Post your comments/suggestions/questions and your own tips for making your babe a true and faithful example of a living Avtomat Kalashnikova

at aus din mga posts ng mga battleworn babes ninyo. lalo na kung may kasamang explanation kung paano nyo ginawa

reserved!

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By the way...any replacement sa linseed oil?

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Initially not yet finish

My Cyma AKSU with Real Wood handguard...

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Using only Steel Wool...

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Price: Php42.75, 12 Rolls

Still no Linseed Oil here, I just only spray with Silicon Oil

More weathering to go...

for painted metal parts, use steel wool..it works better than sanding paper
but, yes, tougher works

hahah reserved!

EDIT: my weathering 1st stage:

(sorry about the pic quality I only used a phone cam, details of the weathering not clearly seen)








linseed oil... I think it is also used for giving moisture to wood furnitures maybe we can ask the woodworkers from laguna?

komrads,

my Kalash aksu.

used 1000grit sandpapaper yung halos upod na para pakonti konti lang ang removal ng paint, and blunt screwdriver to add scratches to the wood furniture. for plum effect used bosny metallic burgundy then konting flat black para mabawasan yung pagka red ng pistol grip, for the magazine naman used varnish mahogany color paint mga 4 to 5 coats brush mo lang hanggang almost dry para makuha yung effect na streaks, tapos sand down again with 1000 grit para mawala yung shine.

hope you like it.

tama, kom LS -- mga furniture makers at mga painters. linseed oil is also used by them (ung mga artista, ha, hindi ung pinturero ng mga bahay at iba't ibang bagay ) to dilute and mix oil paints for canvasses.

btw, use boiled linseed oil.

and i agree, komrad SP -- steel wool is much better than sandpaper, especially after final clear coating. either that or an old pair of denims or camos. use the rougher parts of the cloth. for denims, those parts where the brass rivets are or where there are double-overlapped joints. for camos, use the parts where there are cloth joins. the result is similar to buffing, but rougher. and it gives the surface that well used look.

me, cos i'm OC, i even spray silicon oil over spots of the weapon. gives it that final well-used but well taken cared of look. besides it protects the finish from the perspiration and body oils you produce during play.

danda, danda, kom Mossad. personally, i'd want some more nicks and dents, but maybe it's just the lighting -- maybe some detail pics? suma tutal: keep in mind that the acknowledged experts say "you only have to please yourself," or, as komrad stan says, "whatever floats your boat."

have fun !

on the topic of steel wool, iba-iba ba ito? like, is there different roughness or finer threads? coz I bought a box and its kinda "lumpy"

finished handguards of my AKM. will post pics soon

san ba mka bili ng steel wool? mgkano?

hardware stores or supermarkets komrad. They sell at around 90 petot per box.

prepreho lang 'yan, kom LS -- walang grit #. but quality can be different between brands.

Komrad Zentaurus,

Thanks.

madami na dents and nicks, malayo kasi kuha kaya di lumabas sa shot.

suspetsa ko nga. minsan pa eh ung anggulo at tipo ng ilaw ang nakapagbabago ng porma sa pic. madumi ilaw dito sa 'tin sa pinas. i've experienced great lighting for pics in the land of the geisha, por eksampol. and i think guinness' pics (aside from the expensive camera ) is due to the quality of the environment in colorado where he is.

great work, like i sed

Nice one komrad mossad

yung penguin na brand ng steel wool fanget.. ano ba mas ok?

EDIT: finished my first attempt at weathering the plastic parts of my AKM. Sadly, the shade of the handguard and the butt stock are different. I tried redoing everything 5 times, to no avail. maybe because it used to have varnish, even after I sanded it the color seems different.

Are there RS AK's with different shades of handguards and butt stocks?

I have seen the upper handguard in a darker shade than the lower and vice versa, but the butt stock?

CORRECTION!!!

contrary to what i sed earlier, THERE ARE steel wool grades. verified this last friday at Ace Hardware in Makati. here are the two brands i found there:



the blue one is labeled ultrafine:



the yellow one is unbranded and labeled Grade 0 -- Fine, made in China.



can you spot the difference?


fine (yellow label) on top; ultra fine (blue label) below.

used both on a current project. the ultra fine works best on painted parts, IMHO -- konting haplos lang, aus na. the fine is a bit too rough for my taste. and you have to be very careful not to rub it over the surface too long or too hard.


apologies to komrad LS and to all komrads reading this thread: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa

i would imagine, kom LS, that there would be, somewhere out there, an rs AK with different colored parts. but haven't seen a pic of one, yet

ung linseed oil nlng ang prob ko. wla ako mkita. ung Oil Wood Stain yan ba ang linseed oil?