusken RTT]

Love it- awesome! 

[walt[501st]]

thia ia great!!

[StructureBD[TK]]

WOW, that's awesome  Mr..C...

[walt[501st]]

Now that I read it and not just looked at the pics thanks for all the complements but you guys built it Your work is the Final product that came out awesome well done good job and welcome to the greatest dad in the world group I mean greatest dad in the galaxy

[wolfman[TK]]

Great thread brother.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Awesome build, made me wish my kids were younger again. Great job   

[Novak Dimon[TK]]

The armor is looking great!!

My kids would love such an armor too!

[jedi.paramedic[TK]]

If you have a Facebook account you can follow her antics on AZminiTK. That is a page made just for her and her trooping. She mentioned she would like a Million likes. I told her I didn't think that was quite possible, but a girl can dream.