[GB] Red Alert Round 2: COMPLETE

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Mine is out for delivery today..

SOMEONE PLEASE sell me a tsangan kit

[jdcarpe]

Received mine today, as well. I'll inventory later, but nothing obvious is missing. Thanks, Rag! They look awesome.

[ekw808]

Just got mine today as well, thanks alot!

[DanGWanG]

Got my sets today, possibly incoming lots of pictures...since I pretty much bought every option >_>

[boost]

Got my sets today, possibly incoming lots of pictures...since I pretty much bought every option >_>

I want pics, please

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[DanGWanG]

I let someone borrow my tripod, and now I'm stuck with crappy pictures as a result =/

Anyway, I just took one since it's also a crappy day out, I'll save the rest for tomorrow's blog update:

[AKIMbO]

^ Too much red...be classy, like a tan linen suit.

[DanGWanG]

I think from that view, it might be too nuts.  From a more birds eye aerial view, it's a little better.  But I think you're right, this may be too much red lol

[MarkPharaoh]

So, the clear plastic loops for the shift keys that I pulled from my FILCO set fit loose and fall right out of my RA shift keys. Does anyone have any suggestions? My first time fully replacing caps.

[AKIMbO]

^Put some silicone grease on the male portion of the white tabs.  That will let them stay in the keycap while you are threading the stabilizer bar through them.

[ekw808]

Glad I didn't grad those red mods, it makes the board too loud, and not enough subtle classiness.

[danielucf]

Had to post my "Pure Alert"
Vanilla pure without back lighting, MX Reds, tsangan kit gave me the short shift and the star key since the ~` key is a different  profile. Almost forget the amazing red Whisker cable that matches perfectly.





I like the feel of these keys but the alternate profile to OEMs that the regular Pure PBTs had will take some getting used to. I want to see if there is a way to get these keys to work on a Steelseries 7G that has the big ass enter. Pictures are off of my Galaxy Nexus perhaps later at home I'll get out the SLR.

[MarkPharaoh]

^Put some silicone grease on the male portion of the white tabs.  That will let them stay in the keycap while you are threading the stabilizer bar through them.

Great, thank you. I assume that I can just grab that at a hardware store?

[hashbaz]

Happy to finally see some pictures of these.  The red mods look really good.  Classy doesn't have to mean subdued.

[DanGWanG]

So, the clear plastic loops for the shift keys that I pulled from my FILCO set fit loose and fall right out of my RA shift keys. Does anyone have any suggestions? My first time fully replacing caps.

Use a small piece of thin paper, and cover the holes of the shift keys, then put the stabilizer piece into it.  It gives the stabilizer piece a little more surface area for better fitment.  (That's what she said?)

[sth]

PS: To all the guys saying I don't work hard enough for all of this supposed money I'm rolling in, I've been working 18+ hour days for over the last week on this group buy, for which I am greeted with rude slander and libel in return. Haters gonna hate, but they can all kiss my ass because no matter how hard this is or how much work it ends up being, its worth it to see these projects brought to life. This summer was extremely fun for me doing this instead of slaving away detailing cars. For that everyone, you have my thanks.

chhhhh you're baitin' so hard you're practically jacking off

[DanGWanG]

Here's a slightly more stylistic approach to these red mods... (excuse my ****ty flash and no tripod, sigh)

[rknize]

Needs caps lock or something for balance.

[Ragnorock]

@danielucf: I love that look but prehaps swap the / and backspace keys with their alt colors or similar? I think having the/ key opposite of the keys above and below ruins the continity... maybe.

[AKIMbO]

^Put some silicone grease on the male portion of the white tabs.  That will let them stay in the keycap while you are threading the stabilizer bar through them.

Great, thank you. I assume that I can just grab that at a hardware store?

Yes, in the plumbing aisle.  Shouldn't be more than a few bucks....plus you can use it to lubricate the stabilizer bars too.

[jrockroll]

is that color red or dark red?

[MarkPharaoh]

^Put some silicone grease on the male portion of the white tabs.  That will let them stay in the keycap while you are threading the stabilizer bar through them.

Great, thank you. I assume that I can just grab that at a hardware store?

Yes, in the plumbing aisle.  Shouldn't be more than a few bucks....plus you can use it to lubricate the stabilizer bars too.

Working like a charm, thank you.

@Dan, thanks for the paper suggestion, I'll keep it in mind for the future.

@daniel, oh wow, I want that usb cable!

[danielucf]

How is this?




I like this a little more since  there isn't any spacing like on a TKL. I thought about doing white control keys too with this too.

[Ragnorock]

YESSSSSSSSS


IMO its either that or having the backspace and red GH keys on with them. I think that looks really clean though.

[MarkPharaoh]

Yay :-)

TBH, I don't even want to put my red mods on.

[yuiop]

Got my keys. Thanks Rag!  Grey mods look great, much better than I expected.

However I'm unlucky as hell this time.  Lots of missing/faulty keys...
I will send a PM shortly....

[Ragnorock]

^ I may have forgotten to put some of the corrective white mod kits I received from SP to fix the red mod mistake in some of the orders. In the majority of them I put the keys together into 1 correct base set, but in others where there was plenty of room, I just left them in the original bag they were sent to me in. The extra bag helped pad the box and kept them from moving around as much. Its possible I didn't grab one of those bags and you're missing a third of your set basically. If that's the case I'll send you the keys pronto.

Cheers,
Dave

[gbohn]

So, the clear plastic loops for the shift keys that I pulled from my FILCO set fit loose and fall right out of my RA shift keys. Does anyone have any suggestions? My first time fully replacing caps.

  When I had a similar problem (with different keycaps), I used some 'invisible' Scotch tape.  I heard about this idea  from somewhere on the internet, but I can't remember from where...

  I put some thin tape on a cutting mat, and cut this into 0.20 inch squares. I put one square on the key cap stem (adhesive side toward the key cap). When I inserted the white stabilizer do-dad into the key cap, this made what seemed like a nice fit as it pushed the tape into the key cap.

  I haven't tried to remove this to see how easy it would be to get out the tape piece to re-use the key cap in future mods.

  At any rate, one more idea if the need arises in the future.

[xJaPx]

Wooo

[Elrick]

Happy to finally see some pictures of these.  The red mods look really good.  Classy doesn't have to mean subdued.

Too true, the red is ideal, maybe because I have already a lot of white and grey keysets but this one with the red modifiers really do set it off nicely. 

Can't wait to get mine because this Red Alert 2 buy was superb.  I'm happy with what ever Dave hands out maybe because I am stuck here in the arse-pit of the planet and I am happy to be part of any Group Buy arranged in the good U.S. of A. 

[Glissant]

Here is my Poker with ghetto greens and RA 2.0. It's a really beautiful set.





And with that I now have 13 different Geek hack ds key caps. Someone trade/sell me a black on orange, PLEASE!

[Snooter]

Just got all of mine and had time to lay them out but no board pics yet. Here is all I got, all I have is an iPhone for a camera so obligatory excuse the crappy quality disclaimer.

[WRXChris]

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Wooo

Thanks for the pic xJaPx; I'm planning to throw one of my RA sets on my black filco and was curious to see how it would look, and it looks great!  Hopefully I'll find some time later this evening to play with my new shiny little plastic things!

[MarkPharaoh]

Yep, these keys on a black FILCO = *drool*

Thanks again Dave for this group buy. Hope you continue doing them!

[IPT]

got my keys, thanks dave!
put the Ragnarock set on my QF, with the grey mods

[Ragnorock]

...There is a lot of win in that picture. GG.

[footofchaos]

Received the RA keycaps with red modifiers today! Thanks, rag!!! They look fantastic. I'll post pics as soon I have a chance. 

The red modifiers had trouble holding plastic stabilizers. As a fix, I cut small pieces off the heavy gauge plastic bag that held the spacebar and pushed the pieces in. The plastic worked perfectly. They fit nice and tight.

This was the first group buy I've been in. I'm very happy with how everything turned out! Props to rag for working through the crap. I'll be happy to take part in another group buy!!

[Ragnorock]

Coolio, yeah that's a common problem with SP keys. I'm sure there are a few threads on the various ways of getting around it. That seems like the best option though. It just needs a little shim. Thanks for the compliments! I do my best.

[xJaPx]

Thanks for the pic xJaPx; I'm planning to throw one of my RA sets on my black filco and was curious to see how it would look, and it looks great!  Hopefully I'll find some time later this evening to play with my new shiny little plastic things!

They really do just look amazing. There something about white keys on a black board that just look awesome.  I tried playing around, adding different red/white/black novelty keys, and i just coulnd't seem to find any set up i like more than just the set by itself.  Thanks again rag, great set

[megnin]

Here they are on a Filco with Blue switches:


And a Bluetooth Filco with Brown switches:

[yuiop]

Man all these pics of red mods really make me jelly.  I find it ridiculous that SP managed to screw up my red mods so badly (THREE missing keys!)
They really have to get their **** together.  Thanks for taking care of it so quickly, Rag.

I'm going to wrap one of my TKL boards to accommodate the RA base set + red mods.
Does anyone have a recommendation on what color to use?  I'm thinking yellow but not sure how that'd look.

[jdcarpe]

I bet those red mods will look sick with white on black Cherry DS. I will have to try that once I have time to sort my keys. But my camera is crap.

[Elrobo]

Glissant that's pretty much how I plan to set up my poker, but I have the aluminum case from oneproduct, glad to see the white/grey look so sharp.

[Snooter]

I can't believe how good they grey mods look in person. The pictures and mock ups really do not do them justice. I wish I would have known this so I could have ordered more. Thanks again for everything Rag this has been a great GB and I couldn't be happier with the finished product.

[DanGWanG]

Something a little more proper...

[MarkPharaoh]

Something a little more proper...

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Swap the caps lock for red would be awesome, IMO.

Lusting over that KMAC..

[Th3KAS]

These look excellent on my TKL Filco in black. I thought I would need to pickup a white board somehow to make the keycaps look decent, but a black case looks superb against these caps.

[DanGWanG]

Swap the caps lock for red would be awesome, IMO.

Lusting over that KMAC..

I like it just the way it is =)

[terrpn]

thanks bro..............lovin them

very rag

[boost]

Didn't get a chance to put the keys on my board yet. Will do that soon.

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