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Sadly, we have not. COVID came along and dramatically impacted our partners in China. They have yet to fully recover from the impact. The project is, regrettably, on hold with no end-date in sight. Thanks for asking.

That is very close! Keep in mind that Gilespe's pouch has a visible snap on it and no pull tab.

Making progress. These are just a first pass. We still have a lot of work to do refining the details.

In between our larger projects, we are hammering out small items for the Starship Troopers fan community. Here is one that is nearing completion; the M-3 helmet visor as worn by the Whiskey Outpost tower gunners. It is our understanding that these visors were originally intended for all of the...

Embarking on another Starship Troopers effort. This time I am looking at the armor. I have scanned a set of screen used armor and am getting to work on modeling it up. Because it is soft and pliable, there is a lot of distortion, but I love the geometric approach. There is a certain elegance to...

Additionally, we completed our boom mic for the helmet.

Time flies! We received our helmet print and have begun working out the print lines after a quick layer of guide coat!

We are trying to design this model so it could be assembled either as the stunt or the working hero with little modification. This is tougher than one might imagine. The hero buttons are KD2-21 pushbuttons. They replace the lower black buttons on the handset.

First model. Still some finessing to be done, but we are well on our way.

Starting another Starship Troopers project. There are hero and stunt versions to the communications handset; the main difference being the display window is larger (to accommodate a working digital readout) and the bottom pushbuttons are functional (to power on the digital readout). The basic...

Cheek mounts have been corrected. Off to print!

ALMOST down to the final digitals for the M-3 Tactical Helmet. Just need to rework the cheek mounts a bit.

Testing out the mechanics of our Mobile Infantry MX-90 Fragmentation Grenade prototype. The originals had a rubber ring to hold the spoon in place but those don’t fit in the pouches very well. The early part of this video shows us testing the spoon’s ability to stay in place until the firing...

Per your request, we now have ear covers available for sale: https://shop626am.com/products/mobile-infantry-m-3-tactical-helmet-ear-covers