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No apologies necessary remember we were all new at this once! There are a couple of routes you can go here. First thing I can tell you is that the faceplate is attached to the visor and not the helmet halves. The bolts will go through the visor to attach to the main helmet assembly. In this way the visor/faceplate can be raised up to expose your face. Chef has a good tutorial here: http://kgbairsoft.com/wordpress/?page_id=122. It's not an SC but close enough to help you work out the assembly. Another idea would be to shoot Jeff at SC an email and see if he has instructions he can email to you. A third is to look through the armory on the helmets and research the various builds. Most of the men and women here will create pretty thorough build threads and there is lots to glean for them. Hope this helps some and look forward to seeing you complete that build. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That snout looks just fine. The aerator and part above it look like they have the right colors but I can't tell the color of the base. It looks beige in the photo and it should be a light/medium grey. Here's a picture of my snout on my Altmann's: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Do you have any pictures of it so we can take a look? If youre concerned there are a few places where you can snag a new one.

Welcome to the Pathfinders! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Some do. I'm just going to make an ABS slurry and fill in the gap. A little sanding and paint and it's one piece.

Woot! You made some great choices. I have the same pieces and I love them. Look forward to seeing your progress. Let us know if we can help! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Jeff is really top notch. Now we just have to convince him to make a one piece belt😀! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looking great! Nice work on the boots and don't worry about those dog bones those can be tricky so keep practicing and they'll come out. On your sleeves it's hard to gauge length until you have your shoulders trimmed. Ideally the vest should be about 0.5-1" past the shoulder armor so wait until you have those done before you darn them. As far as the vest opening the movie stills show it being quite open. Chef made my vest and it's open about three inches from my neck so you definitely want to remove the shirt collar and open it out like in the vest tutorial. SC is great armor and it will fit you just fine so great choice there. Look forward to seeing more of your build so keep updating your thread. Excellent start and I hope you and Lola enjoyed the cheesecake😀 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think part of that issue with the bund length is the cod. To be honest once I figured out that the cod doesn't go even halfway under your legs my bund length turned out to be perfect. Every time I suited up I looked at my bund and thought "what would Mickey think"😀! I love the zipper idea because I can say that it can be a real bear to get your bund Velcro line perfectly straight dressing yourself. This method makes that process so much easier.

Pouches look great! What was the pattern you used for those? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That is a capital idea Shada!

Ah! My eyes! To Chunk you must listen. Add backer you must hmmmm.

There should be four places where the suspension attaches to the helmet. You'll need to cut the hard hat around those slots. Once you cut them out slide them back on the suspension and that will give you four areas that attach to the inside of your helmet. You can use E6000 or a hot glue gun to attach them. Trooperbay has liners you can buy with the helmet tabs but I think you can do it cheaper just getting a hard hat from Home Depot and cutting it yourself. Hope that makes sense:)

Yeah when I saw your latest rework I kicked myself as I had that one in hand but choose poorly. It's the perfect diameter. I'm really hoping Constantine can hook me up. Looking at your TD compared to the SC there is such a significant difference in the size and shape and I want to get it changed out.

I followed your lead and went with two 12ft HDX extension cords cut the ends off and stripped it in half. I think my tube is a tad small though. I looked at the one you're using but it seemed to big of a diameter at the time but I may start over again using that one. I don't think I like the current SC TD box as it seems too big to me so I pinged Strider to see if he would consider making another one of his reworked ones. He said he'll think about it but I hope he does as I think between the wire you came up with and that revised box the TD will be real close to film quality.

I went with a hard hat liner. Keeps me pretty cool. I'm not using a chin strap on my setup but they are available. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

These are really incredible! Would it be possible to get one of these boxes from you? I'm working to get my TD accurate for my Lancer submission.

I went with a 1 1/4" dishwasher hose from HD and I saw that one in the same aisle. This is what mine came out to look like. What do you think? I still need paint and I need to source smaller end caps too. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You know that almost looks like the synthetic cloth they use for ski jackets and such.

I'm going o hunt around here in Phoenix tonight and try to hunt something down. I gotta troop on Saturday and can't do it without my TD....i'd be out of uniform! If I find something I'll let you know.

Yeah the tube is throwing me. I was going to see if I could find a Pex in that diameter to keep the weight down.

What color are you using Shaun? I'm making this upgrade to my TD as well. I was thinking a light grey dusting with Krylon.

This is a great first cut at it. Good job! Here are a few of the items you might want to address. Looks like you've already looked at these but I just wanted to share what I see: Snout greeblie on helmet Rectangle and dot greeblie on the TD Chest rectangle needs to be painted grey Helmet needs the grey bolts between the visor and main bucket Tank topper needs red stripe and white dot on top Tank needs striping Bring your thigh boxes up to about an 1" - 1.5" from your belt and even them out. They also became twisted when you were suiting up. Those can be tricky devils when you're putting on the belt so it's a good check to remember. Attaching the pouches to the armor or bund is really what works best for you. I actually can do both as I have Velcro on my bund and my chest armor. The Lancer requirement is for it to be on your bund but I find they move better with me attached to my chest armor. It might be a good idea to fill out your pouches with some foam to give them a bit of form. I use a soft packing foam in mine and it keeps the shape relatively well. Bring your bicep armor over more so it's square with your shoulder bells. The forearm armor goes over the top of your hand overlapping the gauntlet by about an inch. Bring your bund up above the belt none of it should be showing underneath. You want to have as much of the bund under your chest armor as it will give you freedom to move without the bund slipping down. The knees look a bit close to the boots maybe bring those up a touch and pull your suit down a tad so it doesn't bunch above the knee. I think its a great job and sounds like you already have most of it in hand. I think you just need a little tightening up which is all fitment type stuff. Once you get that all addressed I think you'll make your GML a happy person. Look forward to seeing you a full Pathfinder! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That's a tough one and it really depends on your body types. Since the armor is custom fit for you. What I mean is that the items like the belt and chest/back armor are trimmed to fit your waist and chest. One other issue you may have is the spacing between the boots and knee armor since that's were your height differences will come in. I would say that the height difference there would be really apparent and the tops of the boots would touch the knees when your son is wearing it. That being said if your waist and chest sizes are comparable then all you would need is an additional set of boots for when he is in the armor. A good suggestion here is to reach out to your local Garrison and see if there is a scout about your size who will let you try on the armor. You can visit with your son and get a feel for how it would work building it to your frame and check the fit on his. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Sorry to hear. Is there no hope of banging it back into shape? I wonder if we could get SC or Spike to consider making the hard armor for the Kashyyyk? I think I'll shoot out a few PMs. Maybe adding a few more producers might help this great set of armor along. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk