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There is nothing in the CRL about the width of the strap for the optional chin cup. Is there a mandatory width for this strap? Thanks!

Sitting down in your armor? What's that?!

Hello all. My ROTJ Scout has been approved, and now I am looking for the list of available TB ID numbers. Some help? Our liaison says my TB number will be the same as my TK number - I am already an approved TK since 2018.

Oh, really? I can see the photo on my end. Oh well, it's not a good pic anyway. I was considering sewing velcro, but not sure it would look proper. But, when in Endor... Thanks! I will post the better approval photos through TapTalk when I have them.

OK, got my helmet back from SC and I am almost ready for approval pics. This might look a tad sloppy because I had nobody to help tidy up the armor or take a proper pic, but I will have someone to help when that time comes. I just need to pad up the bucket. Question - my knee armor slides down as I walk - anyone else have this issue and a possible solution? The straps are plenty tight. Maybe some padding inside the armor??

SC said they will build it. The fee is pretty high, but at this point, I want it out of my hands and finished. Do they do a good job for 501st approved helmets?

Thanks, but everything else is done.

Would someone on here be interested in building my helmet? I received replacement parts from SC, but it's still annoyingly out of whack. Maybe one of you who actually has some skills would be interested in being commissioned to build this. I get so frustrated because of my inability to do anything even remotely handy, that I may run this thing over with my Jeep 80 times if I tried to build it. To me, it's not fun. I can put on the visor, stickers, and greeblies when the helmet is built, but I am not spending one more second trying to put this dang thing together.

I bought the entire kit with helmet, and it also says trimmed and ready for assembly. But, it still needs additional trimming in places. Another fella on here has the same thing, and he mentioned his helmet was also a little off. The representative of SC wrote to me and he admitted their helmet - he wrote, "Yes, our design is in need of revamping." So, even they admit the parts are a bit off.

I will post photos of the significant difference between the helmet back and the width of the faceplate. The helmetback circumference needs to be reduced by a full inch - or, at least it would have before my attempts to heat it and shrink it ruined the ear so badly. SC has agreed to send a new helmetback and decals at no charge. But, now I am worried that the faceplate may also be an issue. I know you said the helmet was not made to be symmetrical. But, do you think that just a new helmet back would solve the problem? Does my faceplate seem warped? To me, it looks as if the left side of the faceplate (which would be the left side as its worn over the face) is really out of whack? Is this how it is supposed to look, and a new helmet back with a smaller circumference do the trick? The first photo in my next reply shows how far off the left side of the faceplate is, with the right side taped down to the helmet back. I was able to close the gap slightly before my heating of the plastic completely ruined the ear. There was a little more than a one inch difference - no way the faceplate was ever going to lay down over the helmet without being permanently attached. The second photo shows the faceplate from the bottom - I wonder if the left side is warped, which was causing the issue, and maybe it wasn't the helmet back?

No, it is ruined. If SC doesn't send free or at least very discounted replacement parts, I am selling the rest of it - suit, boots, blaster, everything. I've just about had it.

I think I've ruined the helmet, and that's just fine with me. Studio Creations helmet is absolute garbage. The helmet cap/back is more than an inch too wide for the faceplate to fit over. I can't hot water bathe the whole thing to re-size it because I've already applied the stickers - as per directions on the video tutorial, which is a mistake unless you have a helmet made by a decent company. My only recourse was to try tying the helmet tighter, and running a heat gun on it - which I know probably won't work, and has already caused the thinner area to melt (the part of the helmet back that runs down each side where the faceplate lays. If SC doesn't send a replacement helmet back and stickers, I may just abandon this entire friggin project. I am not spending one more dime on them.

Yes, if you don't mind sending me that photo bucket link. Did you have a Studio Creations helmet? I have to say that I am absolutely disgusted with them. It's a terrible mold. I'm going to have to heat treat the helmet back because the faceplate won't fit over it, and lay down. Frankly, I am considering selling it. I think it's an absolute piece of crap. But, I am already so invested, I might try to make it work. Or else just commission someone to finish it for me - you know, someone who works for NASA or something, who is capable of technological miracles. I really really hate this thing.

There is no way I am going to work on this any more tonight. This is going to require trimming a few millimeters off the right side of the bottom of the faceplate because it's not even close to lining up. and I am absolutely, positively the single worst, most incompetent builder who has ever lived. Another issue is that this helmet gives really no room for double sided tape to hold these parts together without it showing. Should I glue them together once I have everything trimmed up correctly? The arrow indicates where I need to put some sort of adhesive to attach the visor and faceplate. If I don't, the visor edges stick way out. But, there is hardly any contact between the two - no flat edges laying together like the helmet in Kropserkel's tutorial, which is one reason I was hoping to find another tutorial. Picture on the way...

I'll tape it together and try to get a photo that represents how I am seeing it. I'm trying to get it straight enough so that I can double-side tape the two pieces (visor and faceplate) together before attaching them to the helmet.

I am just here to say that the Studio Creations helmet absolutely friggin sucks. The different parts are so asymmetrical, it's been darn near impossible to get this right. I think I am going to have to heat treat it to mold it to not look extremely cockeyed. The visor and faceplate simply will not stick together without it looking horrible. I hate Studio Creations, hate it, hate it.

I have worn a TK bucket over 120 times, and I've had the tactical type padding in it. That starts to press into your head a bit on long troops too - so, you may want to reconsider if you're going that route. At least the hard hat lining can be adjustable.

Awesome possum, thanks guys! I kinda figured it needed trimming, but I always confirm before doing something like that. Hopefully another step closer to completion. We have a troop at a hockey game next month, and being outside for part of it is too cold with the TK. Hopefully it's done by then. What's a good helmet liner? Maybe some kind of construction lining?

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My main question is how the visor and facepiece should line up. Does the tip of the visor line up with a straight vertical line up from the snout? And if so, should I grind down the edges marked in orange?

It's been too long since I got back to work on this helmet. The rest of my armor and suit is ready for approval, but I need to get this helmet done. Pictures are in my next post for what I have done so far. I am looking for a good tutorial that is not the Kropserkel video (it doesn't really match my helmet - I have a Studio Creations model, and the video is confusing me since my helmet is shaped so differently than the one he uses in the video. I can't do the same steps he does, so maybe there is a SC tutorial out there?) If not another tutorial, maybe just some guidance to help me complete the helmet. All that is left is to attach the visor/facepiece and the helmet. Plus, tips on what to line it with. My next post will have pictures and some specific questions. Thanks!

I'm about to freaking give up on this darn helmet. The Kropserkel tutorial is not helpful for attaching the visor and faceplate - the shapes/cuts of mine are totally different. And it seems my faceplate needs major trimming to fit This is certainly not getting done in time for our big Con - very dissappointed. I'm still going as TK, but wanted this one done. Any help with another helmet tutorial for the SC kit? I'm taking my helmet (unfinished) to the Con to compare it to some completed ones, but for now, I am quitting.

Ok, it’s helmet time. I’m concerned about the blinders, if that’s what you call it. I’ve laid the cap on to the back, no trimming or attaching yet. That part looks ok. But, when I try to line up the blinders, it looks pretty poor - quite off on the vertical alignment between the blinders and the back of the helmet. I’m think maybe I need to trim - see photos. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh yeah, I must have had the knees flipped - it's tough dressing in this, and that was the last thing I put on - still not practiced on it yet! I can put on a TK in no time now - guess I need practice on this one. I'll have someone here to help dress me when I take my approval pics. Speaking of which, can I attach my upper arms to the shoulders before approval? Also, do people put padding inside of the knee armor to keep it from rubbing? Thanks !

Getting close. Keep in mind I was dressing myself, so it’s tough getting it all neat. I need to connect my upper arms to the shoulder bells and sew the Velcro on for the codpiece. Doing the holster today and hopefully the helmet next weekend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk