cool, you dah man. I got the calipers and checked the plastic one last night but now can't remember the measuremnt want to redo and compare.

Go ahead, rub it in. I can't find my digital calipers.

The width is slightly more narrow than 1 5/16".

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hmmmm thats 1.3125, this thing is measuring 1.4, but it seems nearly .25 too wide.


not rubbing brotha used to build cars and have lots of tools. ;-P

shells coming along.

ooo that looks good...

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Had a save thanks to Rockstar over at Whiskey Outpost.....now KTM fits!!!!

What did you do to fit the KTM?

Any step by step build tips would be appreciated of course.

Did you take any pics of the rifle with the internals arranged before you bolted it together?

Oh, and I'll PM you my shiping address.

Russ

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I took a bucnh of pics, are you a member at WHiskey outpost...I put way more pics up there, didnt want to flood the aliens board with Starship troopers.

here's a couple showing grind spots, no mods to KTM were required.





and a depth shot to give you an idea of how much I ground...probably clos to 3/16 on each side when said and done. that holes an airbubble not a grind trhough.

lol, after I posted I looked over at WO.

Haven't been active there since I had to sell my uniform, but the interest is there.

And FYI...





Russ

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a little mag action for yah Russ, they are the GLobal Uplink casts and pretty cool actually....nice weight and heft. Weathered with some good ole fashioned dirt.

here's some mostly finished pics:

Whoa! Just catching up. Looks fantastic Rick. Nice to see you at least got the KTW in there & working too.

Even the film doesn't seem to illustrate what a monster of a rifle the Morita is!

Yah screen used are 44" long. Crazy

What did you use for the front end barrel clamp plate? Do you have a template?
I need to make one for my own custom rifle.

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Were the screen used ones green?
Or is it a custom colour?

I like it either way

There's a complete kit going on the rpf.... I only I had some currency....

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Great Work! Thanks for posting!

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yeah, the screen used ones were a green-ish grey color. Dom would probably be able to tell you what the correct variant is.

The color was a part oof the material itself as I recall. The foam rifles were actually green and not painted.
I think the fiberglass ones were cast in color as well.

Most people use OD green of some sort.

The body armor was also cast in color and not painted.

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Wow, I always thought everything was grey-ish black!

Cheers for the info

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Coloring changes depending on lighting conditions... something Aliens fans have had to deal with for years.

The colors were custom mixed by the production team. The final results you see on screenused props today
come from age, handling and lighting conditions 15 years later.

According to a member of the Whiskey Outpost forums, the closest helmet color match is Model masters Panzer Gray.

Stunt Moritas were all cast in self skinning green foam and not painted.

"Fleet" stunt moritas were cast in black foam.

The fiberglass morita shells were also cast in green.

For replicas, some use OD green, some Italian Olive. I'm sure there's other color variants that would work as well.
One person suggested "Testors Acryl US Army Helo Drab #34031 (4723)".

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Top stuff Russ!

I might have to check out the Whiskey Outpost now, I can see my next obsession...

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Russ,

It's molded as part of the shell but I have a cast resin clamp I can trace, and or do whatever you need to get you measurements. I would love to have one in steel and have been considering gettingone machined.

Reaper, yeah everything screen used is actually greenish, and this paint is a black base, then russian olive top, then a mist of Tamiya TS-2 Dark Green from about two feet.


Then I put is all together and went out and chucked it in the dirt.

I'd appreciate a tracing of the barrel clamp when you have time!

Russ

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