08kecarv Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 I'd make a GBB SBR with the URX + G&P Knights Body. Mmm... I totally would (minus the SBR part, I like it as the 16 in. version), but I don't have enough money for that kind of money pit Link to post Share on other sites
Vercingetorix Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 What do you mean the KWA is "Dead"? I call blaspheme. What you blew the gearset or fried a motor, stripped a piston, melted a switch? Dead can mean many things, all of them fixable and not necessarily very expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
alston251 Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Still means you won't have a Knight's body on your KWA though. Which is all very important. Link to post Share on other sites
08kecarv Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 I wouldn't call it dead either, but I would love a new project. The original problem was that the trigger pin broke off, allowing the trigger to freely move within to body thus rendering the gun useless. So I brought in a new GB shell (G&P 7mm) for them to use but they said they'd have to mod it to fit. So they modded it, but now apparently it doesn't want to run smoothly. The airsmith said he tried every combination of gears/motor/battery he could think of to make it run smooth but all it ever does is screech or feel like its grinding when it shoots. Link to post Share on other sites
Vercingetorix Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Wait, what? The trigger pin broke? You mean the Gearbox shell around the trigger pin broke? Huh.... Link to post Share on other sites
kingdong Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 recently put this together Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Tried my hand at stippling tonight: It was surprisingly easy. The texture feels very similar to the dimpling on my Gunner G10 Grips. I may have to do this to a few more of my KAC panels. Link to post Share on other sites
fiddlesticks4220 Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Darn, great work, you my friend, need to post a guide or at least give me the low down on how you did it. Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 It was crazy easy. First thing I did was get one of my spare soldering iron tips and grind the tip from whatever shape it was into a nice rounded ball like tip. Heat up the soldering iron. Using a belt sander (or whatever sanding/grinding tool you have), sand off the undesired ribs on the panel. Then comes the easy, but tedious part. Just start randomly dimpling the surface with the soldering iron. The amount of time and pressure used will vary depending on the temperature of the iron. You just have to experiment. I start by randomly dotting the surface in a very scattered way with a fair amount of space between dots. Then I'll dimple more clustered around those areas. Eventually the entire surface will be covered. The cool thing is when using the soldering iron, you're not removing material, you're displacing it. So if you notice that the pattern is becoming too uniform or predictable when you want it to be random, you just randomly re-stipple that area and you'll completely redefine the pattern in that area. Link to post Share on other sites
alston251 Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 New family photo shoot . Link to post Share on other sites
kingdong Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 looks pretty dam cool im going to give this a go when i find my soldering iron Link to post Share on other sites
hwagan Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Had a G&P full stocked M4 and a CQB/R Carbine kit turn up about 2 and a half hours ago, and here's the result... The RoF is just silly on the thing.. I have no idea why, but it's ridiculous. I have a feeling i'll need more midcaps. And a couple of shots with the family for good measure; Link to post Share on other sites
kingdong Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 looks pretty nice hwagen Link to post Share on other sites
08kecarv Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) New Optic: And this is what happened to my EOtech at the last game : Some KAC pics: So while you guys were out stippling I thought I'd try something a little different for a more grippy rail cover: Original: New: All three together: Oh damn... ran out of pic space to place the last pic. I guess I'll post it later then. *EDIT*: Sorry about the crappy quality of the pics, I didn't get to edit them all. Edited December 23, 2009 by 08kecarv Link to post Share on other sites
jdizzle921 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Tried my hand at stippling tonight: It was surprisingly easy. The texture feels very similar to the dimpling on my Gunner G10 Grips. I may have to do this to a few more of my KAC panels. Nice work uscm. Also yeah, it is extremely easy. I don't understand why people actually pay companies to do it when all it takes is a soldering iron and 30 minutes. kecarv- Is that skateboard grip tape? (Or something similar) Link to post Share on other sites
Black Stena Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 @08kecarv Say sorry by posting more pics http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff282/0...ment/004-19.jpg This one is pure awesome. Do more plz. It's Christmas Link to post Share on other sites
08kecarv Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 @Jdizzle: Yeah its grip tape, not skateboard grip tape though. I'd say it works well enough but you can't feel the ridges as much, which was the whole premise behind me using the tape and not stippling. @Black Stena: Haha, will do I'll have to do it maybe tomorrow or on Christmas day since I work the majority of the day tomorrow. We'll see Link to post Share on other sites
Vila Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 @08kearv- What brand is that KAC body? I'd love to have one of those, but I doubt it'll work with my ICS. :/ Looks good by the way. Link to post Share on other sites
-=OGGY=- Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 I think it is a complete weapon from King Arms. They may sell the body sepratley though. Link to post Share on other sites
alston251 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 They do: http://www.tokyo-model.com.hk/ecshop/goods.php?id=5787 Link to post Share on other sites
Hispeed1 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Tried my hand at stippling tonight: It was surprisingly easy. The texture feels very similar to the dimpling on my Gunner G10 Grips. I may have to do this to a few more of my KAC panels. It turned out incredible! Need to try this. Soo, to stipple (dimple)-you didn't use a stippling tool but a moded soldering iron per your instructions? Very nice. Edited December 24, 2009 by Hispeed1 Link to post Share on other sites
j3T Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) VFC SR15. It's kind of wobly but whatever, I intend to actually use this one soon so I suppose it doesn't matter much. Tried some of that stippling too. Not as good as some others here but I was loosing my patience with it. It's easy, but it take so damn long to put a dot on it... Might be my (20 years old) soldering iron though. It takes a few seconds here before I get an imprint, is that normal? Edited December 24, 2009 by j3T Link to post Share on other sites
Vercingetorix Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hmmm, its wobly? What part about it is wobly? Link to post Share on other sites
j3T Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hmmm, its wobly? What part about it is wobly? Between upper and lower receiver. The upper is kind of wonky, it can be moved quite a bit. And the fire selector on the right hangs loose, no matter how thight you turn the screw. Link to post Share on other sites
Vercingetorix Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hmmm, hopefully that is a lemon? I just got mine, but cannot open it until tonight *I think*. I think the right side selector might be able to be fixed, with the addition of milled out depressions in the receiver and a ball bearing detent like there is on the left side, or perhaps some shims to tighten it up? The looseness of the upper and lower.... We'll have to see what we can do about that one. Link to post Share on other sites
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