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Steveocee

Steveocee

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  • Steveocee
    Thought I found a H8r in stock then. Nearly wee'd but no, not in stock.

    Steveocee
    It's taken 8 weeks but the ghillie is done! Cannot wait to try it out.

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    Skara
    Skara
    Lucky, I'm still waiting for haloscreen to get back in stock somewhere.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    @Diemaco it's a ghillie so you wouldn't see it ?
    @Skara halo stuff is super popular isn't it? Totally opposite end of the spectrum but mine was made fully with Helikon ghillie yarns (I've gone easy though so I don't look like an electrified wookie).

    Skara
    Skara
    Nah it's not as popular as plastic leaves, mostly due to its cost and lack of availability (you can only get it from LCS or Theyma)

    I reckon it's more versatile than leaves as it doesn't have that awful plasticky look (no matter how much you try to mod them, they'll still look out of place).

    My ghillies are going to be mostly cotton, some HS whenever I get my hands on some and some hair bands for real vegetation (you can't beat nature, can you?).

    Jute has its application for sure, but as you said most plebs just pile up strands upon strands and end up looking like a meth addicted wookie who's just gone through a car wash.

    Steveocee
    Start of another week, keep your chins up guys. I know I'm starting to struggle a bit but I'm OK with that.

    Skara
    Skara
    My country has slowly started to ease the lockdown measures.

    IF there is no increment in cases,

    IF people keep behaving according to the new measures,

    We may be allowed to practice team sports (airsoft included) from the 18th.

    Meanwhile I can go for a walk in the woods without being arrested now  :D

    Steveocee
    I'm really missing Airsoft now ☹️

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    same here, wanna go shoot people

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    RobHedley
    I set up a shooting range in the Garden which entertained me for about 30 minutes. I even did John Wick / Taran Tactical moves and tried to snap shoot different targets...... I still only lasted half an hour.

    Skara
    Skara
    Same.

    I don't even have a garden to set up a shooting course :(

    Steveocee
    Ghillie update. Day 2. Nobody warned me how boring this would be. Genuinely want to stab myself in the eye with my craft needle.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    This sounds about right... However, at the end remember that you'll have a pretty unique product that will properly stand out on the field... in the safe zone because no one will see you in the field ;) (because nobody makes their own ghillie these days because they can just buy a pre-made leaf suit and be done with it)

    It's worth it in the end. I'm doing mine too and it's hell. We'll get there eventually! xD

    Steveocee
    3 Weeks odd to kill?? Just pulled the ghillie base and yarns out.

    Impulse
    Impulse
    Haha, we're in the same boat. Got a leaf suit, but I want a proper ghillie suit and I've had all the stuff for around 10 years now!

    What are you using for yours? I'm using hessian and a webtex concealment vest.

    Skara
    Skara
    This boat is rather large then.

    I have 2 systems to craft (leaf suit and viper hood)

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    @Impulse very similar boat.

    I'm using a modified webtex in that is been cut off at the back where the belt strap is and stitched so it doesn't fall apart then using Helikon ghillie fibres for the yarn, just like burlap only they won't go up in flames.

    Using a self threading needle to get the yarns into the base cloth to leave elastic free for foliage.

    Steveocee
    Anyone else bored yet?

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    sonofsammo
    Skara
    Skara
    I can still work :(

    which means being bored by default because I can only do a small portion of what I actually have to do.

    When I'm home I can't do anything because living in a flat sucks... I can only plink at a chimney on a roof 40m from my window but that's about it :(

    Nick G
    Nick G
    Not yet, servicing all the guns, garden plinking and giving the cars a serious clean inside and out should keep me busy for a good while. Then I'm sure The Boss will find me a few little jobs to do round the house ! Just hope I've got enough BBs to last 

    Oh and cruising the Gun porn on the interweb and compiling a huge wish list ?

    Steveocee
    Past 3 AliExpress orders are unmoved for 3 weeks ? not looking good chaps.

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    Rogerborg
    Rogerborg
    " I've been told that the HK postal service is fine so far."

    HK have fairly effectively quarantined themselves and stopped most of the Plague Zombies shuffling in from the mainland.  Their supply chains will be infec- I mean, affected, same as everywhere else, but if you're buying from stock, now, you should be OK.

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    Philby21
    Ordered a couple of bits from two different AliExpress sellers on the 28th of January, one dispatched pretty quickly and arrived on the 18th of February.  Notification that the other has been dispatched received two days ago.  Seems like some stuff is moving but it's very hit and miss.

    Personally speaking, as long as it's not a return of bubonic plague (death toll 70-200 million) or Spanish flu (death toll 40-50 million) then I'm not too concerned.  The "regular" flu virus kills 300,000-500,000 people a year (source), current global death toll appears to be around 2,800 out of 82,000 reported cases (source), a mortality rate of 3.4%, this obviously does not take into account unreported cases of those people who felt a bit unwell for a couple of weeks, didn't bother seeing a doctor and recovered without an issue, resulting in figures giving more weight to the death toll.

    Context is a wonderful thing but doesn't sell newspapers.  Either that or I've just become overly cynical following year after year after year of the latest "panic".

    S
    Sitting Duck
    Alas this Corona crap is gonna mess a lot of stuff up

    Many more people like this...



    Steveocee
    Deans connectors ordered. How badly can I screw this up?

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    ak2m4
    ak2m4
    Great advice from @Rogerborg I learnt this the hard way

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    And queue a fantastic video pop up in my YT subscription feed from @Armourpiercing. Impeccable timing dude.

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    Sitting Duck
    yeah I saw that with connector set & vice etc...

    saw that this morning - nice dsg vid too

    I was thinking of buying a Titan on my wish list with Seigetek etc...

    After watching the vid I am even more determined to

    NOT buy a Titan

    Good vid, amazing build - heck 7.4v would have done

    but as Luke said he did it to prove a point

    not he can't build it, but chooses NOT to build wanker guns

    Steveocee
    Inconsiderate postman woke me at 7 with my Skirmshop order.

    Lozart
    Lozart
    Bastard. I hope you gave him what for!

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    A bloody good thanking for safely delivering my G-Spec kit is was he got ?

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    Monkman
    7AM?  Bloody hell that's good service.  :)

    Steveocee
    Fog Stop review by a fat sweaty guy (no cringe video)




    Skara
    Skara
    Come on!

    We want a parkinsons levels of shaky video review recorded in 480p, with lots of really heavy breathing!!

    Steveocee
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    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    @L3wisD It does, even if you prep really well (lots-o-sanding) the final outcome is very textured as you're applying relatively thick amounts with a sponge. On RIFs I see it as a good thing as it's quite grippy and matt. I guess you could sand it back and lacquer if you wanted smooth but then it'd be glossy?

    EDcase
    EDcase
    If you drop it, you'll never find it again ?

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    The other side is florescent pink ?

    Steveocee
    Excitement at getting a shipping notification and not remembering what it was you ordered ?

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    Philby21
    I was wondering why I hadn't had shipping notifications for a couple of things I'd ordered on AliExpress - then thought, oh yeah - China's in the news a bit right now! ?

    Have you remembered yet?

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    To be fair, my AliExpress orders came through no problems. This notification is from Skirmshop ?

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    Philby21
    Ooohhh!  Sounds like something interesting then! ?

    Steveocee
    My credit card spending has made me very remorseful this afternoon ?

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    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    same, go to order a plugboard and end up getting a MAXX hop unit as well.

    tbf i was gonna buy one eventually anyway, at least that's what i'm telling myself to let me sleep at night.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    I mostly find myself panicking when ordering as I try to bundle as much as I can to save on postage and end up massively overspending even though I would buy the stuff eventually. Worse still is most places have 1 thing not the other in stock and vice versa from another seller so at that point I've talked myself into buying so why stop now?

    Only a small shopping list left now though.

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    always the way, probably not actually saving that much but it's one of those things that feels like it makes sense.

    Steveocee
    HPA pistol for someone who dislikes CQB. Tell me I'm an idiot.

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    hitmanNo2
    If you went the HPA M4 mag adapted pistol route, I'm afraid we would have to report you for crimes against airsoft.

    Steveocee
    Steveocee
    Yeah on reflection I was tired and extremely bored lol

    Adolf Hamster
    Adolf Hamster
    it seems so, we'll let this little transgression slide this time but any more heretical thoughts you'll have to report to the ministry for cleansing.

    Steveocee
    OMG The amoeba lives! 1 year in pieces and it is now better in one piece than it was before it was taken apart as a donor.

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    Solly4568
    Congrats man it has to be the most satisfying thing in the world, doing something you never thought you would be able to do?

    Steveocee
    Tonight I rebuild the AM-008. It will either work or it will be in the garden in pieces.

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