Crumbelievable

It had a little bit of rust pre-coking, and this appears to have disappeared for now- I'll be interested to see what happens to it, rust-wise, but I suspect that since I cleaned it pretty thoroughly afterward that this isn't really any worse than wire-wooling or anything else, in the long run. The odd spray of silicon or similar should keep any serious oxidizing at bay, and as for the rest, hey, it's an AK.

It was probably closer to an hour and a half, truth told. I'd reccomend anyone else thinking of doing it chucks something non-essential like a flashider into a glass of coke first, to test how it affects different finishes/metals. But yes- chucked it in coke for an hour. Job done.

Hmm, that's a really nice Real Sword type 56-1... I guess I'd like it to look a bit more aged though. Maybe I should read Guinesses's awesome weathering guide and use various different finishing techniques to- OH NO ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS DROPPED OUT AND IT FELL INTO A BATH FULL OF COCA COLA FOR AN HOUR Hey, that looks surprisingly good... Ooh. Aah. The end. (For those wondering- it's being used for a photo shoot)

What's the micro galil like, accuracy wise? I assume it's roughly on par with an mp5 or similar, due to the barrel length, but then I've seen king arms almost-but-not-quite-as-short micro-fal being silly accurate at range, so... mod edit: attempting to transact sales outside the sales forums will get you suspended Oh, and so the pictures continue; an aforementioned Ino/RMW/Guarder/LCT build

Arguably, yes, but that would be silly; the reality is, in airsoft terms (and to some degree, rs), theres little to nothing to differentiate between the posted AK and, for instance, this Saiga, which is the aforementioned Izhmash product (an AK103); My point was it's a little silly to get bogged down in "wrong mag!" semantics when, either through mass manufacture or one off custom jobs, people are using real steel versions of pretty much that rifle.

Not to mention the hundreds of custom jobs stateside, "khyber pass" and Uzbeki AKMs (although these often have an AKM flashider and gas block, they still have '74 sidefolding stocks). There are probably a couple thousand of those type of 7.62 chambering, 74 style sidefolders on the planet, so it's a valid mag choice. If you took an AK103, swapped the stock and furniture for that of an AK74, you'd have Ghost Leader's rifle, and it'd only take you like twenty minutes to do.

I was given this NBC top about a week back, and is pretty awesome for airsoft; I borrowed a friends ages ago and loved it- it's bulky enough that you can hide a decent fleece under there if you need warmth, or if it's summer it's equally breezy with just a t-shirt beneath it. Trousers dont quite match it, but I'm not pedantic enough to change them. Almost wish warrior made the rig I have in DPM, but OD still looks ok over the top.

A friend pointed out the other day that my AK now looks like an oversize AKMSU/AK74SU hybrid. It's still an AK104 though, if it's anything, but that's still a pretty cool way of describing it. Exactly the same here, plastic feels rubbish in comparison to a nice big steel chunk. RMW/INO (and LCT too I guess, now) ftw, tbh.

Does anyone have any idea if the VFC ultimak (or "railed gas tube" as they non-copyright infringingly call it) will fit an Inokatsu/RMW AK? It's a going on my customised 104, so it'll be replacing a standard size gas tube, and theoretically I can't see any major problems- just wondering if anyone has given it a shot before, or if anyone knows how similar Inokatsu/RMW and VFC gas tubes are, generally...

None of those are me, those people are all actors I'm just the photographer.

Wasn't sure about putting these up, but I guess technically these are airsoft because all the weapons featured are airsoft- they're actually production stills from a set I got to work on last month. Plus they are kind of cool.

Ooh- ebaybanned.com are selling land arms AK parts, including their krebs custom rail systems, which is quite win if you want a tacticool AK that doesnt look awful* *well some of us think all tacticool AKs look awful, but I digress...

TM mags fit without issue, MAG mags need a tiny bit of filing (or a few reloads) to wear down, but barely anything- both feed fine, and I can really reccomend MAG mags. I use a Hero Arms drum in my RPK, though I ordered a STAR one (UNCompany screwed up the order). The Hero Arms feeds fine, though having to activate the pressure switch yourself is mildy annoying. Had to file quite a bit from the top of the drum to get it to fit fine though.

Are you sure? I can't find any on uncompany (or WGC/Redwolf et al). The RPK74 ones, sure, but no RPK long mags. I really hope you're right and I'm just missing something, because I'd love some long 7.62 AK mags

I've just started using MAG waffle-type midcaps in my AK and they seem to be pretty awesome, I've had no feeding problems so far- there is a little bit of fitting to be done, they sit quite tight in the magwell currently, but it's nothing a couple or skirmishes or some quick sanding wont sort out. Given how well they seem to feed and how insanely cheap they are (plus they actually look quite good) it's quite a small issue. And since I've just taken it because the last shot of my AK was quite scruffy, some nice, cleanly shot MAG-ified hybrid goodness below. I just wish MAG would

Madness! An AK104 with a 74 style skeleton stock and RPK furniture?! MY EYES Actually I really like this, originally set out to make something like the Krebs 104 and somewhere along the way I decided the temporary furniture I'd stolen from my RPK was actually quite win and now I'm not sure I want to replace it

There better be pics up later then I know it's been done once or twice before, so is there much fitting work putting an ultimak onto an Inokatsu/Guarder/RMW AK? Only I'm hopefully building a shorty pmc-ish RMW AK (just waiting on Ting to get back from me about some parts) and an ultimak would look great on it as well as on my RPK. And on a related note, more Inokatsu RPKage (dont whine about that railed upper, it's a temporary measure, since an ultimak or standard siderail will replace it soon):

What is that load bearing kit on the children of men outfit? I've had one thats insanely similar if not identical for years and I've never been able to work out what it was.

Awesome, thanks very much. To use an rpk without a drum mag seems madness to me, aesthetically- it's either that or make some 40 rounders.

As has been said, the stock is at the right angle, I'm pretty sure. I think the only major inaccuracies on the ino rpk are the lack of a rear windage sight and the lack of those metal reinforcement bars on either side of the reciever, both of which I'm not all that bothered about tbh. If i can get hold a windage sight I might add it, because it would be nice to be able to zero the irons a bit more accurately, but at the end of the day, it is airsoft, and the ino kit already looks grade A stylin'. Edit: on a related note, can anyone reccomend a good ak drum mag to me?

Inokatsu RPK, everyone's favourite slightly innacurate AK based lmg It's taken a fair while, but it's finally sourced and finished- now I just need to skirmish with it

Sorry to deviate slightly from pictures, but what would be the best metal body set for a marui AK other than the inokatsus? Specifically, are the king arms or g&ps any good?

Ah, thanks, I hadn't considered that a pistol sight would have to have the sufficient eye relief due to recoil/firing stance etc. That's pretty much perfect for what I need. And morpcat and hellsangel, I have a reflex already (it's right there in the picture), and have previously been using a standard m14 mount with a 3-9x40 strike scope, but I found it was so much slower to shoulder and aim than the reflex is, and a further forward mounted scope would be.

...because I already own a marui m14 socom and just want the flashider of a standard m14, which would cost dramatically less than buying a whole new CA m14. So yeah, that's modifying- seem to remember someone effectively recreating a M1A in fareasts original socom review thread by simply swapping flashiders around. (Especially given I'm not UKARA registered yet- moar site visits, please- and so couldn't buy a CA scout even if I wanted to). Since it's a new page, brief recap: