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I hope they offer helmet kits in the future. I'd love to get my hands on one of these.

Hi Alex! Welcome to BS.N! My advice to you is to first read, read, read. Absorb as much of this Scout stuff as you can until your eyes bleed. Secondly, stay away from ebay unless we tell you not to! Third, just have fun and figure out what your budget is, if you want to build any of the parts yourself (the soft bits, boots, etc...) and which armour you'd prefer to purchase.

That might be the right kind. You want a heavier vinyl, something not deeply textured, Sometimes it's called "Marine Vinyl". Seems like you're on the right track. I too feel your pain. I've got a pair of size 13E's and it can be tough finding shoes.

The helmet they used as their master is one they won at auction last year. It was production-made, but not screen-used. I remember watching the auction. It was missing the snout (some collector slapped on a not-so-accurate version). That all said, they're the only ones offering screen-accurate scout helmets. Here's hoping they get it together.

If you painted the sole, or if they had a more "wheat" coloured sole, they'd be a good base. Just take off the hooks at the top.

Actually, the webbing for the hip boxes is 1.5" wide. My only concern with using the cotton webbing from a web belt is that it's typically much thicker than what was probably used. Given the amount they needed, they likely got it in bulk, on a roll. The white webbing that attached the plastic bits and thermal det was 2" white nylon webbing.

If you don't feel like using them, you can always just get some plastic discs about the same size, paint 'em gray and glue them in place.

Ideally, there should only be 1 rivet hole at the ends of the belt.

Reminds me of the blasters Hotshot made a few years ago. These could've been from the first run he did previous to that. As for it being 501st approvable, I don't see why not. It's a bit bent but if it fits in your holster, it's probably fine.

I wouldn't worry too much, Jamie. That said, longer is better in case they need to be altered. Ideally, the top of the shoulder armour should be about where you've mentioned it.

I used a chisel blade on my X-acto knife. One thing to remember is that you don't need to go really, really deep with the cuts. When I measured the Sierra Sneakers I had earlier this year, the lines/grooves were only 1/16" deep. Going more than 1/8" is a pain and completely unnecessary.

Finally! Congrats! Now you just have to get Jae's kit up to snuff.

You'll need to get washers that will fit the rivet. So if you're going with 5/32" rivets, get the same sized washers.

You can always use the poor-man's fibreglass - get some crazy glue and some thin cotton strips, spread some glue over the crack, press the cotton on and then add more crazy glue right into the fabric, pushing it in with the tip. That should hold it.

Ideally, it should be no less than 1.5" - 2" tall. The balaclava should tuck underneath the collar.

Actually, the lenses should be a "darker material". Green isn't the colour you should be going for. Ideally, either a shade 3 or shade 5 smoke lens is what you want.

Just make sure it's not too thick. You should be aiming to get suede that's no more than 1-2 oz.

Yeah, defo post up whatever photos so we can give you the low-down.

Coolio. Also, if you do go the UA way, get the Heatgear stuff, not the Coldgear. The Heatgear is much thinner and lighter, wheras the Coldgear is thicker and really tight.

One nice thing about the UA style is the placement of the seams on the head. I've seen several scouts loose their minds because their el cheapo balaclavas with the centre seam was pressing on their heads. If you don't want to spend much, but want a similar hood to the UA ones, I might be able to help you out. A surplus store near me sells knock-offs for $10. They're not as nice, but they work just fine. Lemme know.

Those would work. Nice find!

Gaps are ok with the tank. If you check out the screen-shots from the gallery, you'll see that the tank doesn't sit flush with the back armour.

It's already been said, but not like this...

Welcome to BS.N! If you have any questions or concerns about joining the Canadian Garrison, let me know and I can help you out.

Sometimes, batches of plastic will have a colder, blueish hue, others will have a warmer, pinkish hue. That's nothing new. If you have to paint it, go for it.