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Black material cones cut and sewn, visor installed, then black material cones installed into the ear slots instead of black mesh:

Installed a hard hat liner in the bucket, put the supplied bolts on the bench grinder to reduce their profile and ground down the 3m bolts to the point where they are basically just disks.

All I have to do now is put some helmet bolts in, install a fan, paint one red stripe on the tank greeb and sew my shoulder bridges.

Took me all night because I screwed one up and had to restart half way through. Guess ill cut that one up and make a v2 for my wife TB11877. so here is the one that turned out ok:

OK so I finished the suit and built the vest tonight...and I didn't get a shift tonight so Ill do the cumberbund too. Here is the suit and the vest:

REBOOT!!!! Im doing it. Heres my pile of stuff shot to keep me going! Here is the chest-back. Some heat gun work to do before paint.

Thanks Brother. Did some paint touch ups when I got home from work this morning. Not really happy with how the bucket paint came out but Itll do cause I have to move on. Just some more touch ups and a bit of sewing to do. This project will be in the bin by the end of next week so I can finish my KST before Ottawa comicon in May.

Im sooo coming back to this project soon. As soon as my OT scout is done Im finishing this thing if it kills me.

Almost done. At this point I have a few paint details, some decals, helmet lens and padding, bund and vest and done. I took a few wip shots and a "progress pile" shot.

Thanks Guys. Chex- I heavily referenced the MoM pics for the shoes. The tops of the MoM boots are quite lumpy- what i didn't consider was that theres no foot in that boot to stretch it out. Oh well. Im hoping these still end up very accurate. Heres a progress shot. I added Velcro into the new boot tops (had to redo them cause the pattern wasn't quite right). The Velcro should help everything stay where it belongs. I actually have a small pile of done things now.

Gnarly! Awesome good work! Cant recognize the bucket its come so far!

Looking great. good work on the pouches: they are tough. theres just so many of them! Diggin the paint job also. The blurriness is very digital :-). Also I like your solution to the black on the belt.

If you haven't bought any yet- the bicep greebs are super easy to fabricate from sheet and strip styrene. Good luck with the build.

Great work Gio. Keep it up! I like the fit of those calves- nice and tight at the ankle.

Remade the pattern for the stiffener which was more difficult than I remember. Oh well turned out ok. Now to cover with vinyl and make my dogbones.

Update time. Coveralls almost done- just have to cut the riding patches and sew. Now Im making the boot-tops and filling in the hole where the blinking LED used to be. I shaped the biceps, now I just have to heat em and bend them a bit and cut a new slot for the elastic and attach the greebs. Also it looks like I have to hand sew the gauntlets back up where Ive removed the zipper. Hopefully another update soon.

Got some work done today. Good way to get clean cuts is to slide the chisel blade right under the little dividing bit to the top line. Also mark the back of the xacto blade w black marker to get the depths at least close to the same... ish. 1st heel just need a bit of cleanup with a scalpel.

Read on another thread that the original boots were covered in leather??? Is that true? The MoM photos I have really look like a vinyl covering. clarification please! Thanks

Weird that the original boots in the gallery pics are not exactly the same as the screen boots. The vertical channels on the heel are not divided into two..its just one channel. Anyone have pics of an unmodified screen boot that does have the screen seen heel details?

So Im going to try to finish my scout and my KST before winter. Here we go. Im gonna start with my boots. I was really lucky to find some inter sierra hikers...not quite the original boot but soooo close, like 1 model away. The important part is the sole has a really accurate alternating narrow-wide tread, and the profile of the toe is just like the screen used even though its not rubber covered. Im going to mark them and get the details cut out. The rubber is really hard, probably from age. Wish me luck

Hey Gang. Thought I'd do a thread for my TB build. Last time I built TB was for my wife. I still have a lot to do on my KST but hey why not bite off more than I can chew. Here's the mandatory pile of stuff shot: I had to make some pouches for friends yesterday so I made a set for myself and cut fabric for a few spares since I overbought at the fabric store. More to come soon, though this costume isn't a priority, have kids TK and clone repairs to do before the end of August. Hope you enjoy the build. Mike

Woot! Great work!

Thanks. This project has stalled. I hope to pick it up again in September.

Great sculpt Will!

I think its good! Some parts are busier than others. In places, I had to go back and add more on mine. Keep up the great work!