JackofBlades2448 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) It wasnt a planned purchase, but the company were selling them for £90, thats wholesale. It is a frankenstein and a monster, but i actually was very impressed by the externals; my first JG was a standard china clone but ten years later theyve really improved a hell of a lot. Its a base though; I think with some (ok a lot) of work this will rise from the ashes of flourescent nastiness,reborn as a sweet piece. Probably a Tabuk or an RPK. Ill post some more pics as the project progresses though... Edit: yeah I do have a valid defense, its just these rifles came with the injection molded bright colour Edited February 16, 2015 by JackofBlades2448 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blobface Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Let's post more images, shall we? That looks like a geoduck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kapitan_jay Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ha, this is an 1PN34 - NSPU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3vi1-D4n Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) You'll burn your hand off, kid! Fun build. I've certainly seen weirder/dumber looking RS guns. Fairly routinely, actually. People love to do wacky hillbilly AK builds for whatever reason. Yeah SBRs shooting M43 rounds aren't uncommon, and have their place. Yeah my Micro AK was a 3Hr fun build off a WE AK PMC. Possibly the first to get a Romanian stock onto one. Testing my milling,lathing and threading abilities really. Really quick work. Not only I had to mill the stock to fit, I had to redesign the stock locking system (stock trunnion on a WE was different from a normal RS trunnion hence the RS Romanian stock wouldn't fit). The foregrip holder doesn't fit the barrel hence why the foregrip pushes the foregrip upwards. Only wish that someone made custom steel outer barrel sets for the WE, I would be doing a WE RPK or a AK DMR. Given FPS off my WE AKM is 500fps and my Micro AK is 430fps both have more than 60m reach. Edited February 16, 2015 by 3vi1-D4n 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackofBlades2448 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I love it, pure and simple. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VIPER-GR Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 My little cotribution to this topic... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Good god! Where has that been?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackofBlades2448 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Some like a bit of wear on an ak; some like theres tolook like its been utterly beaten to hell-then kicked to afghanistan and back....you dont see the latter somuch, cause i think we like a careworn but pretty AK, not an actual battlefield survivor. Really nice distressing work though;Ive no idea how youdid the rust, its not my taste, but it standsout from a crowd (and the aks74u is a crowd now, a wood and steel m4 imho) Did you actually take it to bare metal btw? Ive done this with my dustcover, but it lookstoo damn shiny; any pointers how toget that great matte finish? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I think that has been to hell and back heh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VIPER-GR Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) the rust you see is not rust at all, but a combination of dark earth- brown-red of clay colors with weathering. It took a lot of time to complete, because i painted the whole gun and remove it, then some weathering with a scotch brite, then again painting and so on. Also the duct tape you see , i burned it with a lighter, to make it old and used... Edited February 17, 2015 by VIPER-GR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackofBlades2448 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) Cheers mate, I'm not using rust on mine but it sounds like a pretty complex process and well done on getting that look, I like the duct tape bit though;Ill be using that, and also you use of paracord liking that esp on the handguard. Im at bare metal now and I was thinking maybe a black wash would give the shadow and matte finish im after? Edited February 17, 2015 by JackofBlades2448 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackofBlades2448 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Cheers mate, I'm not using rust on mine but it sounds like a pretty complex process and well done on getting that look, I like the duct tape bit though;Ill be using that, and also you use of paracord liking that esp on the handguard. Im at bare metal now and I was thinking maybe a black wash would give the shadow and matte finish im after? This is mine btw; you see how "young" it looks? Only really done the handguard and tgat needs varnishing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colwombat Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Inbetweeners DVD spotted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Inbetweeners DVD spotted. Ooooh, friend! AK friend! The disc is shiny side down on the floor. This makes my brain itch. Bad form. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kapitan_jay Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 But as I am not sure if the PKM is welcome in this (AK) thread, I add a VFC AKSU DX for compensation. (At least it sports the correct sling! ) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackofBlades2448 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Cool pkm; real nice except that bright grip; is that like a work in progress or something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Cool pkm; real nice except that bright grip; is that like a work in progress or something? I would assume it's like that as the stock is from a RS wood kit but the pistol grip houses the motor so it would need a lot of work to get the RS grip to work! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kapitan_jay Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) No, Grip, Stock and handle (barrell) are taken from a real PKM (so is the bipod and the gastube) and they aren't gonna change Except maybe, if I find brighter coloured handle, matching the pistol grip I'd like to add it. Edited February 19, 2015 by kapitan_jay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackofBlades2448 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Its a nice piece - props for modifiying it conservatively (you see soke utter monstrosoties) id like to add some RS parts to my ak as there are some you just cant get as airsoft parts; also the RS can be so much cheaper ironically. (Svd optics eg) I have seen that bright orange bakelite colour in a film...cd have been black hawk down maybe- the guy in the doorag with that "krinkov" I hate my 74u stock and im swapping out for a polymer '74m stock- but I want the classic look, so would fakeliting it work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kapitan_jay Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 No, there were no bakelite stocks. Especially not for an AKSU.You could either switch to a more modern variant with the black polymere folding stock, or get a fixed stock AK (wooden stock and handguards). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 The only other stock I've ever seen on a 74U other than the metal skeleton one is a PT-1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Well AK12 carbine is done! Massive thanks to the phenomenal mightyjebus for the custom-printed carbine front sight + flash hider! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ninja master of coffee Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 A quick question on top covers, I've recently purchased a CM 040c (AK74m) which I'm running as an AK 103. My only issue is that CYMA insist on using the ribbed style top covers which is wrong for either the AK74m and AK 103 (though you so see the former with ribbed covers on occasion). It's not a massive bother but it would be nice to get a more correct smooth top cover, CYMA seem to use their usual AK47 covers on their AK105/CM 040d and I might just pick one of these up and paint it black unless there are better options. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 http://www8.wgcshop.com/wgc2008/main/product_detail1.php?search_From=searchItem&item=EL-1103-00-1&search=special&rs=ak%20dust%20cover&catid=&cat=&view_choice=a 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightyjebus Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 turned out quite good any issues with the fitting? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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