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Not everyone's cup of tea, but would you want to face this either in CQB with shower grenades or in woodland with T.A.G. grenades? :D

 
Possibly, but not sure as just woke up so can't think electronics atm, but why not just buy a third LiPo? Do you actually use all the juice in both batteries you have? I run a 1450 LiPo and that will last me all day (although will change it at lunch time for a fresh one if I remember).
Something I find that annoys me when turning up on site in the morning is the amount of gear I bring and then never use so have to lug it back to the car at the end of the day without having even touched it.

 
Russe11 said:
My Lipo's and charger arrived. The charger came with leads to charge from a car battery. This gave me an idea. If I added a 12V battery to my box, I would have an emergency charging station. Would something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sourcingbay-6800mAh-Rechargeable-Emergency-Lith-ion/dp/B00PAM1YOY/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1421830973&sr=1-6&keywords=12v+battery+pack work to charge a couple of batteries?
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For that money I'd just buy extra batteries and charge them up beforehand.

 
I have 3 batteries. I am just thinking that if there's a 2 day game and I have used all 3 on day 1. Or someone gets to a game and realises they forgot to charge their battery. I presume with the right adapters etc it could also charge NiMh's phones etc. It just seems like something that may be kinda handy in an emergency. Especially as I usually have to camp at WW2 games.

 
Sanded the crappy two tone blue off my new A47's furniture, to reveal a pale tan coloured ABS, which was sort of okay, but I didn't like it much, so decided to give it a coat of X-26 acrylic to give it that slightly dodgy Eastern European lacquered look. That's the nice thing about painting and varnishing the furniture on AKs, RPKs etc, the sloppier the job you make of it, the more authentic is looks. I actually really like the look of this thing now, might take it to CQB next week for a piss take :lol:

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dabbled with picaxe but not got into arduino or others though they do $hitloads of stuff

(only real limit is ya imagination I guess) - nice one

Chock & A47 - looks so much more like it now - better than the baby blue

& yeah just tell 'em "this is my secondary" - my primary is still in that transit van

 
Ian_Gere said:
I may be able to help. I used to make kites way back in the day and although I had a couple of very modern sewing machines, I also had a couple of old skool Singers which I began the business with. These days there are basically 2 main types of needle in production: sort of like the difference between motor spindles - there is the simple round type and a type which takes a D shaped pinion gear, yeah? Most needles are like the latter and have a flat edge which the fixing bolt tightens against. Industrial machines can also use needles longer than the standard 39mm, but you will be able to tell because the foot will be longer than the standard 2.25" (57mm). What you will probably need is a pack of 110/18 'Jeans Needles'.
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Sorry Ian, I've been away and have only just seen this ( came back to an absurd amount of notifications so didn't go through everything).

The machine is being stored at my sisters at the moment, if I get some pics during the week of it do you think you'd be able to tell visually?

 
Russe11 said:
I have 3 batteries. I am just thinking that if there's a 2 day game and I have used all 3 on day 1. Or someone gets to a game and realises they forgot to charge their battery. I presume with the right adapters etc it could also charge NiMh's phones etc. It just seems like something that may be kinda handy in an emergency. Especially as I usually have to camp at WW2 games.
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Yeah but you go light to 2 dayers, because you don't have a car, right? So you're not likely to be taking a heavy wooden box with you, eh? So extra charging facilities in it are neither here nor there. As others have said, just get another spare battery. 3 x 1300-1450mAh LiPo's between them will last for a 2 day event unless you're a support gunner. If you are concerned that you may be running low by Sunday afternoon, or want to be able to help other people out, you could take the charger and the crocodile clip leads so that you could attach it to someone else's car if the need arises - I did that at NAE13, although it turned out that I didn't have a combination of adapters that could charge a battery with a Large Tamiya connector and that was the only request for help for which it would have come in handy - gear lugged and never used V^^VGrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

 
TeddyBhoy said:
Sorry Ian, I've been away and have only just seen this ( came back to an absurd amount of notifications so didn't go through everything).

The machine is being stored at my sisters at the moment, if I get some pics during the week of it do you think you'd be able to tell visually?
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Between pics and asking you to measure bits once i've seen it, yeah I may well be able to help.

 
I've had a cheapo £15 chest rig for a while now and worn it at a few skirmishes instead of my usual Webtex tac vest or M56 webbing, and actually quite like it, with 4 double mag pouches and 2 utility pouches plus large internal map pocket it holds a fair bit. However 2 issues were nagging at me:

1. No pistol holster. I tried wearing one on a belt but couldn't get on with it. The rig has belt loops but the holster would end up round my back as both the belt and holster would move.

2. It was a crappy digital ACU ish colour scheme which didn't fit the intended loadout (PMC/opfor as appropriate).

After musing I decided that rather than sell it and buy one in olive or tan (which would still have the same pistol holster issues), I would modify and recolour it. Stage one was to remove one of the utility pouches (right hand side when worn, as I prefer this to having to reach across to the left side) by carefully unpicking/cutting the stitching away:

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followed by checking positioning of the holster (an old Viper one from my box of bits):

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An old sling was cut into lengths, these were then fixed with 2 part epoxy resin into a "molle-esque" grid pattern where the holster straps will sit (this being a far stronger method than my stitching, short of ripping the material off the chest rig the holster will NOT fall off! :lol: ):

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And lastly the whole vest was recoloured with olive brush on Fabric paint, which when ironed becomes wash resistant (its a chest rig - like its gonna get washed! :ph34r: ) and gives a nice "old used look":

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It will probably get a quick pass of Krylon at some stage; I went for olive as I mainly play woodland though I'm thinking of tan Krylon for weathering it lightly. We'll see.

Anyway I'm quite pleased with how its come out for a low budget project! :D

 
Some folk were asking me about how I built my HPA hi-cap mag for my G5. Below is a guide to how I built the double stack version, it isn't perfect but it works pretty good. Will do a similar post for my single stack hi-cap once it is finished :

This is what you need



Cut the mag casings like this





Tap the end cap for the qr connector (I used 1/8th npt thread). Ignor the damage, did this trying to remove the cap the other day.... Best cut in a flat head screwdriver slot so you can remove it without butchering it like I forgot to do lol



Bend some plumbers pipe to fit between the mags



Then fit together



Square off a 90' edge



And slide into the hi-cap



Join the mags together with mag clamps



Wind the mag and go play!



The QR coupling is away on business.... have given it to an engineering company to put some threads in the single stack mag which is why it isn't fitted in this guide.

 
Just pieced together my single stack HPA Hi-Cap for the G5 after getting some of the bits back today. This is how I made it:

What you need (+ PTFE tape and various tools)


Remove the innards of the hi-cap and cut them as below





Remove the innards of the gas mag and cut them as below





tap threads into the top half of the gas mag to match the caps from it's base



tap a 1/8th NPT thread into one of the caps and then fit them





attach the pipe to the tapped cap



mate the gas upper and hi-cap lower then feed the pipe into the case and slide together





trim the pipe to length then attach connectors









fill the mag through a pre drilled hole that the magwell will hide. It'll take around 250BBs I think





wind the mag



and you are good to go



 
I am currently struggling with feed issues and also alignment. I know with a little patience I'll be able to iron out the bugs, it is almost there, have fired off around 30 shots continuously and then it stops feeding repeatedly and also if I put the mag in with the bolt back it wont shoot, but does flawlessly if I put it in with the bolt forward (until it stops feeding). Frustrating but will get it running reliably! :-)

 
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