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unzippy wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 11:45 am

Mito Man wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 9:52 am Anyone remember on the early days of YouTube there was that German guy who made ridiculously powerful catapults, crossbows and trebuchets? Just thought of him after reading this

Jorg Sprave?

Still going - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZlxk ... RJXhAGq42Q

Yes! Odd, I’m still subscribed to him and he posts regularly but I haven’t seen his videos for what must be 10 years.

So airsoft is a lot of fun....

I've done a few airsoft days now and am definitely getting into it. Some woodland events and a CQB event at an old
Piggery which was brilliant. The problem with CQB though is running about on concrete, into and out of buildings and the result being shoulders and ankles crying no more

Just picked up this....



It's a E&C 416 A5

No fancy sight as I like iron sights, a foregrip for when the eldest wants to borrow it. So currently have 12 magazines, a chest rig and my PPE. I don't quite want to go full camo Andy McArthritus on it yet as then expectations will be there. Much more fun to shoot someone and walk out of your hidey hole in Jeans and a hoodie.

Pistol next and I'll need to do some stoppage drills, time to watch as many John McPhee videos as possible and make a mini range in the garage.

The duck pond will be handy too....


Dave!

Well this growing up is going well

I've over 30m of 00 gauge in the loft that me and the youngest use. Sadly the heat has kept us out the last couple of months but I've given a challenge to the youngest with his 11+ and if he gets it done he can have a 9f with sound.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5zpoo9nk ... dj1r&raw=1

If you want to come up, you have to blow the train whistle or you aren't allowed

The only issue now is using it without him finding out before he gets his results in November.

Dave!

Speaking of growing up, I just bought a Honda Dax 125

Barry wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 12:04 pm Speaking of growing up, I just bought a Honda Dax 125

I saw your Facebook post, never have I been more jealous

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 11:48 am Well this growing up is going well

I've over 30m of 00 gauge in the loft that me and the youngest use. Sadly the heat has kept us out the last couple of months but I've given a challenge to the youngest with his 11+ and if he gets it done he can have a 9f with sound.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5zpoo9nk ... dj1r&raw=1

If you want to come up, you have to blow the train whistle or you aren't allowed

The only issue now is using it without him finding out before he gets his results in November.

Dave!

30m
My aunt got my a train set from Japan years ago. The trains are tiny, size of my thumb if that but really nicely made. Now that I have a 3D printer I thought about putting up a small shelf and printing a few bits for it. Just need to figure out how to make a train go forwards to the end of a line and then reverse and repeat that automatically.

Probably N Gauge, we have that as our Christmas train set downstairs.



When you add up a fiddle yard, inner and outer tracks etc it starts to really be quite long, 32.5m I think I measured of working track.

Dave!

Barry wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 12:04 pm Speaking of growing up, I just bought a Honda Dax 125

That's fantastic. I grew up riding Honda MiniTrails and later a Yamaha Chappy 80. I would love a Dax or Z125 for nipping about

V8Granite wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 12:25 pm Probably N Gauge, we have that as our Christmas train set downstairs.



When you add up a fiddle yard, inner and outer tracks etc it starts to really be quite long, 32.5m I think I measured of working track.

Dave!

Very cool Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 7:46 am

Nice one Dave! That all looks very familiar

Watch out with budget with the airsoft guys. Some of them spend crazy money. One of our guys was showing me round his kit, and just the helmet and night vison rig owed him £12k

As this thread has been bumped anyway, I've been very much enjoying the mini-rifle lately. I had a surprisingly good result in a club competition, which qualified me for national one.

Here's one of my stages


And here's my mate showing how it should be done on a different stage
[media]https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1asP9eefh4/[/media]

Nefarious wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 7:59 am

V8Granite wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 7:46 am

Nice one Dave! That all looks very familiar

Watch out with budget with the airsoft guys. Some of them spend crazy money. One of our guys was showing me round his kit, and just the helmet and night vison rig owed him £12k

No chance of that happening

A helmet with air supply for the glasses would be nice but I'm quite light on kit even when I was doing competitions etc.

I realise my fitness and age are my biggest limitations, not a swanky red dot.

Dave!

Nefarious wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 8:07 am As this thread has been bumped anyway, I've been very much enjoying the mini-rifle lately. I had a surprisingly good result in a club competition, which qualified me for national one.

Here's one of my stages


And here's my mate showing how it should be done on a different stage
[media]https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1asP9eefh4/[/media]

That's really smooth, once you get your eye in and natural line of sight it just gets easier and easier. You've clearly got the natural ability.

Maybe airsoft won't cut it

It's quite a popular sport in Norway, I'll find out how they do it as I think it's very similar.

Dave!