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well, dear friends have already had their eyes cursed with my build

so thought I would unleash my version of the KST on my Deatchment mates ;D

 

this is all freash MB kit from his very 1st run, which I am still very roud to have been on

took my time getting the visor on just how I like it. glue, bondo, sand - repeat

 

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did all the bits that Tom suggested on his orignal - even the back filling between the back edge of the visor and the front edge of the bucket. Cut bigger "sun-roof" detailing. Back filled the corners between the visor and the lid; so it looks mroe like ur V1.5 Tom.

 

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Backplate - next up

 

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The new kits of course now come all assembled

 

standard seamless assembly - just the bicep for example

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bondo'ed and ready to sand

 

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started prepping the parts that didnt need bonding together:

 

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sanded with 120 grit, washed and ready to paint:

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some base layer painting. Now I know some of you guys are real quick and have dedicated spaces to work. Unfortunately, between work, kids and limited space - this took me abt 3 days to get to this stage. Day 1 - primer, Day 2 - the black on the inside of the helmet and armor, day 3 - layer of chrome

 

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I have also removed all the pockets from my BDUs and dyed em with the Brown

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back to the armor.....

 

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been busy looking for colour matches and finding time to paint. base tan/green coat over the chrome and masking fluid removed

 

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next layer of masking and darkish grey (Humbrol no 79) recommended by Fett painters in UK

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next.... its the damned camo ....

polyscale Panzer Olive Green match is Humbrol no 78.... so once the grey layer is dried and ready, the green goes on

 

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then the brown - Tamiya Flat Earth Brown as recommended by Mr Bungle

 

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a few close ups

 

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almost got my cummerbund sorted. Tom - the one I got from you was too small. Or I was too big, so I am modding it to fit my girth

 

new approach to the boxes - built out of foam (based on measurements from the CRL):

 

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cloth covered:

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cardboard flap to give thickness to the flap:

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then put some stitch detail into the boxes:

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camo cloth covered the boxes - guess you could skip the 1st step, but didnt wasnt sure if this would work, so I used beige first. When the finsish was good enough, I repeated with the camo cloth.

 

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my commissioned glove with Acrilykhan greeb - thanks for Mosi for the link, the leathersmiths you recommended were top notch!

 

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Looks great outstanding work . (Acrilykhan greeb - thanks for Mosi for the link) Is this person making gloves I would like to contact them do you have a link. Also Sorry one more question the foam for the ammo boxes is that a soft or hard I am going that route . Thanks

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Its a person called leah from leather mystics in the us. I have since used em for the custom work. Professional and gd comms.

 

Its semi rigid foam, cos some of the shapes I wanted to maintain eg the curved edges etc. we use ultra high end computer.scrrens at work. I just grabbed the packaging foam from that.

 

Thanks for comments.

 

Nate

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getting there :D

 

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was sitting down today thinking there must be a better way of tackling the boot. I was thinking plastic? nah. Resin? maybe, but how to stick it on. Stick it with E6000? Wait a minute - why not build it up WITH E6000!!!!

 

should work with any boot

 

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and painted

 

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yes boss, sorry boss!

shame as this is one of my favourite clones - finally decided this weekend was THE weekend, and thanks to my awesome wife and doing lots of the sewing for me

 

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Yeah tom, thats a hang over from my tb set up. Not sure it necessary, but does stop the bell from riding up too much. They arent that noticeable, pic was taken w flash to show up the camo.

 

Might also suggest to debbi abt using black shoulder straps for the cummerbund.

 

dan, u here too?? Lol, not thinking of going kashyyyk too are yer? The knee and shins are mr bungles. Hell, I am covered from head to toe in my bungles product. (that sounds so wrong). Lsfu cummerbund.

 

cheers john - appreciat ti, I know you u did one of the 1st few Kashyyysks in the UK! How are you man?

 

Nate

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