Those goggles are looking sharp already. I’m glad the pads worked for you. Have you heard anything from the seamstress since you made the videos?
Yes, I’ve got the flightsuit back already (as will be seen in one of the still-being-edited videos) and dropped off the better elbow pads to be hemmed and have the black t-shirt material added, per your suggestion.
When I pick those up, I’ll have one more little thing for her to do. Keep watching!
Alex
alex, you dont need to type the full youtube link in the tags, you just need whatever is after the “=” sign.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDUkmChZY0g
is: KDUkmChZY0g
Hey Alex. Enjoyed looking at your pics. I’m about the same age as you, but only started making and wearing the gear 5 or 6 years ago. Your pics remind me of a few other gents around here, such as Bryan Fear and Sean Bishop, who also have GB photos spanning back 20+ years, and I’m always fascinated by them! 
I know what you mean about the goggles / glasses. I like to wear specs too. I have two sets of the AN/PVS goggles, and I have one with a correct facepad, and the other with generic double-stick foam (as in the first movie). I can get my glasses in the foam version, not the facepad one.
Ah! Thanks for the tip. I couldn’t figure out why putting in the same info at different forums was giving me such discrepancies in the results.
I think someone’s been kindly editing my entries here.
Ooh, that gives me an idea!
Not to buy another set of frames… but I did buy snaps to make a movie-accurate set of black elastic straps.
I don’t see why I couldn’t make a thinner pad to snap in and out with the real one.
Of course, then I may need a slightly shorter alternate strap, too, but that shouldn’t be any problem.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Alex
New video from last week… with a brief cameo by a couple of fellow Alabama GB’s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2aWXnpY0EQ
Alex
It’s good to see you going the extra mile to make your gear look right. Also, I’m jealous that you got to meet up with the ALGB’s. I bet trying those packs on has given you the itch like never before. Am I right?
Yeah, I’m striking a compromise right now between having it ‘ready’ for this Halloween and getting things ‘movie-accurate’. If I don’t think a detail is doable by the end of the month, it’s getting postponed, because I know this is not a one-time item for me.
I’ve already upgraded the goggle straps to a more Hollywood design. And last Saturday, Diane and I were comparing my flightsuit to the reference photos that I printed for her, and I said I was not going to do the leg hose this year, because I might eventually upgrade the entire suit, just to have one with the accurate storm flap.
Probably because she didn’t want to do the patches over again, she had an out-of-the-box suggestion. She said if I found a matching khaki fabric, she could just add a storm flap to my existing suit.
As for the packs, it was very educational to see everything up close in three dimensions. It gave me a grasp of the details that photos and videos just don’t afford… but on the other hand, I honestly don’t know if I’ve got the stamina to wear one! The last comment I made to Jud in the video above, kinda hard to hear, was along the lines of “maybe I’ll just get the yellow slicker and a hardhat, and that will be my costume” LOL!
Alex
Yeah, the pack can cause some back issues if you wear it long enough and it is a heavier material. The mythos that I get hung up on is seeing The Real Ghostbusters jump in and out of that car with their packs on. I call BS on that. 
If we weren’t nearly-dehydrated after the UNA parade, I would’ve let you try mine on. It’s not too bad; it is a vac-formed shell. I hope to get a fiberglass pack one day.
Shot these last week, just got them edited and uploaded tonight…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQLO39J8Z6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZG5H4bgBm0
Alex
Newest video (slowly catching up on a backlog of material)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heSFbpJ-lzU
Alex
Officially awesome…
Thanks for sharing… Love the pics!
New video!
From my improv comedy troupe’s “Zombie Fun Day” the Saturday before Hallowe’en.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbNyzlidJWg
No, I did NOT hurt the tarantula.
It’s an editorial sleight of hand. I painted it into the two frames before the slap.
Alex
You’re braver than I am. Spiders creep me out man.
Nah, spiders don’t really bother me.
If it had been a snake, though, I’d have been in the car.
Alex
Closing in on Hallowe’en night… but first my immediate reactions to the Mattel Ghost Trap when it arrived that afternoon!
Alex
Yet again, I manage to sound like Larry the Cable Guy on video.
I told you that Oak Hills was crazy on Halloween!