nateopotato

Congrats Trooper!

Thank you very much, I'm happy to be here and can't wait to troop!

Thank you! It's 10639

Thank you. Yeay! I just saw this now and I have the email 😁

Best of luck to you!

This morning I received my approval notification! 😁 Thank you everyone for your help, feedback, notes and support. I really appreciate you all during this process 🙏.

Ok...I finished my build over the weekend and last night submitted all my pics to my GML's requesting basic approval. Wish me luck. Below is a comparison of me on the left with the CRL header pic on the right. I think I'll be ok for basic approval.

Helmet: working on final trimming of the visor. How high does the visor/face flip up? is it a full 90 degrees? is any of it supposed to rub against the helmet top or do the bolts help keep it from falling back down?

Boot Dog Bone: I have the "concave curve along the bottom edge" and the "ends above the toe strip on both sides" (my toe strip is 1/2 inch as well), but before I glue it, I'm looking for feedback if it looks ok/correct. I appreciate it.

Thank you, I appreciate the additional eyes. That "curve affect" has been messing with me when looking at Scoutopedia and other pics.

Holster: Slowly trimming down the Holster to fit my EC-17 from Polymer Armory. Working on the pencil line for the humps, how does this line look? The Holster back sides/edges will get trimmed smaller to fit the boot, just wanted to get front part done first. The side with the vents/slits will get closer to the boot side of the Holster when I trim some more.

Yes, sorry, I just noticed you're in the UK. Thank you.

Thanks, can you tell if it's sewn or glued in? And about how big is the loop part exposed on the outside?

The Boots; at the top-back of the calf, they have the "thumb tab/loop" (not sure what the forums call it). I want to add this to mine. It's not noted in the CRL that this is a requirement, but it is seen in the CRL picture (Scoutopedia pic is below for reference with the "thumb tab/loop" in red). Is there an intended/recommended size (top-down and left-right measurements) for this tab? It looks like 1 inch by 1 inch. How have others attached this "thumb tab/loop" to the calf? It doesn't look like it's part of the Velcro vertical stitching. Is it just glued to the inside?

WIP update: Doing the tank decals now. I've taped the rank bars and top line for now with pics below (will tweak the side lines once top is set). I know all kits are different, so trying to eyeball the placement based on CRL pics and the Scoutopedia. Looks like it should be halfway and the rank bars are close to the top line. Looking for feedback on this please.

I have the eyes trimmed out of the face. How does this look? Any feedback on the outline?

Working on the helmet face and visor next. Slowly working on trimming a bit at a time to get the fit right for the left and right visor to the face then helmet base. Trying to sort out the length of the edge all around the visor (front, bottom, back), I can't seem to easily find reference notes/measurements in the forums. My guess is about 10mm, is there a standard that should be followed? Rough trim lines in pencil below (sorry if hard to see, had trouble with the camera focus).

Ok, I think I've sorted out the tank now (still need to sand it, glue topper, rivets, elastic strap and do decals). Let me know if I've missed something. Before I glue the tank topper on and do the rivets, based on what I can see from the CRL, Scoutopedia and pics from other posts; I'm wondering about the placement of the rivet on the tank lip, I think my green circle is a good spot. I believe I need to trim the back plate some more, so the tank lip meets the back plate bottom, my red lines are where I think I need to trim. Any feedback/insight is appreciated please.

Thanks @Chopper, I appreciate it. I'll continue as suggested. Fingers crossed I can make it work. Also the tricky bit is that the bottom part of the lip (red line) is where the mold stopped (before it flattened out to scraps), so not much lip was available below the red line to work with.

Was working on the Tank last night, no clear trim lines on the mold, so I've been attempting to eye ball it. I know what it's supposed to look like, but having a mind block trying to translate it to the Tank. I'm concerned that I'm going to trim too much or make it wonky. I want to avoid starting over. Any ideas/insight/feedback on the trimming is appreciated.

More WIP updates: I have the biceps, Forearms, Belt, Drop Boxes and Knees trimmed out and strapped; but only 95% done because I'm still waiting for some soft goods to arrive before I finalize the anchoring/fitting of the straps. I don't want to finish the straps now without having a soft goods fitting and risk the straps being too tight or loose (I did finish the Knees top strap though as that's all the 1/2 inch material I had left). BICEPS FOREARMS KNEES BELT DROP BOXES

I believe my Thermal Detonator is complete. I found a neat way to connect the end caps to the tubing. I utilized a 1-1/2 inch plastic sink tailpiece that you can get at your hardware/big box store. I bought a double-ended tailpiece version since I needed two flanged ends, this way I only had to buy one part instead of two. I cut the ends off the tailpiece (leaving about 1 inch), then E6000 glued the flange side to the end cap (didn't take a pic of this, but can if anyone is curious). The tailpiece has a good snug friction fit into the tubing, I didn't need to glue it. And here's the final Thermal Detonator.

Yes please, I would like a copy of the file as well.

Thank you @Chopper I appreciate the help/feedback. I'll tweak it accordingly.

Here are a couple of pics with the TD end caps on and off.