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Regular velcro should be fine, it's not supporting a lot of stress The only portion of your chest armor strapping we care about is what can be seen here. 4 inches per side may be enough.

If you check the Scoutopedia, you'll see we have measurements of a production helmet:

Don't be sad, Pete! My buddy Gary here in So Cal bought them and is currently fixing them up to start making Scouts for his prop company, Pilot Bay! They will be available soon.

As long as the collar closes in the front you should be okay. If your GML gives you a hard time, you can always add a longer flap.

It's not too hard with some basic sewing skills. Most of us use coveralls so we cut off a spare pocket to make the flap. I hope this helps: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/19259-undersuit-mods/

No. Vince throws the neck seals in with his Scouts for his own reasons. I supposed if you are doing a JFO Scout you can use it. The neck seal is not part of the ROTJ Biker Scout CRL because the neck seals cannot be seen from the outside. They were worn, but UNDER the flight suit. We don't make requirements on things that can't be seen from the outside.

No worries, Matt! During the height of the pandemic we were doing virtual Armor Parties on Zoom. If folks want it, we are always happy to do more!

At this point you'd need a time machine as well!

Welcome! Always good to see a long timer here. @spike (Altmann) predates that, but he has since sold his molds to a guy in my Garrison. Can't wait to see this kit when it's completed! We've been hearing a lot about it. Please let us know how we can help

Psssst..... trading cards aren't merch. They are PR materials. There are no invoices to be paid, no vendors to be contacted. Just me, in my own spare time, cranking them out. I will get to them when I get some free time.

I've been using the foam blocks for years now and they've worked well!

Greetings and salutations to all Pathfinders and soon-to-be Pathfinders! Today marks the beginning of the new Legion term, and I am pleased to once again be leading the best Detachment in the Legion for another year. I want to thank everyone from Command all the way to the latest Pathfinder to be approved for your trust and support in my tenure. Maybe it's my IT background, but I have always seen my role as one of service, not power. Everyday I and the rest of the team work on ways to make your experience here faster, more informational and most of all, pleasant. I hope you all have enjoyed the Scoutopedia as well as some of the videos I have done the past two years. I plan on making another big video this year, so stay tuned! Now for the nitty gritty! By all accounts, Star Wars Celebration is still on for May 26-29, 2022 in Anaheim. I look forward to seeing many of you there. I'm sure I'll be able to spot you by those swanky new racing shirts! We of course will be organizing a group photo, so I hope to see you all in your gear for that. As for get togethers -- I've always been more for informal meetups rather than over produced (and costly) affairs, but I will get with local Garrison folks and see what sorts of things are in the planning stages. There seems to be a lot already going on with Disney Nights so I'm not sure how much breathing room there is in the schedule. CRLs -- at our local armor party last weekend I got to check on the progress of our guy building the Treadspeeder and things are really coming along! Boots have been painted white, leg armor has been crafted from scratch, and an FOTK kit with gaskets has already arrived. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I expect this one to come along in the next few weeks. And if Raj hits a snag, I know @Ruthar is also working on his. With "Andor" and "Obi-Wan" coming this year, I expect we may see some more Pathfinder CRLs in the future. With the rate at which Disney+ is cranking out episodes and their generally haphazard regard for the costumes, we may find ourselves in a situation where we need to make a main Disney+ variant (Scout, Shoretrooper etc) with several different tabs for options. The ROTJ Scout, however, will always be walled off from things that happen on these shows. There has been a movement in the Legion toward protecting the OT costumes, and I am 100% in support of this. Merch! With a new term that means our 6 slots for the year have been renewed. And as promised, I am going to start with the t-shirt. First step will be to coordinate with the Legion, as we want to use the same vendor the Legion used for its T-shirt run. Apparently this vendor has the ability to mail the shirts to the recipient directly, without the use of a third party (ahem....me!) to coordinate the shipping. They do not do racing shirts, before anyone asks! Since it has been a few years, we will be doing a run of the main Pathfinder logo in patch form. In other words, the Biker Scout helmet. I know several folks have been asking for this and we thank you for your patience and understanding. With variants no longer being available to us, we have prioritized designs that feature several costumes, so as to leave no Pathfinder behind. But we love our main logo as much as the rest of you, and it's time to crank those out again! And I still have one more big idea in the works for this year, but it is in the early planning phases, so stay tuned! Finally, I'd like to announce that @Hask has been promoted from Armorer to Detachment Costume Advisor for the Patrol Trooper. That area of our Detachment keeps growing and we need someone dedicated to it. We understand that there have been issues with obtaining a PT kit, so I've assigned @MrPoopie to work with KB Props to get another maker involved. KB was a huge help with the Mountain Trooper and he works fast, so we hope this is something that can be made available soon. That's all for now, Pathfinders! Pathfinders Lead the Way! Mickey Bukowski TB/ST-81974 Pathfinders Detachment Leader

Depends on how big you make the foam cavities. My speaker fits in mine just fine. This is a matter of personal preference. I personally don't like seeing pouches that are too perfectly square, because they weren't that way in the film. Your mileage may vary

@MrPoopie made some that could be 3D printed. I just use a block of foam, with a cavity cut into it so I can store my phone and trading cards!

There is one shot in ROTJ (the blue screen scout) where if you zoom in, turn up the brightness all the way, and squint, you can kinda see a neckseal. Maybe. Could be a crumpled up balaclava too. The Costumes book and ROTJ Blu Ray Scouts were also dressed (improperly) to display the neck seal. Folks gotta remember, the mannequins for both of those media were dressed some 30 years after the movie was shot and not by the original costume department. In every other scene in ROTJ where you can clearly see the Scout's neck, there is no sign of a neck seal. We've been told by a source who saw the Scout costumes in the archives that neckseals were worn under the collar of the flight suit, which means they can't be seen from the outside. And as you know, we don't make requirements on things that cannot be seen from the outside. We don't require you to wear socks or underwear either!

I guess my question is .... why? You don't need it for the ROTJ Scout at all. If you want a neck seal, plenty of vendors make them (try Imperial boots). But it's not in the CRL for the ROTJ Scout.

Most of us use coveralls so you are in good stead! Make sure you give this post a read: We are here for you!

We don't use measurements where we don't have them. Unless we get our hands on a production Scout and can take a measurement off of it, we try avoid those sorts of things. Just do your best to make it look like that picture.

About time!

PM him.

Greaves look great! Only thing that's jumping out at me is that the black lines on your left shoulder bell, particularly the bottom one, look a wee thin. Compare to the screen used: Everything is coming along great!

Great work, Andy! Thanks for taking the plunge and doing this for the Detachment!

I shipped the racing shirts to @andylah via UPS. That may be an option here.

It's very common to do the patch in 4 pieces. That's how mine are done.

Hey Josiah! Joining the Pathfinders was my first time doing any of this stuff either. We will get you through it! And even though I live in sunny Los Angeles, I am a native Marylander, born and raised. So hey, man! How bout dem O's? As far as 3D printing, make sure you are starting at a good place. There are a lot of STLs out there for Scout armor, but many of them have issues that keep them from being approved. For armor your best choices are MrPoopie or ChristhePropGuy. For helmet, ChristhepPropGuy or Jesus Salmeron Any other questions? ASK!