CatfoodRob

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

Echoing everyone else's sentiment , well done Mickey , it's a hard thankless job thatbyou do with great panache !!! Keep up the good work . All the very best for the next year .

RS are ever evolving . They use other manufacturers for some of their soft parts these days and are far more a curate .

I don't know what RS are doing if a colour isn't specified , but you guys need to realise that RS aren't one man in his garage , they are a proper company , and have staff available six days a week for email, telephone, Facebook etc etc ... just talk to them !!! They will customise armour and helmets to whatever state you require ...just talk to them !!!! 🤣 if you just put in an order through the website , you will get whatever they are doing at the moment , but if you contact them they will do gloss: matt: weathered : clean: heavily weathered: Whatever you desire . They are a great bunch of guys to talk to , you've all seen the YouTube videos ... real guys you can relate to . Talk to them and get the exact product you desire . It really is that simple . Don't stress out about it , tell them what you want and that is exactly what you will receive .

Why not just go RS for the whole armour and helmet ? That way you will get movie accuracy throughout .

Excelent clarification of a few minor but relevant points . Evolution .

Water slide are screen accurate ...why compromise ???

Only if you've been drinking heavily the night before and have the shakes .

Ideally I guess a small metal container with a bearing inside could be inserted inside any resin blaster for better effect , but I didn't have one, just the bearings and nuts . Also ideally it could be bigger in size and maybe inserted in the guns handle ... but that's for someone else to try . I'm happy with my solution , I'll add a final,photo once the gun is fully assembled and re painted . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This is the combination i ended up with . I then sealed the end off with some body filler . The site is now ready for sanding at the end, and a coat of satin black ..oh, and then fitting to my blaster . No, the rattle it makes isn't the same as on the tv series, but then again the noise is made inside the gun , not as a sound effect created in the studio . Once the blaster is fully assembled, it will make a loud enough click / rattle to be heard and it will be obvious ( to viewers of the mandalorien) what it's meant to be . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I collect vintage musclebikes, so have a few ballbearings at hand. I tried various numbers and sizes of bearing in the scope hole, but the resin dampened the sound . I realised I needed something metal for the bearings to smack against . I pushed a 6 mm (1/4) nut down the hole to,the bottom of the hole ( using a long bolt to stop it tilting and getting stuck half way ) I then put just two bearings in the hole, and blocked off the top with a cut down 6 mm bolt Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The first thing I did was drill into the end , using larger and larger drill until I had a decent size hole . I think I ended up at 5/16 . I went in as deep as the drill allowed . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Let me start by saying I have no love for the mandalorien remnant biker scouts . Those ..shall we say .." dressing issues" make me cringe . However their inclusion in the hit series will bring new troopers over to the scout side of the hobby , and that must be a good thing ! one of the things discussed is the " rattle" noise the scout blaster makes when shaken during the cringeworthy "shooting a can " scene . During the last troop I attended before lockdown I fought my holstered blaster on something and it was tossed down to a hard floor , breaking my scope in half . As it was a 3d print a bit of superglue worked wonders , but I needed a more permanent solution . At a recent visit to RS Propmasters in Manchester England , I found a single point sight in the dustbin . It was a reject cast due to a few air bubbles in the surface . I was allowed to take it home to play with .

Very sad news . Condolences to the family . all who knew him

This stuff seems to be rarer than hens teeth here in the uk . The only thing preventing me going for Lancer ...you guys in the us have life so simple !!!!

I was up at RS Propmasters yesterday and we were trying to join in , but weren't technical enough . Pity as it was a full on scout building day Maybe next time ! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

If you want screen accuracy , weather them with tiny white scratches, as the originals were white resin painted black . There is no silver weathering on a scout . Although they are best left just black .

A few photos might help this discussion .

Well said that man !

Look at screen shots of the helmet from the movie, then compare to what you are considering on etsy. Notice huge differences? Yep, that's why people are suggesting others . The RS helmet is moulded from a genuine movie helmet , notice how it looks like the movie ones , and the etsy one doesn't ? Thats what this hobby is about , learning about the movie costumes and trying to emulate them . It's a learning curve, but you will soon get the hang of it and be shooting for Lancer !

I have imperial boots gloves and they compare to genuine gloves very well ...why the reccomendation of Wampa wear over them ? I'd say they are equal in accuracy , what's your complaint with them ? I have original and I B , and see very little difference . Delivery times are also equal .

The headband rivets into the helmet , it doesn't use the visor bolts . Install the liner . remove the visor . Drill holes beside the visor holes thru into the liner ears . replace visor .

I've owned a pair for over a year , despite making my own boots from covered work boots, for trooping I always wear my imperials as they are comfortable and well fitting to my feet . I've had no issues with durability after a couple of dozen outings . Just my personal,observations .

The rivet goes upwards , the head is inside . The bit you can see is the tail of the rivet through the washer .

If you are going for the larger thickness four stripe backpack, they used back of helmet decals . The larger number if stripes with thinner tape, I can't remember the width. you need to trim back the stick out ends on the plastic centre of your TD , should be a bit shorter in length . Also trim out the centre of the belt clips . Good idea about strengthening behind the ' v' cut , but to be honest it's not really necessary, the pinseal plastic is designed to crack less, that's what the pinseal back texture is there for .. but no harm in doing it . Great start , they don't like letting out kits , they must trust you to do them proud !