Marauder Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Hi there, been trying to adapt some lessons in mold making to airsoft, fairly complex theme to the layman, but after a few tries i managed to make my first decent pieces. The inspiration is the Romanian Army versions of the AK Here http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a115/Jay_G/AK004.jpg I adapted the "CQB Grip" seen in the photo above for the short AK´s, wich for me at least makes a lot more sense than this kind of grip in the long gun. Sugestions for alternative finishes (varnish, latex paint?) for the piece are welcome. For a project like this, first you must sculpt the master in foam or any other material you are confortable with, the next stage is to make a Silicon RTV mould, wich in turn is used to make the part itself. The material i used for the part is Poliester reinforced with microfibers, to make the part as resilient as possible. Below are the pictures of the piece, first in a naked state, and the black version is coated with a anti-skid paint, quite resilient and rubbery, needs no further coating. naked prototipe prototipe coated with anti-skid paint Part in a short AK sugestions on how to improve this project, os sugestions for other projects are welcome, i need more ideas Link to post Share on other sites
Inventor Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 The only thing I see that can be improved is surface finish before paint. Poliester can be sanded, where you impatient to paint? To me, grip seems fatter than the original, but I supose the piece is made to fit your hand size. Nice job ^^ P.S. If you paint a mirror finish surface, how does it look? Link to post Share on other sites
Marauder Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 it´s worse, i was impatient to finish the master, and i thought that gritty surface would look good with some kind of wood alike finish, so now all the copies come out like that by the way, that white on is the reference surface finnish (it has half a mm deep depressions and marks), the black one surface is a direct result from the high grip paint that generates a spikey surface. What kind of mirror surface, varnish, silver aluminium alike, or other? i could always try And also the end result of the paint should be resilient enough for skirmishing. Link to post Share on other sites
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