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Lent my ICS MARS to one of our team guys..with a 2600mAh 7.4 lipo...ran it dry.  It was a tad cold. (Me? I ran HPA..no issues..) 

Odds are it could well be a Cyma kit as Matrix are their own ‘in-house’ brand , all the stuff is bought in then re-branded as Matrix . Totally agree with Lozart about Evike they are very shall we say slap dash with international customers . As they’ve pretty much got the west coast market in their pocket their attitude if there’s a problem is “and what ya gonna do about it from the other side of the world ?” 
Just so fecking annoying the way they’ve got so many thing you just can’t find anywhere else ! 🤬

Airsoft Tiger have the King Arms kit in stock, not sure how well it'll fit but https://airsoft.tiger111hk.com/p49448/A&K-SVD-Bolt-Action-Sniper-Real-wood-handguard-and-Stock/product_info.html

i doubt that would work, the Cyma is an aeg and the motor is in the grip, front grip need to clam-shell too for the battery.  i mean.... it would work with a lot of fettling, but i lack the skill or gear to do that. (if i had the ability, id have made a wooden stock for my m14 by now)

I've been on the fence about getting one for a while, where did you find it?

no where, just out of stock on taiwan gun, though post brexit, i dunno if i would ever try to order from them again.  UPS still being a shitshow

Yeah, I only ever go for their "slower" option, ever since they started sending their faster packages through UPS and UPS lost my parcel. I still got my stuff, because Patrolbase sent the items again and refunded the ones that were then out of stock, but it was really annoying and I almost didn't have my AAP-01 for AI500.

Their slower option usually arrives within 2 or 3 days at most anyway, so there's really no point shelling out more money for an inferior service

Nah, I wouldn't bother.  When they're rammed, they can't guarantee same day dispatch, then the actual delivery is out of their hands as well.  Just expect the worst and be delighted when it comes faster.

I’d never pay for ‘premium’ delivery for one simple reason , 90% of British Airsoft retailers have shite customer service (the ones who actually do care about their customers generally seem to give super fast delivery already) so to me your just wasting your hard earned beer tokens on a service your just NOT going to get .

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Dodgy shit

room temp and shaken well, the missus (having a history with spray cans) did the base coat and found them to be bad.  oddly enough, the brown one was better, the khaki/tan one was the trouble maker.

As with any paint job, the result is only as good as the prep work you put in.

Ask any paint shop tech, they spend most of their time in prep of the piece to then spend a fraction of the actual time a job takes to put the top coat on.

Also the surface you are applying the paint to, even with self primers, unless the proper primer coat is used to bond with the substance you are painting, then any job you do will likely be looking like your underwear after a blow out with the lads and that curry resurfaced rather prompt like...

Do you know what you are painting? Some metals do not take a paint job well unless they have been properly painted with a base primer that is able o etch in and give a bonding layer. Some polymers will not take certain types of paints. That will not be down to any polymer, it could be that manufacturers blend or that batch may have a different blend of chemicals. 

Many reasons exist for a paint job to not come out well, including operator error and how that operator applies that paint.

Judging from your comments, my main points address what you are likely having a problem with... its not likely the paint and if you say you did the job right then its not you, leaving the only thing left... the piece you are working on.

Have you thought about asking the manufacturer about paints that will bond?

Surprised to see people defending nuprol paints...  the criticism being that having used TTCombat and more often Tamiya spray paints (which are worth the extra bob), the Nuprol stuff comes out inconsistantly, thick and very watery.  It is sold as suitable for metals and plastics and being Nuprol it will be aimed at the airsoft market whereas the others target model builders.

oddly enough though, the finish i got was actually pretty good, and it was certainly the tan/khaki can that was the worst culprit.  But for ease of use? spend the extra few £.

Canadian girlfriends?

You're just jealous because you don't have that many friends to ask for.

been pondering getting a couple myself but I think most sites have banned them and the 40 mikes

I know a few places allow them.  Just feel the 40mike made everyone nervous about allowing them.

Classic example of being tarred with the same brush ?

I never liked the idea of the 40 and when I saw one in action it just confirmed my fears in the wrong hands(which we have to admit there are a LOT of in Airsoft) it could do some serious damage , but when you come down to it the master mike is just a ‘normal’ moscart with an Incredible Hulk shoved up its arse ! 😳

Have you considered fitting different springs instead of stretching them? These have always worked well for me when I need to rejuvenate mags https://www.fire-support.co.uk/product/maple-airsoft-super-feed-3-pack-midcap-magazine-springs-gen-2

To get my LCT g3 mids to feed i had to replace the springs, the stock ones are woefully bad

how on earth do you get the springs back in?

Full-auto on a pistol is a bit pointless. It's usually inappropriate to use it at the distance a pistol would be your go to and it also sends the accuracy to shit.

The G19 has updated internals and better externals, plus fits RS holsters. The FN57 is a bit like holding on to the back of a bus.

TLDR: G19.

G17 Gen4.

I have a g17. In black and tan but co2 and a kjw.  So the g19 or 18 was to be a bit different and for tm goodness (that and my local site doesnt allow co2 so its outings are limited).

Moot point now though. Holding off hitting the buy button after finding out a bigger pew is due in stock in a couple weeks.

ASG Ultimate one works nicely too.

@colinjallen good to hear they work on the cyma's.

Airsoftzone have a compatibility list for the Combat Union unit.

I've found most hop units generally do have a gap, brought some brass rings from ebay and sorted it

It is quite normal for there to be a gap; that is what the brass ring is for.

I think Luke put them in my guns I sent to him to get fixed..yep, very tight fitting..but awesome as well.