http://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com Recent blog posts from my shop. en-US We recently moved to using Arduino Micro Pro boards in our system. These have an onboard USB serial port so that users don't need a USB to Serial adapter to program the boards. Unfortunately we discovered that the pin numbers are different even though the pins have the same footprint. Below is the updated code to run the board. Sun, 09 Jun 2019 18:59:15 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/560500821045/updates-to-the-plastic-arms-dealer-sound https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/560500821045/updates-to-the-plastic-arms-dealer-sound?pub=1560121155 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:41:41 -0500 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/464913759204/death-trooper-photos https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/464913759204/death-trooper-photos?pub=1548103301 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:10:47 -0500 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/473953916731/pad-sound-and-light-blaster-and-helmet https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/473953916731/pad-sound-and-light-blaster-and-helmet?pub=1547845847 Assembling the Death Trooper armor is part of the fun. Everyone has their own take on how it should be done, but here is mine. If you have improvements to this, leave a comment. Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:59:28 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/393748705090/death-trooper-armor-assembly https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/393748705090/death-trooper-armor-assembly?pub=1537325968 These are some of the photos from my build to give you some ideas of how you can assemble your kit. Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:08:16 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/388304020361/mudtrooper-build-photos https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/388304020361/mudtrooper-build-photos?pub=1534777696 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:57:48 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/388298447051/assembling-and-painting-the-goggles https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/388298447051/assembling-and-painting-the-goggles?pub=1534777068 Attaching the V shaped greeble and boot straps is easy. Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:10:25 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/388275166995/mudtrooper-shin-straps-and-guards https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/388275166995/mudtrooper-shin-straps-and-guards?pub=1534774225 The first thing you want to do it to fit out your armor and trim or bend any parts than need adjusting. We make the sides on the back and front much longer than needed so that this can be done. Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:20:10 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/369493039292/fitting-and-adjusting-your-mudtrooper https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/369493039292/fitting-and-adjusting-your-mudtrooper?pub=1533147610 Our Mud Trooper kit debuted at Supercon last week. Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:16:10 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/370299286867/mud-trooper-at-supercon https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/370299286867/mud-trooper-at-supercon?pub=1531844170 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:54:40 -0400 https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/342764112757/moved-into-a-new-shop https://plasticarmsdealer.patternbyetsy.com/post/342764112757/moved-into-a-new-shop?pub=1528332880