BananoPower22 Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Well ladies and gentlemen... I placed my order yesterday (September 28th). Just recieved confirmation that the helmet is currently being worked on! Here's the email that KS sent me: Thanks again for your order Juan, We are looking at about 2-3 weeks before shipping these pieces, and we will notify you as soon as this happens. Your set is already underway. Thanks again, and we hope to impress you with the kit. I am super excited! Everything I think about is that kit lol.. I just hope I won't get too overwhelmed by it! I've built two TK helmets already, so I figured that it shouldn't be too difficult. I've got clamps, a hair dryer, dremel, e6000, a little bit of experience and lots of enthusiasm! I've bookmarked a couple of build threads for reference; so with those, it'll (hopefully) make my build easier. With all that's been said... 2-3 weeks seems so far away! What should I do in the mean time? Any specific tools I should get that'll make the build a lot easier? Cheers!
chimei Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 hope it goes well. i ordered the kit as well...and hoping i can make it work ...i'm still waiting for my KS. they said 4 weeks...i'm ending my 5th week...
Griffin-X Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Good luck on your build. I think I'm up to week 11 now.
BananoPower22 Posted September 30, 2011 Author Posted September 30, 2011 Well... that sucks... The usual waiting game never gets old >
chimei Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 i was hoping to make the NYCC my first troop...but i'm beginning to think that's not going to happen only two weeks away
Griffin-X Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Hang in there man, we'll get through it.
automaton Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Yeah, this waiting game is pretty tough. I'm usually an incredibly patient person but I'm also not usually this excited about things. I should probably start a WIP thread for my MLC helmet. Every day my armor doesn't ship is another day I spend tweaking and modding it. If my armor doesn't ship soon I'll end up with a heads up display, long range communicator, and kevlar lining 2
Cyber Scout Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 I do think it's one of the worst things about costuming and troopng is waiting for helmets and armour,and it dose drive you aound the bend lol, hang on in there guys it will be worth it 1
chimei Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 got an email from KS and he said that they are beginning to ship out the orders. mine is shipping this week (fingers crossed). i'm excited to see how it looks as they said it is from the newly improved master forms... we'll see how it all goes!
Griffin-X Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 Good to hear! We'll all be suited up in no time! 1
BananoPower22 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Posted October 10, 2011 I haven't gotten any emails yet.. but how long does it take for the helmet to ship and get to our hands? Considering that I live in puerto rico, it MIGHT take a little longer for mine to get here.. add 2 - 5 days since i live outisde the US
Griffin-X Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I got a message over the weekend and my kit has shipped. I'll let you know how long it takes to reach Texas from Canada. Not sure about your location and/or other shipping considerations.
Eddie TK Head Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 I got a message over the weekend and my kit has shipped. I'll let you know how long it takes to reach Texas from Canada. Not sure about your location and/or other shipping considerations. Congrats Jim hope it will come to you soon..
Griffin-X Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 I received my brown box from KS yesterday. The helmet is very nice. 1
BananoPower22 Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 luckily the helmet got here yesterday! it was kind of overwhelming at first, but i got here and started some minor trimming.. i don't have any pictures yet.. but if i'll get some up soon right now, the only thing i've trimmed is the visor area, i'm going to start working on everything else right now, hoping i can finish the helmet as soon as possible 2
BananoPower22 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 got some work done yesterday and placed the decals this morning (it was a pain in the @$$!) hhere are some pics the visor can be lifted up! with the lens glued any tips? critics? thoughts? something that bothers me is that the black stripes that go on the back. is there any trick that helps me place them without any problems? i think i have to place them out individually and that's not really my thing, my hand is not steady and i'll probably end up screwing up one of the lines... the three stripes on the 'forehead' are clear evidence of what i say.. i probably removed each stripe like 20 times so it looked right. also, another thing, the snout, i tried using the gray i used for my tk helmet but the KS' gray is a lot more lighter.. is there any paint out there that matches the snout decal exactly?
BananoPower22 Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 not bad for a first time build huh?! o got really overwhelmed at first but i started looking at some pictures and started trimming away and assembled.
lonewolf Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Looks good, I would cut the visor a bit more, almost until you lose the inner return edge, This will stop the visor looking so heavy, do not remove too much! I spent quite a while making sure the gap was tight.
Eddie TK Head Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 something that bothers me is that the black stripes that go on the back. is there any trick that helps me place them without any problems? i think i have to place them out individually and that's not really my thing, my hand is not steady and i'll probably end up screwing up one of the lines... the three stripes on the 'forehead' are clear evidence of what i say.. i probably removed each stripe like 20 times so it looked right. maybe you can purchase TK-4510(trooperbay) decals..easy to apply and I think more accurate than KS..anyway I've replaced decals on my KS with that and I'm quite happy how it looks now.. ..enjoy with your build-up good work so far!!
Griffin-X Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 maybe you can purchase TK-4510(trooperbay) decals..easy to apply and I think more accurate than KS..anyway I've replaced decals on my KS with that and I'm quite happy how it looks now.. ..enjoy with your build-up good work so far!! Ditto that...I put Trooperbay decals on mine too.
BananoPower22 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 i'll try to get the decals asap.. as well a new snout piece too? i think i've read that KS' snout isn't accurate and needs to be replaced? i wanna go for lancer too just in case. and for the visor, i saved the pictures and i'll use them for reference for when i trim tomorrow.
Eddie TK Head Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 you need to replace snout greeblie as well..contact MC for that. also the bolts..try here.. http://forum.bikersc...?showtopic=8800 hope that helps anyway..here's all that you need to do http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=5118&st=0
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