That's really helpful Mr T, I have sent a PM to Admin, many thanks.

The Helmet (Kabuto)

The First Stage was to assemble the Rim which comes in 2 pieces, as before I am using Super Glue Gel.
I then fitted the 2 halves of the Bowl together, these are not glued but held together by a plate and 2 M2 screws.
Next I added the 4 Helmet Rivets, these are very difficult to hold, hence the recommended method of using Masking Tape. I found it was better to trim this back to just enough to hold the Rivet, as the weight of the larger piece of Tape meant the Rivet did not stay as placed whilst the glue cured. I use Microscope Slides for handling Super Glue, it seems to stay liquid on the glass for longer. A box of 50 is very cheap, as long as you don't buy the ones with ground edges.
The Helmet was then attached with glue to the Rim.
This part alone already weighs over 400g.
Part Count to date is 18.

My thoughts so far on the build are;
The Parts are all of very good quality, with a very nice weight and feel to them. There are both more parts than I expected and much smaller detailed parts than I realized.
The Assembled Parts have a real aesthetic beauty to them, which the photos really don't do justice to and I think this is going to be as much a piece of Art as a Model. Photographing Reflective Shiny Black is tricky.
My other half wandered in to my 'den' and exclaimed without prompting 'that's really attractive', not something I normally hear

Nicely done Andy

Just so you know, there are 11 tasset panels in total to make up, each made up of 6 individual tasset sections. Its important that the overall length for all of them is the same and also the individual tasset plate spacing's., the lacing is the same for all.

Hi Andy
The lacing is going to be the major part of this build all those valleys and mountains ,looking good so far
regards
Andy

Thanks Andy, this one's not quite as easy as it looks, is it. But it's going to look stunning when finished, a real conversation piece I think.
All the Materials have the look and feel of the real thing, I'm finding it really enjoyable and very different to anything I've built before.

1st Tasset Finished

This took a lot longer than I expected and whilst appearing superficially easy, required a lot of time and patience to get it looking right.
Two things have to be done carefully, first getting the Silk Laces to the right length between Plates and ensuring that the Laces emerge to the front with a Mountain Fold rather than a Valley Fold. I also found that dilute PVA was better for sealing the various knots.

Looks superb,my hat goes off to all of you doing this build,I can't even tie my shoelaces these days so this would be impossible although it is very beautiful.

Thanks Kev, looking forward to your Zero build as well.
I read a while back, on another forum that someone thought the Samurai Armour looked interesting but would be too easy to build .

Thanks Alan, I noticed you've decided to add the Santissima Trinidad to your Fleet, she looks a beauty.

Thanks Jase.
It's quite big, about 800mm High.