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  2. Bolun wireless, any good?

    in Electronics for Helmets / Blasters

    Posted

    Ive used the bolun system many times. Its a great system for the price. I used it to link a mic in my helmet to a speaker system in the chest and it worked great.

     

    The downside is that being an inexpensive system, it runs on a very common frequency. A couple years ago I was at DragonCon and the elevator music at the hotel was being broadcast on the same frequency as my Bolun kit. When I turned the unit on, all I got was lounge tunes.

     

    Try your plan with a more expensive wireless rig. If you get into the frequencies used by "5 mile Hikers' radios" you'll avoid alot of interference and those radios can be had for $20-$40.

  5. Happy helmets...

    in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

    Posted

    The trimming of the eyes has a big impact on the "mood" of your trooper. The cut of the eyes can cause an optical illusion that the "frown" is happy or angry. I've seen Angry troopers, happy troopers, sleepy troopers etc. Try it out put a happy helmet and angry helmet side by side and cover up the eyes and for the most part the frowns will look neutral.

     

     

  13. Smitty's E-11 Build 2011

    in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance

    Posted

    Well I finished it this morning. Before I say another word I am stating for the record that yes I know the paint job is jacked up. It looked great after I sprayed it and the next day it had wrinkled up severely breaking my heart in the process. The pictures show the extent of the wrinkling. I certainly hate that it happened but oh well. I have fixed my file serving issue so without further delay here are the pics.

     

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  14. New member costume

    in eBay Armor

    Posted

    I'm recommending ATA as well. The first auction as stated earlier is a trustworthy seller. The second auction is for a fiberglass recast. Stay away from that one for sure. Fiberglass is usually a dead give away for an inferior product. All of your better quality kits come in either ABS or HIPS. There are a few good fiberglass helmets available such as the SFS fiberglass bucket but usually fiberglass means its a ripoff.

  19. How long should i let the paint dry?

    in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

    Posted

    You can put your first coat of paint over the primer the same day the primer is sprayed. In your case I would use the following schedule

     

    primer

    wait one hour

    khaki

    wait at least a week - two weeks if you can hold out that long

    gloss white

     

    Primers can basically be topcoated immediately. Paints are a different story. You have a recoat window usually 2 to 4 hours. Even if the paint is the same color and brand you have to put multiple coats on within a few hours of the first coat. Once your recoat window has expired you have to wait for the paint to fully cure or else you will cause the first coart to lift or wrinkle which will leave an unwanted texture in your finish.

  23. Thoughts go out to our Troops in the Pacific

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by Smitty

    I've gotten some more info

     

    note: 1 Rem = 1000 millirem; 1Sv = 1000 millisievert

     

    It is important to note that the health effects of radiation exposure vary for different doses. It is important to note dose is different from dose rate.

     

    Dose refers to the total amount of exposure, while dose rate refers to the exposure per unit of time (typically per hour). The dose numbers provided in the following discussion are not exact numbers, but instead general averages. An acute dose (received in a few days) above 250-400 Rem (2.5 – 4.0 Sv) is considered to be lethal for at least half of the population exposed. Not much is known about doses between 50 Rem and 250 Rem (500 mSv and 2500 mSv), but the exposed person will experience acute radiation sickness. The symptoms of such exposure can include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, burns, and hair loss, but may or may not lead to near term death.

     

    Below this level, no acute symptoms have been observed. For radiation exposure of less than 50 Rem there is the potential for delayed effects such as non-specific life shortening, genetic effects, fetal effects, and cancer, but little is known about the long term consequences of exposures in this range. For doses less than 25 Rem there are not enough data to determine if such an exposure can cause any long-term effects on human health at all.

     

    What this all means:

     

    Highest readings found at Fukushima are 40 REM per hour.

    Unless it regains criticality then this is a well contained nuclear accident and everyone should put a Japanese nuke worker on their Christmas list this year. So far Chernobyl was literally by the numbers 1000 times worse than this.

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