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If you need some rare earth mags I have some 1/4” dia that I can give you. I also have some 5/8-3/4 dia but those might be a touch too strong. Let me know if you want some so you don’t have to buy a bunch.

That’s looking much better. It’s a good size compared to the CRL pic below. Keep up the good work and keep those questions coming!

You take your time Christina family first!

Hi Tyler and welcome to the Pathfinders! You can scale down the armor for specific people as long as the look is maintained. No body type is the same so folks will have to trim here and there to get it all to fit them. As I mentioned as long as the CRL is followed you shouldn’t have any issues. Best of luck!

Well done on the TD Phil keep up that great work!

Congrats Pathfinder!

It’s looking good so far Sabrina. Remember to go slow and remember that you remove plastic but not put it back on. Here are some build threads of the CFO that might be helpful to you as a reference. Keep those great questions and pictures coming!

It’s looking really good. Keep up the great work and let us know if you have any questions!

Don’t stress yourself too much sir. You most certainly can build to the Lancer spec but we can address those particular pics when you’re ready to submit and post them up in the Lancer submission forum. Best thing now is to focus on your basic submission. The GMLs are only going to focus on that. I was a GML for about 2.5 years so I can help you with what they’re going to focus on. Can you post up a pic of your helmet showing the areas that are causing you some issues?

So it looks like Christina will be the first one through the new CRL. While we’re anxiously awaiting her pics. Let’s review what we have so far for the written CRL so we have a solid submittal to the LMO. Please post up any updates, clarifications, you find. Thanks everyone! The draft is on the first page of this post...

Fantastic job Christina!

Thanks for all your hard work, wisdom, and helping hand to the Det Stefan you will be missed! Melody congrats on the new role and welcome to the lvl2 review team!

If you loosen up the cod strap and pull the cod up a bit in front it should help alleviate those “crunchies” a fair bit. Apart from that you’re looking good. Best of luck with the UKG GMLs mate!

Be sure to sand those edges nice and smooth or you’ll tear up your vest and it’ll hang up on you when your donning or doffing your chest armour.

It’s looking pretty good to me. The visor return seems a bit too thick to me and typically the helmet bolts are inset but I’m not seeing anything that would keep you from clearing basic with it. I would replace those silver bolts with the grey 3M versions though. There is a sale thread for the kit that comes with a headband or you can just get the bolts themselves from Amazon.

Congrats Pathfinder! I think it’s great that you’re going to go for Lancer. Please review the pinned posts here before you submit: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/forum/51-lancer-deployment-request/ I would also recommend that you review a few of the approved Lancer applications to get an idea of what you’ll need to do. Any questions please feel to let myself or @Chopper know and we’ll be glad to help.

We typically recommend that the boxes sit anywhere from 1”-1.5” from the bottom of your belt. You’ll want to measure from the inside of your belt front to inside the boxes and leave a little extra to adjust if you need. Since the buckle is there only for show and is just threaded through the strap you can slide it up or down to get it in the middle. You can use tape to attach the straps to the belt and boxes temporarily so you can put the belt on and adjust from there.

Medium gray for the snout and the chest armor indent. I used the Humbrol #5 Admiral Dark Grey for the snout and chest armor indent. You can also use Acrylics too and they are much easier to work with. Use can use Ammo by MiG or Vallejo Model Color or even Tamiya. If you go with Humbrol keep in mind that is an enamel paint so make sure you give it plenty of time to cure before working with the parts after you paint.

Yeah so what I would do is use masking tape to tape around the greeblies covering the bicep armor. Apply the green stuff with something disposable and flat like a spare piece of ABS or a thin piece of wood (think tongue depressor) and smooth it level with he rest of the piece. Use some 220 grit and maybe 400 or so to get a nice smooth surface then repaint with some acrylics and seal. Remove the tape and you’re good.

Very nice work Mike! Well done! Keep up the great work!

The width of my TD end caps is about 9-10mm so you’ll need to trim those down. Do it in increments as you can always take more off but can’t add it back. The length of the tube varies but looking at your TD box and tube together in the picture I don’t think you’ll have any problems with what you have. Looking at your biceps I did notice that your T-bits are the older style with the ridges in the verticals portion of the greeblie. While acceptable for basic they would not be approvable for Lancer if that is your goal. Talking with @Chopper we think that you could probably mod the box portion by using a file to remove the ridges and then repaint. Another option would be to carefully fill them in using a modeling putty like Squadron Green Putty then sand and paint. Here’s a pic of a screen used T-bit for reference.

Mark’s got a good point. You got a ton of folks here that can help you so keep that in mind. I was scared of sewing when I first started but I guess my wife was right and “skill comes by doing..” and now I’m sewing a bunch of different stuff. Keep in mind that a majority of this costume is made up of soft goods so the cost savings is considerable.

If you go with #1 I would get an X-Acto razor saw from your local hobby store. They have very thin blades and can make short work of removing the snout greeblie. Once you get it removed then you can use some 220 grit sandpaper taped to a flat surface to smooth the backplate. It could be glass or stone. I use a sample of our quartz countertop we got from the installer.

Those came out great! Nice work Phil and keep it up!

Is this in regards to the pouch tabs and additional seam on the bund closure? Looking at Christina’s build thread there seems to me to be enough screen evidence to reword the pouch reference to remove the “tab” wording and just simply say attached to the bund. For the additional seam on the closure that’s a detail I don’t believe that’s necessary for basic approval. That might be something that the det may address at a lvl2 after the basic CRL has been approved. In either case the DL/XO has the final say on the CRL wording so we’ll want to check with them to be sure. @BikerScout007 and @Dart what are your thoughts?