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in all cases when it comes to the caps and the location of the telemetry unit, the CRL is always correct. My chinstrap goes to pop rivets inside the screw cap covers. I had to figure out the location so its fits me right.

Roger that! Carry on.

yes, PVA glue, common white school glue for Yanks. The length was probably 2.5 to 3 inches just glued to the back of the hand.

I looked up the Catalon and I can get the tubes out of the UK through Ebay. @IcyTrooper which US equivelant did you find? The overlock thread is what I used on my gloves as well. I put a second layer of PVA on them to hold them in place. those caps are just like what I have on mine, and mine cover where the chinstrap is riveted in. As always with Spec Ops CRLs, they are your freind. CRL Helmet page Well done overall!

Those came out great and I know that was some crazy sewing. They will wear in and get really comfortable soon. @Scubacat years ago I saw a all black snowtrooper, aka ashtrooper. That got my interest (as Im half done with my own snowtrooper)

The scew caps are an amazon item, they are just covers that would cover like furniture assembly screws. I roughened them up with sanpaper and put them on with a rivet. Your suit is custom, could you find out which fabric it was, or get a pic of the bolt used? We are having a discssion in another WIP about the bolts of fabric used. I have sprayed the inside of my other custom cast helmets with truck bed lining to get rid of the awful appearance. Which putty are you thinning with acetone? I have used a lot of model buiding putty thinned down but it really cracks badly when I apply it. I have been using UV cure resin to do some seam filling and layer line removal. Which helmet file are you printing? I found one for a General Veers helmet, but Im always looking for more of these. We got five good casts off the custom mold we had made, before the mold split and died. The guy who cast mine stood on a raw casting to show me how strong they are, combination of fiberglass and dragonskin resin.

The suit is supposed to be olive green, that said, when David took his photos the studio lighting changed the color of the suit. Its olive in its various shades. I used the CDCR suit, and even in their own photos under studio lights it looks wonky. My collar conversion came from the epulettes I took off, so I know its definitely a LE style coverall, those arent present on US military coveralls. Here is my suit in normal, convention hall light, and again outside just now. For further comparison of different makers, here are Blackskull and myself. His is newly completed and I believe its the Galls coverall, but it may be the US Navy coveralls "VINTAGE US NAVY OD COVERALLS UTILITY OLIVE GREEN NSN 8405-01-395-1135 " which is linked in the forum vendor list, but that particular item is sold. You would look for the same NSN number online. One more item to look at, which may be useful, is this link from Camolots. I am not sure about the lower leg details from how bad this picture is. There should not be any extra zippers etc unless its on a pocket that is easily removed, and this collar could be easily converted per my collar tutorial, or by adding a strip of fabric from the bottom of the leg.

Aaron how goes your build?

If there is ever a doubt, cover it with a strip of thin leather or vinyl. Aim for the higher standard when practical. Parts of this boot text comes from the existing boot text used Legion-wide for all trooper boots. Those often have zips, because when you have monster size 14EEE feet like mine with 24 inch calves, and VERY long heels ( I destroy the insides of all my boots) pulling boots on its not an option. Thats the reason zippers are allowed, and all commuter boots are made with zippers. One slab of vinyl or thin leather will be enough to cover all of your boots, it only has to be glued (or stitched, your option) to one side of the zipper to conceal it.

Good to see you out and about Christope!

hmmm...You know, I DO have a spare scout lid. 3d printable files? for a trooper? Man, that sounds do able, after I print my ICAT driver.

Thanks for posting! The CRL is always right. Even when its wrong, its always right, because its what the GML will go by to approve. Specialist approvals are done by the Detachment, and they will follow all blue highlighted text in a CRL. I had to make changes to my own IAT to get Specialist approval, and I wrote the thing . I am using 3d print resin after a round of heavy sanding. its saving me a ton of time. I still have to fill with heavy filler primer, but it saves hours of sanding time without actually removing material.

Hello Greg, welcome, Im interested to watch this build.

Hello! I have to apologize, I have pretty much been on the road since you posted this and today is the first chance Ive had to get into the forums. Im happy enough with the boots for basic approval, and the patch does sit lower down on the arm, however, the Engineer patch is intended to have a rocker stitched on above it for the Sapper version, so thats why we wrote it for laying further down the arm. Mine are lower on my arm as well. Which file will your garrison mate be using for printing the helmet? i have a few that were made locally but the mold died, it tore. So I cant get anymore, but I dont have a file that I like. Id love to know with one you will be printing. The only other thing I can add is that you are allowed to add three stitches on the back of the gloves. I used the runoff thread from a serger to make the stitchs, which were glued on, and then i painted the gloves. Is there any other information you can give us regarding the suit , color, fabric, swatch, etc? Im really looking forward to seeing this completed ! https://databank.501st.com/databank/File:Tx_IAT_gloves.jpg

Here is V.3 with the changes Mark mentioned Flight suit One-piece flight suit is made out of canvas or similar heavy material. The front zipper is covered by a 2" (50mm) wide piece of leather or leather-like material with vertical lines that attaches with Velcro over the zipper. Approximately 1.5" (38mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right Velcro closure. A 2.5" (63.5mm) red embroidered or PVC Inferno Squad emblem, on a black background, is present on both shoulders. The shoulders of the suit are slightly padded. A compad pocket that properly fits the compad is placed above the left glove so that the pocket is not hidden, and faces outward on the arm. On the left bicep below the cog emblem, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves. No code cylinders are present. There is a piece of nylon strapping sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket. The top of the code cylinder pocket has a thin smooth leather leather like ledge protector stitched on, and is as wide as the pocket top, no more than 1/2" (12.7mm") thick. The top of the code cylinder pocket has a thin smooth edge protector stitched on that follows the curves of the pen sleeves. It is as wide as the pocket top, no more than 1/2" (12.7mm") thick. Visible stitches may be present, and follow the same stitched lines as the vertical pen sleeve stitches. Horizontal stitching at the top and bottom edges may be present as well. The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction, with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves. The right sleeve has a cargo pocket below the cog emblem. <<<SNIPPED CRL TEXT>>> OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Patches are vinyl on textile with no edge border. If twill is used for the patch material the fabric texture will be vertically oriented. The black stripes on top of the shoulders shall be a material matching texture and weave of the red stripe. Textured canvas is most accurate for the flightsuits construction as it is a thick materials with a "solid" structure. A "loose", soft or lightweight material is not accurate. The pen sleeve top edge has a thin smooth vinyl, rubber or polyurethane edge protector stitched on, with horizontal stitches at the edge, and vertical stitches matching the pen sleeve stitch pattern and stitch spacing

here you go, one of the approval photos I took that day

Here is the updated version of the proposal, lets call this version V.2 Proposed CRL text change, limiited onliy to the top of the left arm pen sleeve. Flight suit One-piece flight suit is made out of canvas or similar heavy material. The front zipper is covered by a 2" (50mm) wide piece of leather or leather-like material with vertical lines that attaches with Velcro over the zipper. Approximately 1.5" (38mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right Velcro closure. A 2.5" (63.5mm) red embroidered or PVC Inferno Squad emblem, on a black background, is present on both shoulders. The shoulders of the suit are slightly padded. A compad pocket that properly fits the compad is placed above the left glove so that the pocket is not hidden, and faces outward on the arm. On the left bicep below the cog emblem, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves. No code cylinders are present. There is a piece of nylon strapping sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket. The top of the code cylinder pocket has a thin smooth leather leather like ledge protector stitched on, and is as wide as the pocket top, no more than 1/2" (12.7mm") thick. Visible stitches may be present, and follow the same stitched lines as the vertical pen sleeve stitches. Horizontal stitching at the top and bottom edges may be present as well. The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction, with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves. The right sleeve has a cargo pocket below the cog emblem. <<<SNIPPED CRL TEXT>>> OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Patches are vinyl on textile with no edge border. If twill is used for the patch material the fabric texture will be vertically oriented. The black stripes on top of the shoulders shall be a material matching texture and weave of the red stripe. Textured canvas is most accurate for the flightsuits construction as it is a thick materials with a "solid" structure. A "loose", soft or lightweight material is not accurate. The pen sleeve top edge has a thin rubber or rubber-like polyurethane edge protector stitched on, with horizontal stitches at the edge, and vertical stitches matching the pen sleeve stitch pattern and stitch spacing

Let me go make the change for the appearance of rubber or leather. I didnt think about using the plastidip / flexseal.

continued research into this Detachment approved costume has highlighted another minor, yet visible change. To that , we propose the following CRL text change. Discussion for this change: Pen Sleeve Discussion Proposed changes - removal in orange, new text or modified text in green. ORINGINAL text taken directly from the published CRL Flight suit One-piece flight suit is made out of canvas or similar heavy material. The front zipper is covered by a 2" (50mm) wide piece of leather or leather-like material with vertical lines that attaches with Velcro over the zipper. Approximately 1.5" (38mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right Velcro closure. A 2.5" (63.5mm) red embroidered or PVC Inferno Squad emblem, on a black background, is present on both shoulders. The shoulders of the suit are slightly padded. A compad pocket that properly fits the compad is placed above the left glove so that the pocket is not hidden, and faces outward on the arm. On the left bicep below the cog emblem, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves. No code cylinders are present. There is a piece of nylon strapping sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket. The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction, with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves. The right sleeve has a cargo pocket below the cog emblem. The right arm pocket has a chevron flap. Two large chest pockets and two large front pockets with no zippers or flaps are present below the belt There are no leg pockets below the knees. There are two red stripes that run up the right side of the flight suit. The first begins at the bottom of the right leg and continues up to the right armpit. The second begins at the right wrist and stops at the bottom of the arm pocket. The stripe then continues above the arm pocket, behind the patch emblem to the shoulder seam. The red arm stripe stops at the top of the shoulder seam, but continues up and over the shoulder as a black stripe. There are two black stripes that run up the left side of the flight suit. The first begins at the bottom of the left leg and continues up to the left armpit. The second begins at the left wrist and stops at the bottom of the arm pocket. The stripe then continues above the arm pocket, behind the patch emblem to the shoulder seam. The black arm stripe stops at the top of the shoulder seam, but continues up and over the shoulder to the collar. For basic approval this can be accomplished with topstitching. The black portion of this stripe stops at the collar. A piece of leather or leather-like material is sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Patches are vinyl on textile with no edge border. If twill is used for the patch material the fabric texture will be vertically oriented. The black stripes on top of the shoulders shall be a material matching texture and weave of the red stripe. Textured canvas is most accurate for the flightsuits construction as it is a thick materials with a "solid" structure. A "loose", soft or lightweight material is not accurate. Proposed CRL text change, limiited onliy to the top of the left arm pen sleeve. Flight suit One-piece flight suit is made out of canvas or similar heavy material. The front zipper is covered by a 2" (50mm) wide piece of leather or leather-like material with vertical lines that attaches with Velcro over the zipper. Approximately 1.5" (38mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right Velcro closure. A 2.5" (63.5mm) red embroidered or PVC Inferno Squad emblem, on a black background, is present on both shoulders. The shoulders of the suit are slightly padded. A compad pocket that properly fits the compad is placed above the left glove so that the pocket is not hidden, and faces outward on the arm. On the left bicep below the cog emblem, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves. No code cylinders are present. There is a piece of nylon strapping sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket. The top of the code cylinder pocket has a thin leather edge protector stitched on, and is as wide as the pocket top, no more than 1/2" (12.7mm") thick. Visible stitches may be present, and follow the same stitched lines as the vertical pen sleeve stitches. Horizontal stitching at the top and bottom edges may be present as well. The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction, with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves. The right sleeve has a cargo pocket below the cog emblem. <<<SNIPPED CRL TEXT>>> OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Patches are vinyl on textile with no edge border. If twill is used for the patch material the fabric texture will be vertically oriented. The black stripes on top of the shoulders shall be a material matching texture and weave of the red stripe. Textured canvas is most accurate for the flightsuits construction as it is a thick materials with a "solid" structure. A "loose", soft or lightweight material is not accurate. The pen sleeve top edge has a thin rubber or rubber-like edge protector stitched on, with horizontal stitches at the edge, and vertical stitches matching the pen sleeve stitch pattern and stitch spacing As always, public discussion regarding this is open and welcome.

ill make that update now that Im back from the con. it was insane. Nine costume changes, three debuts. That pocket top edge defintiely looks like some of that really thin sheet rubber/ vinyl / nitrile that disposable gloves are made out of. I dont know durable that would be, but there are some super thin non textured rubber or vinyl sheets out there.

also Beau did you try my new SER14 in your holster if it fits, or if it needed a little adjustment, thats easy to make.

Beau I just heard from our GML. ( I took Beau's approval photos and submitted them to our GML yesterday) You have good news coming! and a shoutout to @Hoda for spearheading this, making it happen, and giving us a great, little-seen character that shows the true backbone of the Empire.

I never though about my jackstands! youre an animal! I love this!

Mines half fiberglass cast off of a MG34 (Receiver , flashhider, spade ring mount, bipod mount etc) but my barrel is 38MM aluminum thick wall tubing drilled with 12.7 holes. It feels different than a HF or printed rifle. How far back into the receiver does your dowel go?