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It's extremely difficult to confirm, short of one of us actually inspecting one of the suits. The best we've had to go off of is Gino's Scout, who based his build on the original suit. I've looked through what I've got and this is the best rear side image I can find.

No worries at all!

Can you expand on what you mean? The clips are riveted onto the det tubing, which is zip tied into the det box. Once assembled, this allows you to slide the whole det onto the back of your belt webbing.

Before you glue the end caps on, you will need to rivet the clips onto the det tubing. Here's an example of how mine are riveted on: You can also see in Strider's Lancer build thread how he rivets in the clips as well. Even though he's wrapping his own cabling on the det tubing, the process should be the same. http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/17305-lancer-build-tutorial/&page=3

That's great. Thank you again, Whiskey, for your willingness to take the leap of faith on the IB coveralls. I'm really glad to see that they turned out well. From the references I've seen, including the ones you posted, there is some suede on the back -- just not a whole lot. It definitely doesn't have a large patch, like we have on the front of the coveralls. I took the scout capture photo, blasted the contrast, and highlighted the patches to better show where they are in the original photo.

Hi Anthony, I have no doubt that Scout Team Six will get you up to speed in no time. If you want to do some research, you can check out the scout vendor list here: There's also a link in there to the vendor sales forum, which you will be able access after you have 5 posts. Good luck and we're here when you need us! http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/forum/156-vendor-sales/

If it's not in the CRL or visual guide, then it'd be hard for someone to gig you on it. However, if you have the option, I'd model it based on how it's set up in the guide, where the flap is on the wearers left and attaches on the wearers right.

That's a big improvement! I think you should be set. Good work sticking it out, Jill.

I noticed in the photobucket links that you do have two pockets on your chest? These would be covered by your armor and flak vest anyhow, so if all else fails, you could use the material from one of them for your neck closure.

Hi Jenn, your flightsuit should have a "mandarin style collar closure flap covers the neck area" as per the CRL. It's not a difficult mod to do, if your suit doesn't have it already. There are some instructions and photos here on modding the collar: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/19259-undersuit-mods/&tab=comments#comment-174058

Congrats scout!

I use velcro to attach my bund to my flak vest. I also attach my cod to the flak vest. There's a whole host of armor attaching tips and tricks in the thread I made here: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/18894-some-tips-for-keeping-your-scout-costume-together-while-trooping/ No need to do it all if you don't want to. Just take the parts that work for you.

Hi Jill. I think that cut off at the top of the suede portion is too low and I suspect it'll stop before the suede goes under the codpiece. I'll try and show you what I mean, via the rough mockup with drawn belt and cod positioning below. There are also some improvements you could make to shape, which I indicated. I also advise you to bring the front and back CRL photos as a reference for your seamstress. https://databank.501st.com/mw501/images/7/7c/TB_bikerscout_full.jpg

It looks like there's still some excess on the left side of the faceplate that hasn't been trimmed? Am I seeing that right? And you'll need to keep working the left part of the faceplate, it's still disjointed from the bottom of the back of the helmet. Again, it's hard to tell from the photos if it needs to be trimmer further, or if it's a fit issue.

Jenn, in general everything looks fine. Obviously, the next step will be testing how it fits on you. The only item that stands out to me is the det tubing -- it looks silver. That will likely be fine for basic approval, as the CRL states "Thermal detonator box with short corrugated hose attaches to the back of the belt." However, if you wish to go for level 2, it will need to be medium to light grey in color.

RIP, pathfinder

The tank greeblie should be oriented towards the centerline of the back of the tank. You could also move it back a bit, slightly. I've marked where to move and align it in the diagram below.

Hey Jill, I know you've been working hard at this, but there's still a few things that you need to address -- On the left side of the helmet, the upper visor and faceplate are aligned good, but you should try and make the edge more flush to the back portion of the helmet. You may need to re-drill your bolt hole. On the left side, the upper visor and face plate look decently aligned. However, the bottom edge of the helmet back and faceplate are misaligned and will need to be adjusted. I've attached two images showing where you should make adjustments. The Scout helmet is one of the most fidgety helmets to build. Just keep working the adjustments and you'll get there.

Jill, if you want to extend out about 3/8" from where your black area is now and draw a pencil line, that'll give us an idea about how it looks before you commit all the way and paint it.

I've gotten stuff from them before. It should ship around when the next run is happening, so yeah, about a month.

Hopefully by the time the next IB run opens in Feb, we'll have some in-hand feedback and reviews of their materials.

Hey there. While there is no specific measurement listed in the crl regarding how far the black paint needs to extend, there are photos of the helmet in the crl, that show the black paint extended onto the flat portion of the nose. You can also see it in the helmet depicted below. I think what you have now should be ok for basic approval, regardless.

Just to add to this part of Mickey's post, the height and circumference of the IB scout boots aren't customized to the wearer, aside from selecting a shoe size. The height and circumference should be listed in their size chart, but depending on your body size, there's the risk that they fit your calves poorly, or they're too short in relation to your knee armor.

These are mine, though when I did this build, I had used the 1.5" cotton webbing, instead of the updated standard in the current CRL. Strider also has some excellent examples in his thread of how to rig it up, here: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/17305-lancer-build-tutorial/&

Snout placement looks good. I'd also suggest cleaning up the edging on the black nose paint, but that may already be in your task queue.