TK4205

With all the moving and house buying my wife and I have been doing, the only way I can go to C4 is if I can share the gas bill. I have a '91 Suburban that seats 12. I can take four people and their stuff, be it bins or suitcases. $120 per each passenger including myself will cover gas. Tires, oil and wear and tare are on me. If we take turns driving, we'll be there in no time w/luggage. I live in the puget sound area of Washington, and will pick up as far south as Sacramento. My email is no more, so please pm me here.

Sorry trooper, but no can do at this time. We are moving, and most of my stuff is in storage. BTW, when I get my moulds done I'm trying for a whole kit out of it.

I use charcoal lighter fluid for my ABS and styrene. Shines and conditions it. dab some on your remaining adhesive, let it soak up a bit, and the stuff comes right off. It also removes paint scuffs, jelly stains and mold and milldew.

This stuff is assentialy naga hide. Doesn't paint very well.

I used the foam liner once. It turned into a big wet hot sponge. I hated it. I don't wear glasses (like I'm suposed to), but my bucket fits pretty firmly.

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that photo took just under 4 seconds. Besides, I'm 40 and don't have much time left for that kind of stuff.

Just as soon as I'm in my new shop:)

We are in the middle of moving, so most of my projects are in temporarily on hold.

me too.

Thanks paul. I do my best

The difference between TE and FX? No comarison. Besides the fact that TE is HIPS, as we all know, yhe TE requires a lot of work to get it trooping. Sanding, heating, forming, filling, cutting, gluing painting. I like the look of it. It's the closest I've seen to troopers in the movie. Paul tried it at our local armor party and it looked good. Paul can speak for himself what he thinks of my armory skills.

I made lens holders that seem to work very well for me. The lenses can be easily replaced if need be. I used epoxy paste to build up the frame for my lenses. Popped them out and sanded them I cut a gasket out of styrene and painted it red, and punched screw holes in it. Screws and gasket hold the lens down. Just glue the frame in place.

Thanks:)

Came with the TK parts. The part with the row of buttons can be cut out as a strip, or the buttons can be cut out individualy. I'm talking about the buttons on the (wearers) left side.

I need help deciding on how to do the buttons. I've already done the ab plate, but havent decided how to do the strip of buttons next to it. Are the buttons cut out individualy and glued on, or are they cut out in a strip and glued on? Or both? Thanks.

I use a dremmel to get the big stuff out of the way, then a file. A small round file works to get in the corners of the eyes. A sanding sponge is good for finish. As far as the frown goes, what 8280 did seems to be the best way. Go slow and have fun:)

I go with paint.

We have OSHA to thank for that. something about chemical protection or some such crap

Score and snap it in half. This will give you two clips. The notches allow your liner to snap in and out. Score a 3/4 inch slot and snap it out with pliars

I wanted to install an industrial hard hat liner in my bucket, but could not find the clips to do so. I had planned on cutting the clips out of the hard hat, but soon learned that nothing will adhere to hard hat plastic. So I came up with a way to make clips quick and easy with scraps of styrene. An industrial hardhat liner can be found at Home Depot for about $12.00 Two pieces of scrap styrene aproximately 4x8 inches, riveted at one end with a square hole 1-1/8 x 1-7/16 inches The square form is built up from 3 pieces of styrene With two notches cut out on both sides. The 'square' is one and a half by five sixteenths (inches) All the liners I have found seem to come standard, fitting the same sized clip. Note; The notches are cut on the longer 1-1/2 inch side Toss a scrap of styrene in the oven set at 275 degrees. Once your plastic is soft you need to work quick. stick it in your gadget and press hard. Make sure to press down the notches to get a good deep impression. continue to press while you let cool.

Good idea. I have my eye out for a black military vinyl duffle bag. I have a large piece of PVC pipe two feet in diameter that I'm wanting to use to line it. That way I'll have a place to display my patch collection

Looks like Rhino Liner is out of the question. I spoke with someone at the company in regaurds to the properties of their liner, and learned that Rhino Liner heats up to 250 degrees when in contact with aplied catalyst. Not good for ABS or styrene. All you would have is a puddle On a good note, the Duplicolor bed liner will work pretty well. I used both the spray and roll on kind. The roll on has a higher level of keytone, so it's best to spray (lightly) a couple cotes, then roll it on for thickness. When I got home from portland last night I found that it hardened back up very nicely. I was worried for a minute.

I must admit, I haven't spent that mutch time hear lately. Lots going on in the outside. Not to mention that I had to drive a long way during the power outage to get on line.