DirtySanta Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 my abused AKM. The wood needs some spanking too... Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Dirty Santa: i love you! thats an AWESOME piece of kit! the woods too 'clean' though... Link to post Share on other sites
Titleist Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Some guns the more you bang them up the less nice they look, lol, anything german comes to mind. However that really look beautiful, Dirty Santa, congrats, like a fine wine I say, only better with age (or in this case useage). Link to post Share on other sites
DirtySanta Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 hehe.. thanks guys a AKM has to look like its been draged behind a car Link to post Share on other sites
guillom Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 oustanding very nice piece Link to post Share on other sites
thegunrunner Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 How did you get it to turn white? That effect is great. Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 White?? It's bare metal. Link to post Share on other sites
thegunrunner Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Or I meant how did you get the finish to look like that? Steel wool? Not thinking too well this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
DirtySanta Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 i used some fine sandpaper, now i have to figure out what to do with the wood Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticMag Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 A jackhammer, a chisel, and a dremel, preceded by sandpaper. Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I once stripped the varnish off an old wooden cellar thermometer when I dunked it in my home brew beer to test the temperature. Put the wood on the floor and drop a load of spanners and what not on it. Should put some good random dents in it. Link to post Share on other sites
kronic Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Wood... attack it with a flat head screw driver.. that's what i did. Link to post Share on other sites
deepsix Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) i used some fine sandpaper, now i have to figure out what to do with the wood <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just refinished some Romanian furniture last night. It's a shellac over stain. I used steel wool and acetone to remove the shellac and it didn't touch the stain color at all. At that point, you could restain it darker and re-shellac it, or you could rub some old used engine oil where you want it darker/dirtier. Make sure to use a cheap bristle brush when applying the clear-coat, so you get those nice tell-tale brush marks! I'll post mine tonight over at RA. Actually, if you sratch and dent it (and scuff the wear areas with sandpaper), that will remove the shellac at those points, and then you can darken just those "wear" areas with old oil (leaves a good smell!), or some darks stain, ink, whatever. Edited January 24, 2006 by deepsix Link to post Share on other sites
DirtySanta Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) that sounds good ill be waiting for your post at RA Edited January 24, 2006 by DirtySanta Link to post Share on other sites
Marlowe Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I went mad with fine grain sandpaper across the RPK. Works quite well - look on the RA galleries to see. Link to post Share on other sites
enzo100 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 That's incredible mate, really Link to post Share on other sites
sillyp Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 *Worships Dirty's AKM* Wood is too shiny for my liking, but I'm sure you'll take care of that real quick Link to post Share on other sites
Catchv22 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I have never seen a real AKM that beaten up... The wood's too yellow and light, but a new darker stain and it should be fine. Link to post Share on other sites
hippiehater44 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 well i am joining th AK club getting a tm ak47 with a king arms wood kit Link to post Share on other sites
Jett Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Bit slow but I thought I'd dump these in here. If you go to Urban Assault sometimes you'll get shot with one or more of these... This is my favorite... This is my latest... Everything's wood and metal and real where I could. Got a few other bits on the go too but you'll have to wait... (read as "need to talk to the bank".) Jett Link to post Share on other sites
deepsix Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Guarder with romanian wood ... not quite finished. Link to post Share on other sites
SilentSwift Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nothing goes quite so well with breakfast as a nice Romanian AK. Link to post Share on other sites
Gir Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) Damn, still needs work and smoothing out... Edited January 27, 2006 by Gir Link to post Share on other sites
Onechance Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Gir Theres a line and you crossed it, i like it Link to post Share on other sites
Robot 2000 Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Bit slow but I thought I'd dump these in here. If you go to Urban Assault sometimes you'll get shot with one or more of these... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nice guns Jett, I'll be playing at UA in future with my baby: will be getting a custom folding stock soon to hide receiver wrong-ness. Link to post Share on other sites
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