Jaylordofwaargh

Amazing that none of the many pictures show the light working...

The kicker here is "would like to post". I bet you would mate, it likely rattles worse than a box of lego

So I have finally found the time to have a look! Guess what? I found the tm magic dust, turns out it's not actual magic, it's the ground metal that is/was the bevel and pinion gears mangling each other! Fun times. Also took off the upper to have a look at the gear box which also appears to have a couple of cracks in the front end on one side. The next question then, how compatible is generic gearboxes? Will I need to track down other tm bone yards? I think I may just hand this over to a "pro" though

Film sim may be a thing to look into. The above events often have a load of kit for rental so you don't have to spend a ton on historic kit (or get really lucky). I know they have spaces still on the RedMist 5 game mid October and would be happy to kit out someone for WARPAC.

So here it is, this is the noise, I will do as suggested and get a look, will update next week 20240712_172514.mp4

Thoughts and prayers please. My sons tm hk53 (of what ever varient it is called) has had a seizure and now the motor screeches when the trigger is pulled. My diagnosis is that some parts inside the gear box has shit itself. Now do I a)take it apart so I know what has broken and can pass that on to the shop I give it to b) just give it to them with a wish list... c) go in and try to rekindle the magic myself (bare in mind i need to hold my mag into my ics) with the bits I have and or need to get.... Anyt thoughts as to what it might be before I cracked it open would also be greatly appreciated.

Not going to lie, on mobile it now looks really slick and the search options are now so much better.

Sunday gone, took myself and the young one the Red1 Chiselhurst - i made a point of asking on the socials if i could bring him as he is still only 10 and red1 so much closer to home than driver wood, they say its good - so now i have an actual commutable site for us! Sign in continues a plomp and im thinking ' this is quiet' only around 30odd players on site, Crono opens up on time and all players are corraled into the range for the task - good - my ics finally works during a crono process and i only need to fix the feeding issue (i have to hold the mag in tight). The lads tm also passes. but and here i had to pause, no tags... nothing to mark this particular bb slinger as passed....turns out this was not a biggy as they took the crono into the game and i did see some spot checks happen. last player comes out folloed by marshel that was cronoing, 'safety breif happens - fairly standard, it finishes and immediatly its 'bomb up and get out there' - love that. next up, teams....'everyone that knows the site this side nd everyone that doesnt on that side'.....'those are the teams' this gets a chuckle, nervious from some, and againi have to give a pause to my thinking, but they continue 'right x from that side over here and x from this side there' which in the end seemd to fuel those of us not super familier with the site. games - good overall but need tweaking in places 1st game capture the flag - but there are many many flags scattered around the cqb parts of the site (town and western for those tht know). the flags were varous shapes and sizes, in trees, buildings and bushes, got the blood pumping and all of us a little more familier with those parts of the site. 2nd game, a longer one and a fall back game, the marshals stated that it was designed as a meat grinder that we had to go in a certain way, i'm fine with that, when the marshal says the defenders will fall back 30m when killed i thought 'man these guys dont know what 30m looks like' to prove my point, that was the next question, the one in a gillie suit, but he is a different kettle). so game kicks of its predicably a real slogg for the attackers (us) to get into the village, there are some reall sneaky gits on the other team hiding in ridiculous places and getting a number of kills for those pushing forward, gits (and well played to them). I started a fire, well my grenade did - towards the end of the village, there is a clear bottle neck with a number of enemies holed up and we couldn't get into the next room to get at them, i over heard a guy on my team say stuff like 'im giving you a chance to come out and surrender' and 'we will get you' 'don't make us come in there' the reply was a commendible 'come and get us' so i did what any raesonable person would do - i handed our player a flash bang. the 'oh shit!' from the enemy was satisfying enough even though i didn't lob it. We move on - a few moments later its smoking heavily and calls of 'fire, fire' ring out. Again the marshal earnt thier pay by stamping it out. now, this 30m fall back - enemy players were not failling back 30m, they were going behind a building ortwo and then stopping so it felt like the other team were much more numirous. we continue to slogg though. now the plan for this game was to use most of the site, the cqb village the trnches and the fob at the bottom, however due to the above reasons we got as about halfway and the marshal called a break to reload and hydrate this wouldhave flowed much better if it was more 1 life per zone, even if you counted the bridge/fire pit as a zone, it could then have been a timed game to which team could do it quicker. i did feed that back them. lunch as a decent affair with burgers or dogs with the option of onion and cheese with the important condiments which the lad wolfed down. warm up game again, Pilots - two team member are in center of town go rescue - which we did - which the enemy didnt. these shoter smaller games were where i had the most fun, lots of contact micro tactics and fire teams working very well. a stand out moment during lunch, my boys tm died, screches like a banshee and red1 were kind enough to find a spare rental for him for the rest of the day, he really enjoyed the clapsable stock so i may use that as en excuse to get another gun, for him of course.... Overall a good day with active marshalling and great firefights and no mention of hit taking issues. We will go back

Sounds like a fun ad, it's been 404'd though

As a side note and a question I feel I must ask, who the feck is selling blue mags! 🤔

OK so, that patch and ones like it, a man needs a sauce

You know it! Nah would mostly be asking sites if they are cool with it or doing the super sneaky late pitch. Nothing like that, just a spot of occasional wild camping to do max two nights on the trot, predominantly to go airsofting at non local sites. No, just the (green) microfiber towel, it works and it's light/small enough.

For sleep system I've got a tarp, hammock with netting bulky and old sleeping bag. For that added warmth i use a microfiber towel, sometime in the bag, sometime in the hammock. It works well. Cook/brew systems is where I am lacking, normally I'm a pot noodle (or similar) with added biltong using the site kettle/hot water however.... I keep looking at some sites that are just out of Sunday (public transport) reach and figure an organised/sneaky camp on/near site would open up options for me so,what do you good people actually use? @The Waco Kid are these brew/cook kits personal experience? Does anyone have a goto not mentioned? It would only need to do one/two meals, the late night and morning as well as tea/coffee for both meals. Light and cheap options would be the preference. A chafing can with added bits would cover it off?

That is nothing, the 501st will let almost anyone in. The mando mercs costume club however, check this out https://mandalorianmercs.org/costume-requirements/

Heathens, the lot of you, cN you not tell that the rev has unlocked the camouflage font for the group....

for your consideration, a section 5 firearm in blue....

Man, I wish, got a lot of time for that site.

Wasrer wrifle fallout style gamer track, reminder not to take it too seriously Fortunate Son for whenever I see a "Squad" of larpers going for that 2000's freedom warriors us style look...

So a scorpion style but with the ar mags? Yeah I dig that

Yeah, that poncho roll really is an awkward place. That makes sense that it is bug out kit rather than acessable stuff. Pistols as well, I may just bite the bullet! @gavinkempsell great recommendations holster, hadn't seen that store yet. It's not a hard core milsim more filmsim with day shooting and evening social. I will need the grab a hex burner for tea but that'll be the limit. I have volunteered to be medic so was hoping to shove those supplies into the kidney pouches. But I might play around strapping and such like to see if I can get the pack to work over one shoulder instead....

To reach/be able to close them... As to the modified set ups, they do seem to focus on not using kidney pouches and just adding water and ammo pouches instead, but this then hits the other conundrum I have with finding bargains - I don't see the value in spending the same as I did on 1 pouch as I have just done with the whole setup 🤪... It's a real issue!

I wanted to "sad" react but I can remember if it has negative response on your profile. I am personally hoping for a very long hot summer.... This is very useful and I have encountered Rilfleman Moore and his "setup" video, the alternative setup discussed and the comments were very enlightening, I have swung the kidney pouches round, so only one linked to the yolk, the set I came across had 1.5 pouches so I have kidney pouches both sides of the ammo pouches. As to what I'm missing, just the holster and attachment aids. All (some) of the ancillaries will be added slowly. And I may even get it comfortable....

So I have taken a deep dive into Cold War filmsim, being booked in for the next Red Mist game in October. Due to its added rp nature I thought to myself "go whole hog" go kit crazy 🤪 But then I started looking at prices of the pattern 58, and damn that can get expensive quickly. Then come many days of ebay trawling, thinking "you know, I have the 80's rig, maybe that'll be fine" Then the worst thing happened, I find a full set (-belt), with rare extras.... Starting bid £10.... £10! When all of the other partial sets had gone for £30+ So I did what any "sane" individual would do and took a punt. £15 (postage inc) and a few days later I have this mess of pouches and straps in front of me that I spent last night trying to get into some semblance of usefulness. What I found out? Oh my Gods what an awful setup, yes I picked up a belt to get the c clips in but still! The kidney pouches are almost unreachable and more so with the pack on. Had to move them round to be slightly unbalanced to be able to reach one of them effectively. SO much time fiddling with one strap or another to get things to stay still. It's madness and heavy! The damn thing weighs more than the kit I'm going to be putting in it. Next gripe, pistol holsters, these seem to be heading towards hen teeth level rarity and sellers don't mind charging crazy amounts which I may also have to suck up due to the "no s95" kit so if there are any other suggestions.... Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

@hunter511 I am also curious as to what you mean. What I've seen here has always been adherence to rule#1 (baring a few notable exceptions) and mocking load outs is not really the done thing given everyone is able to wear what they want. If you are talking about the many posts on faceache with them shooting out windows ....many of us purposely don't interact with content like that...