what do you think so far?
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Topic: what do you think so far?
Posted By: tecumseh
Subject: what do you think so far?
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 12:19am
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hey, hopefully some of you remember my gun from last time, well i did
some milling/work on it. what i did was take off the back site rail,
then i lowered the top part of the gun about 1/3 of a
centimeter,polished the internals to a mirror finish , i removed 98
custom and made the tippmann letters wavy, the velocity adjuster lip,
push safe letters, warning on the back, some metal on the right
reciever handle, i thinned the front handle a little, did the quick
strip mod. im going tomorrow to get some primer since i cant go today
since its easter. what type of spray paint primer should i get? like,
what stuff is the best that wo'nt come off? but i'll repost some more
tomorrow. this picture was taken when i was finished sanding it  milled letters  another angle  quick strip mod, looks thick but thats because i put rubber glue in the crack for when i paint it, and so it makes the gun internals protected from getting shot  milled top of the gun(kinda hard to see)  milled recicver handle  ------------- what? |
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Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 12:52am
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looks pretty ugly, what the hell are you doing to that poor thing?
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 12:58am
im milling it, then im repainting it. for the noobs who don't know what im doing thats what ------------- what? |
CQB_NINja wrote:Posted By: MC_TP
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 1:01am
 Looks good...but hard to tell from its condition...What happened to it anyway? and what color do you plan on painting it? ------------- 
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 1:07am
im thinking dark green, a deep grey, or just a dark tan something around there. what do you mean by "happened to it" you mean the colors? or the milling? ------------- what? |
Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 1:43am
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idk, just looks like you violated the body with a dremel and engraver half asleep. Kinda cant wait to see it finished tho, you thinking earth tones or import car colors?
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Posted By: Saint
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 1:49am
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With a crack that huge, why not just buy a whole new reciever?
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First to play, last to stay. MN Militia. SETUP Tippmann C98 12" All American - Opsgear M4 Foregrip - M4 Mag Kit - Solid Stock |
Posted By: Cl0nE
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 2:04am
Looks like you stepped on the tail of your cordless beaver  |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 2:18am
im doing "earth tones" how ever you say it but im thinking the dark grey. it looks horrible right now, im not even half way done. i still need to smooth everything out and do some more work on it.
the crack isn't huge when you look at it in real life, and anyways, its a quick strip mod, theres supposed to be a crack there.
sure its horrible right now, but like i said above its currently still being worked on. i need sandpaper and other materials but the stores are closed. but yea, ill post more tomorrow ------------- what? |
Posted By: MC_TP
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 2:26am
The colors...The milling is niice... -------------
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Posted By: D3h Y4k
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 7:55am
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that is rather ugly...maybe you should show us the before and after pictures when you are finished ------------- A-5 w/ E-grip HPA coiled remote expansion chamber Freak kit 14" sniper barrel A-6 Tactical stock Polished Internals |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 9:45am
thats not milling, thats hacking, what did you use, jeez, man, like a friggin grinding attachment, you can just use sandpaper and files, and it takes like 2 hours, and not look like **edited**...... ------------- 
I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 9:46am
| Would have made more sense to have done the whole thing, taking pics along the way, then post them all at once, so we can see the progress, not just a bucket o' yuck |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 10:15am
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ok, i ran out of sandpaper aboout halfway through getting the paint off, theres an assortment of colors because of the primer that i used last time. so i ended up using the dremel sanding bits, thats why it looks chopped up, but it isn't. and yes i will post the pictures of it before and after ------------- what? |
Posted By: dmp4892.
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 10:15am
| Why did you dremel the entire body? |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 10:16am
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i couldnt, i see what you mean. cause i ran out of stuff and it was getting late ------------- what? |
Posted By: Lambert.
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 12:15pm
You have ruined a fine gun  ------------- The Quintessential |
Posted By: Budlightisbest
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 2:15pm
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That's gross. You should probably send it in to somebody like Evil-98 or Murdoc who know's what they are doing.
------------- http://tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=152983&PN=1&TPN=1 - Bubbles Jr http://tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=150812&PN=1&TPN=1 - My Soon to be Secksi 98C |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 6:58pm
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just wait till its finished then you can decide. and the primer will change the look of it. im getting sandpaper a little later and im working on removing all of the paint from whats already on there. and im also doing detail work with the file. and people, im telling you, it is not bad when you look at it and hold it. the pictures make it look 10x worse than what it actually is, some of the areas where the dremel missed may look deep, but they are not able to be felt when you run your hand over it. but anyway what type of primer should i use for it?
i noticed that when i first did it i already worked on that and made the whole area even ------------- what? |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 7:08pm
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Yeah uhmm...It really doesnt look smooth at all where you took off the 98 custom lettering. It looks like you went wayyyy too deep.
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 7:26pm
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Is there a support group for battered Tippmanns? ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 8:13pm
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unfinished*? ------------- what? |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 8:58pm
No, I meant battered. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Baewolf
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 9:45pm
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LOL don't tell me you were using a hammer and chisel. The funny thing
is that you realize that you totally screwed it up, but you won't admit
it and and are still getting all defensive about it. I tell you
what order yourself two new halves then use paint stripper to clean it
off then once they are repainted you can post pictures and say hey
man look at how good it came out in the end. Can you imagine how much sanding you will have to do to buff out those gouges, then halves will be so thin that first shot fired the bolt will come right out the side of the gun. This is why i can't understand milling tippmanns, I like the way my Tippmann looks and would never deface it. ------------- Don't bring a speed ball gun to a woods ball fight |
Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 10:56pm
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you could paint it a powder coated grey, and tell people you remade the body out of clay and baked it.
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 10:59pm
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lol, i should but hey what type of primer should i use? ------------- what? |
Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 11:00pm
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hmmmmmmm, idk, id just go to wal mart and look for an outdoor, metal primer.
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 11:02pm
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alrighty, i want sure like what kind, since there are like 10 different kinds for different uses. thanks, im going to walmart when my sister gets home ------------- what? |
Posted By: fishkid_91
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 8:14am
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You really over did it with that dremell and how you used it It's going to take alot of sending to get it all smoot paint aint gonna do that alone but if you take the time to REaLLY sand it down it will look good |
Posted By: madchedder
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 10:52am
| what is milling? lol srry im new to this stuff. just started playing 2 weeks ago. |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 2:21pm
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its using a tool to reshape the metal in your gun, in this case he used a rock jk, actually dude, you might not have milled the letters enuff, get a dremel, and evenly do it, if the letters are still sticking out at all right now, you can keep going, thats what i did, my guns fine............and my guns really smooth..... Edit:nvm, you went wayyy to deep on the back letters...........sorry man, didnt see that, good luck, actually, what you can do, get DUPLICOLOR self-etching primer, it actually fills stuff like that, and paint it with duplicolor paints, DO NOT EVER use spray paint, itll chip and fall off, and its crap, use automotive paint from a car store......or you could just bondo it and prime and paint it then, still use that self etching stuff, its really good -------------
I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 4:02pm
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lol... I've never seen milling that looks good befor it's painted. Stop bothering him and give him some time :P
------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 5:58pm
yay, you havent seen anything then........go to model98.org, or search for grunt98c's pre-paint gun.........that looks NICE, this looks BAD, there is a difference, and yes there is a very simple way to do all of this without it looking like crap. ill demonstrate http://www.gsbchem.com.au/products/hardware/maxi/images/pr_pntstr2.jpg - http://www.gsbchem.com.au/products/hardware/maxi/images/pr_p ntstr2.jpg then http://www.tool-up.co.uk/tooldev/images/items/16058.jpg - http://www.tool-up.co.uk/tooldev/images/items/16058.jpg then http://www.happyhobby.com/hobb_html/images/dremel/8059600275.jpg - http://www.happyhobby.com/hobb_html/images/dremel/8059600275 .jpg numbers 2 and 3 can be changed in order -------------
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Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 10:09pm
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awww there needs to be a similar site to model98.org, but for a-5's, is there one?
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Posted By: fishkid_91
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 8:35am
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lol i cant tell if he milled to much of the letter or not e-muff it can all be sanded down tho if he painted now it still wouldnt look verry good those scrate4s with the dremel are deep |
Posted By: jrod1321
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 10:13am
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yeah u definatly should of went for the air craft paint remover.....thats what i used on mine and it looked maybe 1/5 that chopped up....it took about 6 coats , but it didnt look like sh1t when it was done ------------- Evil PIMP Smart Parts ION 2-98 customs Ariakon Sim4 Ariakon Overlord Mech DragunFly |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 10:35am
tippmann owners.................i guess, nothing specific, but they do that stuff there and jrod, your gonna get a strike for that dodge -------------
I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: maddog312us
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 3:50pm
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What did that poor gun ever do to you.
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Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 4:10pm
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its hard to paint a tird, why did u dremel the paint off, take it off with sand paper or sand blaster, or even steel wool,.....dremel the paint off, u cut a peice of cake thats to big for u to eat, thats gonna take ALOT of bobndo and primer to get right AND skill.
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 6:11pm
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as i've been reading i can tell most of you don't realize i've been working more on my gun.... i got rid of your guys's so-called "gouges". i put 6 coats of primer on so far and i resanded it down. heres one of the pictures with primer... so what do you think of the milling?
other side of the gun and the spot were you all saw the "gouges"
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Posted By: Ashdawg
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 6:45pm
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don't forget, if you feel like you did get a little too deep there and
you don't like how it looks, you could always use a little bit of Bondo
to fill it in, then use sandpaper to smooth her out again. Just a
little helpful hint. You just spread the stuff all over the area that
looks gouged, then you sand it smooth. It's pretty affective, I hope
this helps you. It does look a lot better now that it's primed. Good
luck dude. O-yeah, Tecumseh engins do kick some serious
butt!!!
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Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 7:53pm
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what kind of primer did you use..........?
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I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 8:07pm
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automobile primer ------------- what? |
Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 8:56pm
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still looks like it got slashed with a lightsaber. ------------- *TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC* *POP...POP* "HIT"...>=[ |
Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 9:11pm
| it's kinda routgh around the quick strip cut, clean that up and your set |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 9:47pm
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did u use self etching
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I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 10:12pm
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no, they didn't have any ------------- what? |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 10:20pm
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no way! thats because of the quick strip mod ------------- what? |
Posted By: maddog312us
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 11:01pm
| clean up the quick strip mod |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 5:33am
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Deffinitly smooth out the quick strip cut. What colour are you going with?
Olive drab green is pretty dope, it's how I did mine if you want me to dig pics out. |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 6:43am
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poopy, choopie, your sig really scares me, stop it! -------------
I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 9:56am
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im doing it a pretty close color to that. its more like camoflage green and its extremly flat ------------- what? |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 3:49pm
Def a good choice then: 
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Posted By: Ashdawg
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 4:09pm
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Choopie, I think the sig is awesome. Everytime I see it, I get
mesmorized..........and.......can't ........stop......looking ......at
......it......
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Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 5:10pm
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that gun above looks like mine. the paintjob anyway. umm yeah first time i saw that wahtever job you wanna called it i laughed. but i'm sure it will get better. ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 5:17pm
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Sure the hell doesnt look like your actually using a mill more like dremel with some bit on it. -------------  
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Posted By: sniper44
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 5:50pm
| looks good |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 8:07pm
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ok, so heres the finished product Specs: Responce trigger, cyclone feed, 14 in lapco bigshot, custom made front grip, half a double trigger (i like it that way) stock, ricochet r5 hopper,
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. and some of you may be wondering why i have grips on only one side... well i grip the hnadle with my right and its smaller so with one grip i can hold it tighter.
Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 9:04pm
that thing is ugly as sin , nice color tho.
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Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 9:07pm
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Well you saved it, just barely 7/10, barely should be a six if that -------------
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Posted By: CQB_NINja
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 9:07pm
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you need to learn how to use a router...those are fun, and razors, dremels for wooden grips. your gun reminds me of my first car R.I.P.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 April 2006 at 11:10pm
| ew |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 22 April 2006 at 11:16pm
| stick a fork in that thing... it's done! |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 April 2006 at 11:17pm
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what the hell. you ruined it.
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 22 April 2006 at 11:18pm
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WTF did you do to that thing Kid?? You destroyed it and made it look like ass. You should have just stuck a big sticker on the side that said "I like to take it in the butt". ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: maddog312us
Date Posted: 22 April 2006 at 11:33pm
| That front grip looks like crap. |
Posted By: BigBadBunny
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 8:16am
| Looks like u took a dump in a paint can and then painted it. |
Posted By: Mitchthesniper
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 9:07am
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save yrsef som time and use paint thinner to avoid damage to the frame. it takes the paint right off. ------------- I shall not flag or fail. I shall go on to the end. I shall defend my island whatever the cost may be. I shall fight in the hills and in the streets. I shall never surrender. |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 10:44am
omfg, wtf did you do, just like hacksaw off the front grip, only mag-a-man is allowed to do that, and you replaced it with what looks like a scorched piece of firewood.......... and whats sticking out the back o and i agree, the i like to take it in the butt sticker is a good idea -------------
I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar. |
Posted By: Stoz
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 2:30pm
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I like the black chunk of wood stuck to the front. It gives it a very outdoorsy feel.
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Posted By: Not All There
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 3:15pm
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I was going to say you kinda saved it...but than you put on the bloack of wood. Clean up your cut..maybe do it with the right tool or a better one, and get a front grip on there or machine a nicer one... You did take out some of those hideous gouges that were in it before, but you still have alot of work to do..
Air ------------- Tippmann 98 Custom -Polished Internals -Cyclone System -16" Smart Parts Linear Barrel -Double Trigger -Responce Trigger -Painted and Milled Shell -Nitro www.notallthereracing.com |
Posted By: Stoz
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 3:54pm
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This thread can never die. It's just too hideous.
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Posted By: knukclez
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 5:56pm
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that thing is like frankinstien. it looked like **edited** before..and after it was done. rofl. take the front grip back off and replace it with the stock one. save yrself. poor thing ( reffering to the gun ) ------------- Tippmann Custom Pro-E Polished Internals Custom Mill/Paint Job 16" Rifeled SP Barrel A-6 Stock QEV Cyclone Feed System Chroned at 18 Balls a Second |
Posted By: danieljk
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 8:23pm
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Wow, i'm glad all that "milling" got you a 98c w/out "98 Custom" across it and what appears to be a wooden block where the front grip should be...O and a butt ugly paintjob. 0/10. Man i'm a jerk. ------------- O look, there's nothing here! |
<- this guys face looks similar to your guns paintjob.. hahaha.Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 8:27pm
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man, will you let the fugly thread die for gods sake
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Posted By: PaintballPIMPIN
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 4:05pm
| i dont like it, why did u do that, i absolutly hate that front grip, now u should part it out, or try to make it a pistol, thats the only way id like it without the foregrip hacked off, and please let the stupid thread tie, im sick of seeing it over and over again. |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 11:57pm
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for grip isnt hacked off. but stop bumping this ------------- what? |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 12 May 2006 at 12:31am
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now i feel bad for you. you spend hours, possibly days on your tippy, only for everyone to rag on you. ill give you a 10/10 for effort. at least all your mods are home-made. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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