Solscud007

Oh yeah, if you can find it, I recommend the Nerf Pinpoint sight. It is a reflex red dot by Nerf. a little hard to find now though.

You should take a look at Orangemodworks. I got their Alphatrooper upgrade kit. Im waiting for their Level 2 with metal plunger tube and bolt.

Un marine, I used a recon and deploy.

UN_Marine's bull pup design got my juices flowing and I finally sat down to make my own bull pup. I had pieces out the basic plan for what parts I would want.

My main goal was to use only stock nerf parts. I wasnt sure how the build will go but I want to make it with only nerf parts.

So I sized up my clear deploy and clear raider. Overlapped parts to see where they would line up.

The rear section was the easiest. The front rail/sight/grip section was tough. Then I made a charging handle using the Deploy charging handle. And used a coat hanger to wire up the front trigger to the bolt release mechanism.

I did not use any glue. everything is screwed together so it can be taken apart and be tweaked. The action of the bolt is not as smooth as I would like so I need to tweak it. But it is a fully functional bull pup.

Here is a comparison shot with my other all stock/modified nerf guns.

Wow guys harsh. My fiancee and I really liked this one. I really liked the attention to other forms of racing. While they didnt explain some aspects, due to length of time and the side story of Mater's spy adventures, It was nice to see real race cars. F1, rally, LeMans Gran Touring, JGTC etc.

also I dont know if it is a marketing thing, but I saw a LOT more name brand cars. Like there was an Audi and a Honda Insight plus other cars i cant name right now. Besides the obvious ones. I mean cars in the background.

Im not that much into Green Lantern. But I do like Ryan Reynolds. Some of his roles are just funny. I watched it and I liked it. Did I like it enough to get the dvd or blu ray? nope. I think my brother would have liked it but I wish he was around to explain things to me.

I had to look up parallax on wikipedia. I remember when Hal Jordan became Parallax, I have the Total Justice action figure from the 90s.

So i was a little confused about the cloud thingy that was Parallax.

I did like this more than Thor.

I've also had the 18rd drum hang a couple of times in the same way. No biggie, it works will enough most of the time and to be honest, I'm surprised that for a toy drum magazine firing soft foam darts, it works as well as it does! Anyway, it's good for practicing stoppage drills.

Graham

I cant remember if the 18rd drum has it, but the 35rd drum has a stoppage knob in the center of the drum. You basically push and turn the knob to back off the dart pusher and then ride the dart pusher back up into the mag portion.

That's a shame. Was going to look for one, to put under my Recon, but will pass now.

Graham

Sorry I didnt see this until now. It is really simple Graham. The attachment point of the Barrel Break is rather simple. You just need to analyze the top rail of the barrel break. then open up the Recon front rail system. Cut off the bottom rail so that the bottom is smooth. Then cut enough material out so that when the rail system is closed and screwed tight, it will close onto the barrel break rail. The Recon railsystem will act like a GIANT rail mount. You will also need to cut the handle of the barrel break off otherwise it will interfere with the magwell and mag of the Recon.

Does anyone else feel that most lightsabers look really uncomfortable to hold? lol

yes, I agree whole heartedly. I like ROTJ Luke's light saber.

Yeah the scene,s sh*t, but luv the reveal lightsaber prop that coming out!!

:lol: excellent lightsaber umbrella Solscud007!!!

Can the umbrella open with the fx?, that would be funny, you,d be a hit at a convention!!

It can if I time the button with opening the umbrella.

Damn Jerry. I gots a GD3 fit!!! And you didnt let me know you have some rare JDM goodness? haha. If I wasnt broke I would buy it.

Ok that is just freaking awesome. I have always wanted a bull pup!!!! You got PM.

Thanks for getting me inspired!!! I must make this!!!!

I modified a red umbrella with a $20 hasbro light saber. So it has SFX.

The Recon really should have had an ambidextrous side-mounted cocking handle as standard, it would have made it a much better NERF blaster.

Graham

Sadly the people on the Nerf team are not that into researching what works in the real firearm world. they just go for the "cool" factor.

I too prefer the ergonomics of the Alphatrooper but find the performance of my Recon to be better. Also I can't integrate a Barrel break as nicely on the Alpha trooper.

Which is the reason I modded my recon with a SCAR/KRISS super V inspired charging handle.

Can't find the NERF double barreled shotgun in HK.

Graham

Raider stocks are the best.

When you get the Barrel Break, I recommend making it into a master key. Here is my Masterkey Recon.

Surprised nobody is making some dedicated Kydex belt holsters for the Maverick.

Graham

Graham, since you are in HK, go find a Pantac MP7 holster. They are rigid enough to and large enough to holster a maverick.

Raider is better than the Alpha trooper.

Normal sized dump pouch can carry two drums if you "69" them in the pouch.

Definitely want 1 in XL in gray.

Nice displays there. Right now, I have a lot of my boxed items and collections in 3 display cases just to consume space for the closet. Still thinking that by the endof year, I'll have a display room. I'd like to have a MOSPEADA section, as I seem to have gained a new found fondness for the series.

I like Bee's toy room. That is a great display set up.

Very nice. I havent even begun to build my Fiancee's command car. She is the Patlabor fan. But i finally found my 1:24 Police Alternators.

This is an awesome thread chalked full of cool pics, and great new stuff. I long for the day of having a room with a display full of stuff to just look at and occasionally pull stuff out. Got some good surprises coming your way guys in a shot period of time.

Why dream? Make it a reality now. I live in a tiny apartment with my fiancee. But I still manage to cram some of my collection that I want to display.

Jason, count me in. Is it Alex helping you on this?

design it, and they will buy it!!!

Contrary to common disbelief, you can have the saddle bags on post-transformation. They attach on but restrict the movement of the thigh guards. The rear box is stable and nests between the wheel arms.

I dont mind the rear box but the saddle bags are so large that it looks rather goofy like this. However I just experimented and post these pictures of a proof of concept.

My side saddle boxes are not glued to the mount plate, so it makes it easier to mount the rear plate first and then attach the box to the plate.

Thanx Solscud007 for the rocket launcher/saddle bag shot...I feel now that I,ve truly lived!!

(even though it mightn,t look that great..)could someone give the saddle bag/rocket launcher in amor mode a go???

I,m sure in the right pose and camera angle it could look sexy..or you could prove me wrong,and I,d humbly agree. ...just curious is all.

Here you go. Ask and you shall receive.

I'm a fan of that Stinger connected to the Ride Armor, but that lighting is a little strange. Is that Blacklighting?

Nope. Its taken in pitch dark and using only my iPhone flashlight app as a source of light. It is like a scale version of a kinoflo studio light. It provides even lighting all around.

A little Off Topic, but to illustrate the iphone lighting here are some examples of my Lego pictures.

(this one uses water and baking soda for the atmosphere effect)

Similar concept but using a flashlight that is all flood and has a warmer tint.