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I don't know if this happens only to me or other IE7 users experience the same. Maybe somebody can help me out with this. At work I have a very limited environment for my internet access. I can't use anything other than IE7, and a lot of the scripts on webpages are limited or rejected at all. (In fact, I have limited access to https servers too, for example.) Since the new page is up I noticed that most of the AJAX functionality of the page went away when I'm browsing from the office (I have no problem at all when browsing from home using Chrome.) In the previous version I could click on the forum's icon and it marked such forum as read without reloading the page, but in the new version whenever I click on it, it needs to reload the whole page. Another thing is that the pulldown menu used to access the profile is not working for me. I can click on it, and it will take me directly to my profile, but I can't see the options on the menu, so it's virtually impossible to get to my PMs (as those are only accessible from the pulldown menu.) Is that working the same for other IE7 users? Cheers.

The magic words are: pilot holes. Drill small pilot holes first, then it will be easier to drill the big size holes. They'll just follow the pilots. Cheers.

Wow! Great job mate!

The Sterling diameter is 38mm, if I remember correctly. The best you can get is 40mm (at least in Europe). Cheers!

Hi Nathan, Well, it all depends on what are you looking for with your armor. I guess by what you say that you're looking for an idealized style, right? I've seen people spray painting details with great results, but I think they take great precautions beforehand. Spray paint tends to leak between the tape and the armor oi you apply too much of it. Another problem is that when you remove the tape, parts of the paint may go off with the tape. If somebody can share tips to avoid that kind of problems, it would be great. You can try to polish the part that went dull. Some fine car polish will do, but plastic polish is better (something like Novus, for example). Do not use other solvents on the armor, or you'll ruin it. I'm particularly fond of defects in my armor. I look for a realistic look, similar to what you see on the movies (and I can tell you, those armors had lots of defects and were totally battered!) So, if it was me, I'd leave it as it is. A brush is always better to finish the details in any armor. It gives you better control over the result. So if you have to touch up the paint job, use a brush better. As to the blaster: sand it down using some fine sand paper, then repaint. Did you use primer before painting? Cheers.

Nice vid Paul! Pretty harmless to me. I was expecting something more violent after the comments, but it ends up without casualties (well, maybe the poor lion got hurt, but I can't be sure). Thanks for sharing.

HA! HA! HA! Frosty-trooper. Nice one.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! I LOL'ed.

That neck trim stuff can only be TM stuff!!!!

Wow! Really impressive, Dan! Terrific work!

Congrats Michael! (I'm closer, I'm closeeeer...)

I'm very glad to hear that.

WOW! Awesome! Great job guys! I just wanted to note that we have a Spanish EIB member (trskel, TK-3891) so Spain is represented too. (And I hope very soon I'll be the second Spanish EIB) Congrats on such a woderful job!

It looks slick! GREAT WORK!

Congrats to all EIBs on the first centuria! Now the next one. And when we have six, we'll have a cohort (Paul is, technically, the centurion, so kudos to him.)

TM built TK... that should be an easy pass! Good luck!

Congrats on that well deserved TK-EIB-#100!

Best to you, Smitty! It's been a pleasure doing business with you. I hope you keep enjoying the hobby. Cheers.

Mark, that was exactly what I was thinking. There are some armors out there that have "flaws". While I don't mind it (my armor has mirrored pieces, for example) I could not avoid thinking "how come nobody tried to fix these flaws?" I'm talking about "screen-accurate" armor here, that for different reasons have missing pieces (or inaccurate ones.) I think that may be one of the reasons TM made his own molds: most of the screen accurate armors out there are not true ANH armor to begin with. So, as I've said, not all recasters are equal: 1- There are guys who just recast a particular set, creating a +1 generation set (low detail, ugly quality armor.) 2- There are guys who take the best out of different armors and recast that (the quality is still bad, though the set is more complete.) 3- There are guys who recast one piece of armor, but touch up (or make new, if necessary) the molds to get better detail. 4- There are guys who take the best out of different armors and touch up, or make new molds to get better detail. 5- There are just a few guys who make their own molds. From 3 and 4, there are guys who a) ask for permission to the maker of the armor they are recasting and b ) feel they don't need to. I'm particularly infuriated by those who recast armor from group 5. I sympathize with recasters in group 3a and specially 4a. They know the community and take the time to contact the makers explaining their intentions. I avoid those in group 1 and 2. And advice other people to avoid them at all cost. And I want to know if there's any merit to those in group 3b and 4b (even though I think it would be easier for them to just ask, and a lot of problems could be avoided.) Yes, they should've asked before doing anything. But they also put something on it. They worked on the molds. So, should they be considered? Or should they be ignored? What if the result is good? I think those are very tricky questions. That's mainly the idea. I'd like to know what other people think about it.

Well, most of the time I read a thread about recasting or recasted armor I only see finger pointing, accusations, etc. But I never see discussions about the merits (or lack of) of the result of such recasts. I mean, if you just plain recast another armor the results are not nice, you end up with a soft-looking, detail-less armor. A +1 generation armor that is worse than the original. But some of the recasters take the time to work on the molds they take from other armor, in some cases improving the original armor in different ways. So, not all the recasts are equal. Could it be possible to talk about such recasters or recast work? People who have contributed by modifying the molds they took (with or without permission) from other armor? Just a thought (and possibly the only positive use I can think of for this forum.)

Awesome Pablo!!!!

I'm stalled because my hovi-mix aerators are MIA...

That's exactly what I told them, that it was somewhat "pre-weathered" But as I told, they expected it to be "clean". The kit is great news! It may make it a bit cheaper, I hope.

Well, I looked at the Spanish Garrison forums, and I have a picture of what the guys here didn't like about it: ----------- I think they expected something more "clean", a not so rough finish. Personally I have no objections to the blaster, just wanted to reflect other people's opinions.

I can't say nothing more than thank you! for what you did there. Yes, this is what it's all about.