Retrofire

Hi Ben! Welcome to BSN! You need to make a minimum of five posts before you can see the trade forum. It looks like you only have two posts so far so you'll need three more and you'll be able to use the link Lou gave you in his message.

mmmmmm....trade forum maybe? That's a good place to start. Welcome to BSN trooper and let us know if we can help!

Welcome to BSN! This is a great place with tons of folks that are happy to help you with any questions you might have. Dig in to the forums and start reading. Again welcome and it's great to have you!

Dart, do you have a pic of the inside of your holster where you did this? I would like to do the same in mine as I don't really want to start cutting holes in my Hyperfirm for magnets. Thanks!

Those boots look really good! Can't wait to see the rest.

I have a TIE reserve that I'm working on and I've often thought of wearing my black cap when my scout bucket is off. I'm not sure if anyone has thought about how the Pathfinders are organized and how their divisions would be broken out. I've often thought that the Pathfinders would be more akin to a SpecOps group that can work alone or in small squads. Looking at ROTJ the scouts make up a very small contingent compared to stormtroopers so that makes me think that they are highly trained and specialized. The only problem I see is that I haven't seen anything in the canon, or non-canon, that identifies a Pathfinder Officer per se. The JRS 181st officer uniform has documentation to back it up but again I haven't seen anything for the armored detachments. I think I would be hard to define a CRL without some sense of how to proceed with the uniform. General Veers is defined as an Army General so again I would think that a TB or TK dress uniform would be akin to his with possibly some variation that identifies organization. I think this is an interesting idea and I don't see any reason why the command staff wouldn't look into it.

Looks great! Enjoying seeing your build come together. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I finished sizing the belt with my flight suit and bund. I used two 1/8" X 1/4" rivets with a spacer and backing washer. I made the two spacers out of scrap ABS to hold the nylon tighter against the belt. I'm working out a method for the rare earth magnets in the TD for the connection to the belt so more to come there.

I'm 5'9" and using SC. It fits my build nicely and it's pretty easy to work with in regards to sizing for us smaller scouts. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk

Tonight saw the completion of the knee armor. Using the 0.5" elastic I folded it over and sewed it to keep the ends from fraying and punched a hole in it using an awl. From there I used a 1/8" X 1/4" rivet with backing washer to attach it to the knee. The knees are completed and meet the Lancer requirements.

Anytime Brother! I agree with Dart in that it looks a little bunched around the throat area but I can't see anything major that the GML would not approve.

Hi Steve! Your pictures aren't showing up in the thread. I think you need to edit them and remove the img and /img tags that are first and last in the URL and then they should work. Look forward to seeing the pics!

Your lid looks fantastic brother! Can't wait to see the armor come together for you! If you can't find the pins you might not want to wonder around your dwelling in bare feet. My mini-scout did the same and I stepped on one

That's wonderful! I'm so happy for you!!....<<<pressing UNLIKE button!!!! >>> ...and change your Altmann's status too!

The cuts look great. I cut the front of my boots but I would stick with the CRL requirements. You also might want to pull the upper grommets and get some flat sport laces. Pandatrooper used a speed lace on his build and that would make tightening your boot much easier. Just a thought. Can't wait to see some white on those boots!

Thanks for the kind words Tim and hold the door open for me because I'm coming in right behind you Brother!

Congrats on Lancer! Great achievement! Look forward to following in your footsteps.

This one boggles me too. I'm 5'9" and I have a shorter length between the bottom of my front armor and my belt so my pouches look a bit too small to me but yet the fit the gap. I too want a shot at Lancer but I think I'm going to need to have my pouches redone before I put in my request.

Last time I talked to Steve he mentioned that it was the temperature of Tatooine there in AU so he's probably getting back as us yanks in the cooler zones of the Galaxy . Look forward to seeing your lid!

For those with SC armor if you are working on the knees, and going for Lancer, the one inch elastic that is shown in the instructions to be riveted to the top of the knee armor is incorrect. It should be 0.5" inch elastic per the CRL.

Great work Ted! I never thought of using the snap method to attach the webbing. It's a great idea! Look forward to seeing more of your build.

Tonight was more sewing with the forearm, bicept, and the start of the knee armor elastic. Tomorrow I plan on finishing the knees with the 0.5" elastic for Lancer and get that riveted in to the assembly and also get my T-straps together. Then the fun part of beginning the preliminary fitting with the soft armor to make sure everything looks perfect when I don it for my approval pics. There is still much to do: install the rare earth magnets into my TD and boot holster, finish the webbing, finish sanding the chest armor and polish to a high gloss, etc, To those tackling a build don't get frustrated. Just take it a piece at a time and work it until you are satisfied and move on to another piece. Always remember that BSN is a place where Scouts can find help from Scouts and ask questions or vent. If I've learned anything from this experience it that building armor (while fun most of the time) can be downright frustrating sometimes too. Just take it in stride and keep motoring on to those approval pics! Sorry for my soliloquy I just want to encourage you to git r done and don't sweat the small stuff

Sweet! Did you replace the traps? I think mine is supposed to be here this week.

Yeah, I did the same. I sewed hook onto my drop box webbing and stuck the loop into the insides of the drop boxes just underneath the slots. It makes it easier to adjust the height of the boxes. I didn't like the look of just stringing the webbing through both sides like it mentions in the SC instructions. Doing it that way kept it from sitting cleanly against my leg. Great work! Keep it up!

I took a break from sanding the returns on the front and back armor and spent some time with my belt assembly. I finished sewing the Velcro on the belt and drop box webbing. The TD isn't hanging as nice as I would like so I think I 'm going to install a magnetic restraint centered on the belt and TD to try and keep it centered and straight. I really want the build to be as nice as I an make it. We're Pathfinders and we always have to look our best .