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The stencil they use is a vac formed shaped cover that sits over the helmet half’s and dictates the pencil lines . The stencil is slipped over the helmet half and a pencil line is drawn around the shell indicating cut marks . I thought the scout helmets were sent out with pencil marks . withour rs pencil marks, you should be able to see the original mould marks inside the helmet half’s . This is an accurate as the pencil lines . The two half’s never fit together exactly , start at the back and tweak the front . at the studio they use plastic weld ( it melts the plastic and hardens quickly ) for glueing in the inner support strips , and use abs slurry ( off cuts of abs melted in plastic weld glue ) as a filler for the outer seams . After sanding that a fine car filler is used to fill scratch marks from the sanding . it takes the best part of 6-8 hours to get a helmet kit ready for paint .

Go with the pencil lines that the helmet came with they’re dead on . Also watch rs props YouTube videos featuring rob building one of these . Inside the helmet you can also see the original mould marks as an extra indication . The visor builds itself once the helmet half’s are decided upon , the faceplate dictates the visor . personally, having built a few of these , I would never order a kit scout helmet ! lol that was your big mistake . Always order a built helmet with your kit ( advice here for future builders) But, when they are finished they are a true sight to behold . when you eventually finish the build, you join an exclusive screen accuracy club and will have a great felling of achievement.

Whilst I admire your wish to create one from scratch , I would have thought it far simpler to order the correct bag ( eBay U.K. have them all the time) than try to source the correct material to make one from , and find a sewing machine that is super heavy duty to sew with .

Looks great, especially with the pouches raised . The gap between faceplate and helmet looks large on the left side , is that something you can adjust ? loving the boot work by the way .

I find the knees slide down when trooped, fo I sewed a square of Velcro into the appropriate place on my overalls and glued Velcro inside the knees , thus the elastic is just for show really, the knees ( and forearms) are held in place by the Velcro and always stay in correct alignment .

Remove the black with automotive cutting compound . A small bottle should be only a few dollars from the auto store . If there are actual scratches under the black marks , you have realistic weathering ! It’s such a small area no one would notice .

If you bought a genuine RS from the studio, it would have come with a pencil mark around the helmet half’s , indicating the cut line . did you cut it shorter than the pencil line ? If so you may need to assemble it with a gap which you will fill after assembly and before paint .

Brilliant video Mickey ….time to start your own YouTube channel . again, the open collar is something we wanted with the Rs props suit a few years ago, but went with the mandarin because it was what everyone wanted at the time . Unlike the T bit modification, which is already in place , with screen accurate moulds, the open collar will take time as it requires a re design of the undersuit . But as it’s now in the CRL it’s only a matter of time.

Congratulations all around . A great step forward ,and such a simple modification for any scout to carry out .

The piece of webbing that attaches to the bottom of your cod piece is , I believe a requirement . It’s seen on all the movie scouts and goes up under the rear of the belt , and is visible outside of the rearmost piece of suede that goes down your rear .

Hotel booked, just waiting for the tickets to go on sale. See you all in the detachment photo !

Yep that’s it, but you really need the two inch wide variety.

Elbow pads on knees and vice versa ? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

On my rs holster, I used my fingers to prise the holster sides away from the boot material on the rear edge. This gave me enough room to glue a couple of neodymium magnets inside the holster where the blaster trigger guard sits . As the rs blaster has a metal trigger hard, it holds it in place no problem . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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Inside the helmet they used a strip of black fabric tape, large enough to make the hole look black from outside . I don’t know if it’s available in the us, but they used two inch wide “ tessa” brand tape. It’s a sort of insulation tape used to wrap (among other things” car wiring looms . It has a sort of short furry feel to it , not shiny plastic insulation tape . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Simply removing the need for left and a right would suffice for now. Some armour makers will still supply two , some will upgrade . RS have already made a mould for the new greeblie , and from now on will only be supplying the screen accurate version , their left and right fan sculpts will no longer be available . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The originals were cast by the props dept in white resin,the costume guys seemed to have modified this casting, a saw blade cut was put in between the two lower lugs, and the lugs sanded at an angle . Maybe because of air bubbles in the resin casts, or maybe just to make them look better in their opinion, more “ sci fi “ maybe . or maybe the original was modified before casting …who knows . now we know the source of this greeblie, the CRL needs a quick update .

Just add it . It’s one step towards screen accuracy , which is everyone’s goal.

Great to see the new greeblies mickey . Are we now putting to bed the idea that there is a left and right bicep greeblie ? The found part isn’t mirrored in the kit , and no photo of a left side one has ever been discovered . C’mon you know it makes sense !

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if you watch the latest RS prop store video you will find an announcement of a short window of time to order their screen accurate armour as a kit . This has never been offered before , and allows anyone either starting out or with already cleared armour to upgrade to screen accuracy instead of fan sculpted . But don't delay , this is a very short ( like four days left ) offer that probably won't be repeated anytime soon . Cheers .

Now I'm totally confused . I feel it was better before with a uniform design of greeblie layout . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well done guys , a great resource .

That's a great photo ... what's going on around his neck ? A pulled down balaclava, or a neck seal ?