Toddo's Second Scout Build

[toddo[TX]]

So after years of taking care of me and my kids during troops, my wife finally asked for a 501st costume and chose the Shadow Scout (I'm so proud!). I picked-up the following:

 

1. Red Kapp jumpsuit

2. simple convertible balaclava

3. A pair of boots of the interwebs (we've made a couple pairs of these already, but we got lazy on this one as we have a lot of projects going on right now).

4. Cummberbund, pouches, cummerbund made by Chef.

5. Helmet and armor kit from Chef

 

I started work on the helmet first while Tarisa began modifying the jumpsuit.

 

First I trimmed and taped it to test my fittings

 

Then I reinforced the seam and glued it all up.

 

I think I goofed a bit on the trimming as I ended-up with some gnarly gaps.

 

Then for my least favorite part of any build, filler. I dislike Bondo especially. When I built my first droid I learned about Evercoat, so I employed that.

 

Even after filling and sanding I still had traces of seam left.

 

With Chef's encouragement I hit it again with filler and ended-up a bit better.

 

 

Then I scratched-it up like crazy assembling it and had to fill some spots and primer all over again, because that is how I roll.

 

Aside from some matte decals I'm expecting from Trooperbay, here it is finished-up this morning next to my Moncal bucket.

[Griffin-X[501st]]

That is so awesome and really looking good! Nice choice on hardware and soft parts too.

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

Really excited for the wife, Toddo. Looking forward to those first full family photos.

[THE TROOPER[501st]]

Lookin good T.

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Sweet yeah for family participation. cant wait to see the finished product