Bill's ROTJ Biker Scout Build

[Retrofire]

Congrats Pathfinder! Job well done!

[Worst]

Great job @mrbill8128, welcome back to Carida. See you on the other side

[haringjr]

Congratulations, Bill! 

Thank you, Pathfinders Command and Staff, for your attention to Bill's build thread. As GML, I rely heavily on Detachment Command, and value the input tremendously. 

Bill's process is a model for those building costumes. Bill possesses great skill and determination, so isn't necessarily representative of everyone, but the process can be. We suggest anyone building a costume get into the Detachments and lean on the experts there, then report back locally. This has been a pleasure to watch. 

Let's shoot for Lancer next! 

And we've got eyes on you, @Worst 👀

See you out trooping. 

 

[Chopper]

Hey hey! Congrats Bill!

[mrbill8128]

Thought I'd give something a try .

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[Worst]

Thought I'd give something a try .

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Duffle bag?

[mrbill8128]

Duffle bag?

Yes indeed! If it comes out right, lol.

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[mrbill8128]

Coming along...

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[mrbill8128]

Well, I quickly learned that my cutting and sewing skills are not as sharp as my math skills, lol. I ended up having to pick up a bit more material and making the end pieces a bit larger. But it's all coming together. Let me know your thoughts.

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[mrbill8128]

Nylon straps with tri-glide sliders attached with silver Chicago screws.

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[BikerScout007]

That looks sick!  Well done

[mrbill8128]

That looks sick!  Well done

Thank you! Means a lot coming from you!

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[Aradun]

Excellent work Bill.

[haringjr]

I love that you made the Scout gym bag! 

[Harbinger]

Impressive!

[Retrofire]

[mrbill8128]

Getting ready for my first troop as a Scout next weekend, and I remember all too well how important it is to practice suiting up to see what goes wrong, lol. I've been working on securing things, adding a magnet to the blaster, etc. I also tried the old scuba diver trick of using liquid dish soap on the visor and buffing it out with a microfiber cloth to help prevent fogging.

Well, the t-shape on the right bicep fell off, so that got a dose of e6000 and is drying.

The fog was still an issue until I removed the bulky chin cup I was using. When I took it out, no more fogging. I'm going to velcro in a plain elastic strap to help stabilize the bucket.

Finally, the cummerbund is riding up on me. I was using velcro to secure it to the chest, but I'm going to loosen that up before next week.

Always do a shakedown cruise and ALWAYS pack a repair kit .

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[Retrofire]

Looking sharp Pathfinder! When at the troop you can always have another trooper give you a once over and help adjust items so you look your best. Hope you have a fantastic troop and don't forget to start a thread for your trooping log.

https://forum.501stpathfinders.com/forum/141-pathfinder-trooping-awards/

[TreeHuggerMatt]

Looking great bill

 

bit too clean tho 😉

[mrbill8128]

Looking great bill
 
bit too clean tho

I'll have to go dirty at some point

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[TreeHuggerMatt]

15 minutes ago, mrbill8128 said:

I'll have to go dirty at some point

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That’s what she said. Huurr rhuurrr

 

Scout looks great. Can’t wait till het suit back to get mine cleared 

[mrbill8128]

The upgraded TD caps have arrived

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