hi
as they guys have already mentioned i built a rather nice turtle for myself at the end of last year.....which due to sponcership reasons i have sold and is now in the hands of smally, who recived it yesterday and is going to scare himself with how fast it is at the weekend!
yep the conversion or the body kit (i bought a kit) is well worth the cash, it takes the weight of the marker down to nothing....my turtle was the same weight as a nexus (Jack Wood weighed em both)
the main advantage tho is the speed it will fire....i have shot pritty much every marker and every cocker there is around at the mo and the turtle i put together was most definatly the fastest cocker and probably in the top 3 overall....the delrin back block is SUPER light and with a good ram and qevs you should be ripping!
i personally had no probs with bob long, he did take a couple weeks more than quoted to deliver due to waiting for his annodizer to finish it off but other than that i had no probs. i have however heard of a couple of people waiting AGES for em due to him having work backlogged so be sure to ask him how long it will take if you order one
advantages:
*damn fast due to light cocking mass
*very inividual, as far as i know there are only 3 in the uk at the mo, and one of those is in bits still as the body was sent back due to bob posting the wrong one! doh!
*super light marker, great for front players, mine with the bottle on and full prob weighed about the same as the halo of paint feeding it!
disadvantages:
*time for delivery
* if you have probs it has to go back to the states for the warrentee, although Bob does guarantee all his work for life i think
* im not 100% sure the delrin back block will last as long as a metal one, but i had absolutly no probs with mine at all
* only prob i had was holding it all together!!!!!! it fired that fast the first time i took it out to play i out shot my halo and the vibration from shooting that fast unscrewed the cocking rod, the barrel and the adb!!!!! bit of fiddling and that was sorted tho, ptfe on the adb, a locking screw on the rod and an oring on the barrel!
enjoy