Defstartrooper

I bet the markets larger for pauldrons than it is retro chest protectors

Wow thats really looking great Ward did you get the mounting bolts with the scope too the one i have someone cut the bolt heads off and left the body in the scope holes so i need to drill and tap em. That focusing thing is strange mine is not like that theres no clip or any sign there ever was underneath and no focusing knob click for full size

Woo hoo got my TM conversion kit this morning One happy trooper here

I like the idea of the hook on the front i'm going to pinch that idea as for the back im thinking of possibly tapping the rear site to attach it with a countersunk screw ????

I searched on there too they did have an M19 listed last week but thats gone too i guess thats the one that the guy on BBC snagged i doubt they will have regular stocks of M38's or M19's i'd suggest if anyones after one drop the guy a polite email see if he can give you a heads up if he does get one in stock. I wanted that M19 for a mauser conversion already have the M38 for my sterling

How have you attached it Ward looking at it the front part it isn't welded to the gun just has a bit that extends into the vent hole but hows it attched at the back have you rivetted it to the site or used a bolt of some kind ?

no / in the front brackets mate http://' target="_blank">

You missed the / in the last set of brackets should be [/url] or if you want to post images rather than links the brackets would be

Stunning

Nice one i'm wondering about that thing on the end too is it just a cap looks like its attached with a bracket underneath too mine never came with that

On the upside Zac you have that authentic 70's hairstyle down to perfection

I cant read that but hello

took this grab for you

they're reproductions of the ones that i posted above aren't they ?

Wow how cool is that

Bummer thought i'd found something there Seth the search continues

could these be the original pauldron makers ? Chest protectors: We weren’t big on protection in the early seventies. This was a man’s sport (at least in Europe men were doing it) and we, American teenagers, weren’t going to pansy-out. The dynamics of crash protection were limited to wearing a helmet; after that, all we worried about was roost. It stung. The manly among us ignored roost. Kent Howerton claimed that he didn’t wear a chest protector, because if he did he would lose the incentive to pass the guy in front of him. Those of us who weren’t as macho wore a Hallman GP chest protector. It isn’t even a distant relative of a modern chest protector—it offered almost no protection. It, like quilted knees, consisted largely of a soft felt pad you strapped across your chest. The felt pad was spiffed up with a two-tone nylon cover. The Hallman GP chest protector reached its apex at the Superbowl of Motocross when a vitamin company got a handful of stars to wear GP protectors emblazoned with the words “Whoop-De-Chews.” Although it didn’t sell any vitamins, it did sell a lot of Hallman GP chest protectors. We immediately took to removing “Whoop-De-Chews” and putting our own names on the front. It was the first all-out self-promotion in motocross history. looks like a similar design to me though looks somewhat flimsy what you think ?

yes i'd like some of that track too i know you can buy the rubber stuff but i'd like some authentic plastic stuff better

I'm not fussed i just want one

good price aswell and he is dying them black for no extra charge too result

That's an awsome kit the sculpt is stunning and the build up looks really well done you must be over the moon with it P.S when i have to post multiple large images i use photobucket i dont like imageshack everytime i go there i get a rash of popups. if you upload them on photobucket you just select the files and go to the bottom of the page and click generate code it will generate the html to post thumbnails on the message board. Once again awsome suit thanks for showing us

Hi Iain welcome to the site i've just bought a set of these if you hurry there's 2 sets left http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SANDTROOPER-LEATHER-...ameZWD2VQQcmdZV iewItem://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SANDTROOPER-L...QQcmdZV iewItem

I'd like one of those badboys if possible

I see what you mean Seth and by no means do i think that AA shouldn't produce helmets and market them whatever his methods of reproduction are. What i do think is though that he shouldn't use words like original and accurate in his marketing of them i just don't see how you can rework/refurbish moulds to the exact specification that they were originally close yes but not exact. For the average Joe Shmoe like me that hasn't spent years studying every little nuance of the original helmets his site is very misleading people are parting with sizable amounts of hard earned dollar for something they believe to be true to the originals which they aren't. As far as i can gather from this thread and others the only part which might be "original" is the hero faceplate everyone seems in agreement that the cap/back is new on both the hero and stunt he is producing,the stunt face from what i gather has to be a reworked hero face reworked back to stunt specs so could not be classed as original. Of course we still have no proof either way wether the hero face is original or not (will we ever?)

I agree with Seth AA should have and be marketing these differently there are many people out there that have spent a large amount of money on his helmets believing that they are accurate copies of the original 76 ones. If the moulds are refurbished/reworked in my mind that makes them no more original than other fan made helmets which are recasted from original helmets. How many faceplate moulds were produced in 76 ? if only one originaly a stunt then reworked for the heros then it stands to reason that at least one of his current moulds is a copy as he is producing both styles now.