I am about…
I’ve been quiet over the last few months due to an operation. Anyhow, I’m back on my feet again and everything seems to be working as it should.
Over the past few months whilst I’ve been recovering, I’ve not airsofted and haven’t really done anything in regards to my kit. I have however, ordered some new kit. Firstly I’ve ordered myself a new gearbox. For some reason my Kalash AK74S has stopped working. No idea why, just died on me whilst I was at a site. I ordered myself a nice new Cyma gearbox. Unfortunately, I’ll have to learn how to solder as the gearbox is wired up for a normal AK74/47 with a full stock (and thus stock mounted battery). I was after a TM gearbox as I like quality and reliability of the TM gearbox but the prices in the UK for a full gearbox are extortion! I could almost purchase a new gun for the cost of a replacement gearbox! Something I almost considered!
My second purchase was a new face mask. I’ll be doing a review of this soon but it will have to wait until I get a proper use out of it. As you can see, it’s a chinese replica of the STALKER mask I posted about here. Hopefully it will provide protection for my teeth in woodland games where I really don’t want to wear a full face mask.
Other Hobbies
My other new hobby has also occupied my time and funds. I’ve recently started cycling again (though I’ve had to stop during the operation recovery period) as I bought a bike to commute to work. Thankfully, I think it was the best purchase I’ve made in the last 12 months! I bought a Carrera Hybrid bike from Halfords. However, I’ve not just stopped at commuting. I always liked cycling as a kid and used to cycle to college. This all stopped when I moved to Leeds for uni. However, it finally became a complete pain to spend 30/40 minutes walking to work everyday when I can do it on a bike in 10 minutes! So after the purchase I started cycling recreationally again, especially in the nice weather we’ve had.
Anyhow, one thing has led to another and now I’m a fully lycra clad cycling fan and have clocked up over 1000Km since I bought the bike (on Easter Sunday) and that’s not including my daily 6Km commutes! However bike gear isn’t cheap so it’s been eating into my airsofting funds!
I’m also moving house (in to a shared house with a mate) which has also taken up funds as obviously a deposit needs to be paid and first months rent overlaps with current house etc etc.
Unfortunately all of this has led to some unwanted kit and I’ve parted with my M23 Pioneer chest rig. Since I’ve had the SMERSH it’s not seen any use and for lightweight games, I’ve been using my sci-fi themed kit (which I have re-bought!). I also want to part with my Flora, however no one seems interested.
Computer Games
After my favourable of APB, I’ve only played it once since then and wasn’t as impressed with it. However I think this was because my team mate I ended up playing with seem more intent with letting his baby play and mess with the controls whilst he was playing (the kid kept coming over the VOIP channel and then he was told off by the parent for interfering).
I’ve picked up Battlefield Bad Company 2 again and been thoroughly enjoying it again. I see that BIG-Ranger has collected all of his award pins (congrats!) and I’m lacking seriously behind in terms of everything lol. I’ve been enjoying using the M136 rocket launcher as a kind of javelin – Firing it up into the air before having it land on a hapless victim.
So yeah, I’m still about, just struggling to post on here currently!
