What progress? Haha. Honestly, I've jury-rigged it each time I've worn it, using not-so-glamorous techniques and tools to keep the thrusters in place each time. It bugs me, but when the costume is worn and viewed as a whole, the JP thruster mounts aren't really noticeable at all... so I keep procrastinating on the repair.
Thanks! That's how my suit came from Carole. Mine was a little baggy in the crotch, which caused my thigh pockets to sit too low. To fix this, I wear a flat 5.11 tactical belt beneath my Fett belts, and pull my flight suit up so that it fits a bit more snug around the crotch and raises the thigh pockets to the correct height. I then drape the extra fabric over the top edge of the 5.11 belt, and everything is then concealed by my Fett belts (and possibly even my codpiece and kidney plate as well; I can't remember off hand). Bottom line is it's completely invisible.
My advice is to definitely wait until you have your armor and more info before going to a seamstress. Not sure where yours is baggy, but the codpiece, knees, and vest will definitely affect how the suit fits.
Been a while since I've posted an update, but I was able to break out my kit last weekend and meet Jeremy Bulloch at Great Philly Comic Con, as well as get some pics with a few friends. I even survived an in-person inspection from Crumdum, and it was good to meet him and get some face-to-face feedback!
Since I've learned that this costume will never truly be finished... my current fine-tuning areas are:
Add a little more padding in very top of helmet, allowing more of my neck to show (current padding has been smushed flat, causing the helmet to sit lower than I want)
Replace lost flamethrower switch on left gauntlet (can't be unseen)
Repair wiring/LED bulb on left gauntlet
Find a better way to close my right gauntlet (eliminating hinge and hiding those pesky screw-heads)
Repair broken jetpack thruster mount areas (currently jury-rigged)
Find greeblie on left gauntlet that attaches to "battery" box
Attach piece to bottom of rangefinder (managed to forget about this piece)
Add Velcro to knee armor (they keep sliding down)
A bit more weathering on parts of the vest
Re-examine how far out my darts protrude from gauntlet
Upgrade from MOW gloves to Mike M gloves (I have them, just need to weather them)