SHWEL Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 No, it is what the Viper comes with.. It is a beautiful AEG.. Trying desparately to get my hands on a GBB version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emp3ror86 Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Thx! I must get one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Although I'm not a "certified Cerakote applicator", still here is my home cerakoted mk18 upper. I tried to do this as much by the book as it's possible in improvised way and it seems to be working . The color is patriot brown, and I love it. My next replica will be in burnt bronze for sure . Lighting is bit of on those pics, but the color itself changes due to the light conditions and even angle. Quite interesting, because it's not metallic one... Â 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 That's awesome. I've got a PredatAR that I've been toying with the idea of painting Patriot Brown because it seemed to me most like the color I did to my Mk18 looking gun a few years back. But I was hesitant due to the paint looking like poo in some lighting conditions. But that upper looks fantastic! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) That's awesome. I've got a PredatAR that I've been toying with the idea of painting Patriot Brown because it seemed to me most like the color I did to my Mk18 looking gun a few years back. But I was hesitant due to the paint looking like poo in some lighting conditions. But that upper looks fantastic! Â Well, actually when I painted this part, and took a first look after baking, I was a little surprised (but not disappointed) about its real look. Perhaps it's because of deep matt finish (24:1 paint to hardener ratio), and from my scale modeling experience I know, that any color looks different in all three types of finish - glose, satin and matt, and the last one is less saturated and faded. Â BTW - I'm glad You like it. I like it either . Edited October 31, 2012 by MRF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
[NL]Infinity Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Very well done sir!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-wigs- Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 MRF how hard was it to do? I've been wanting to do it to an entire sr635 I have and eventually my lm4 just never knew the process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) MRF how hard was it to do? I've been wanting to do it to an entire sr635 I have and eventually my lm4 just never knew the process.  Cerakote is really great paint to use and as people from company told me, which is not clearly said in instruction, and may be disturbing for someone who has some scale modeling experience, there is no place and need for thinning the paint in order to process. So basicaly what You need is:  1. Descent airbrush and compressor (and steady hands ) - manufacturer recommends use of an airbrush with 0,8 mm nozzle, but in fact I've read on AR15.com that 0,35 and 0,5 mm nozzles work well too. I own only precision 0,2 mm nozzle airbrush made by Mr.Hobby (it's the same level as Iwata or Pasche) and also basically I had no problems. Only after some time, at the end of painting, my to tight nozzle started to produce little, about 1 mm wide drops, because the paint starting to dry slightly inside, but somehow I avoided bigger mistakes - nothing aesthetically intolerable. As I look at this first painting now, I think I could easily handle this by filling airbrush cup with smaller portions and cleaning airbrush with acethone in the meantime  2. Right - speaking of Acethone. A lot of acethone... . For degreasing parts and cleaning all tools. I bought 5L can.  3. Paint mask and protective gogles/glasses - NECESSARILY !! Mostly because of acethone - believe me, You wouldn't want to breath its fumes for an hour or so...  4. Some metal parts for creating some work stand for receiver parts. Frankly I decided to do it different than in training videos, and I gave up any rods and wires in order to mount parts for painting and baking, and I did this:  http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/Konjoo/Mk%2018/DSC_0105.jpg  It's very stable, and what's more important, I can use this stand for all stages - degreasing/cleaning, painting, baking - without removal.  5. And some electric kitchen oven . It would be nice if it has some air circulation, and heaters at the bottom and top. I bought some new, but damaged one for ~30$ (with broken hatch, which I repaired in about 5 minutes, saving aprox. ~100$ ). Of course its chamber has to be wide enough to accomodate parts without any risk of touching with any of oven parts. IMPORTANT - somehow I strongly recommend NOT TO USE oven You and Your families use for preparing food. Although there is no specially intense smell during baking process, but still it seems to risky to me anyway. That's why I bought one strictly for Cerakote applying.  6. Proceeding nicely by the book. Actually I skipped one of parts preparing stages - sandblasting. But I had no choice - my goal was to do whole thing on budget, and paying for this service could be a bit painful. But I've read it happens more often and reall steel users don't report any issues connected with skipping sandblasting stage.  7. Proceeding with no hurry .  And I think that would be all. I think there's no need to write here about details covered in instruction added to paint itself. Generally it could be done if one has some basic equipement.  Now, to conclude - the costs and paint covering evectiveness. My costs (if course some may vary depends on where You live, and what You have in your toolbox):  1. Cerakote tester with hardener - 51,95$ incl. shipping - I guess this one doesn't change . 2. Acethone - 15$ 3. Oven - 30$ 4. Metal bits for stand - 2$  How many parts I can paint from single tester ? For painting upper receiver I used reaaaaally great amount which is... 4,5 ml (incl. hardener) Yes, it's not a mistake. 4,5 ml. Lower shouldn't take no more than 10 ml (of course if You wish, I can confirm that after painting mine), so we can assume, that You need 15 ml of paint to make Your wonderful aluminum/zinc alloy airsoft receiver more wonderful . Tester holds 120 ml, so it should be enough for 8 increasingly wonderful metal bodies. Expect to use bigger amounts for painting rails, due to their more complex structure.  Oh my, one of the longest posts I've ever written in English... I'm... tired... Edited November 1, 2012 by MRF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noveske Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Good job MRF! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pdubyuh Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 I concur that looks awesome an official "good work Fella" from me !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emp3ror86 Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 That upper is a work of art. Congratulations! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Thanks Guys. Lower is done and as I expected, I needed 10 ml of paint to do it. It looks even better because of improved finish, but I think that 0,2 nozzle in my airbrush is indeed a little to tight. 0,5 mm airbrush would be great, but it's out of my wallet reach now. Pics tomorrow, because it's already dark in here and I don't have tripod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrooklynBorn Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 More URX3 action! Added some URX3 panels   Good lord that's perfect. Did you install the rail yourself? If so- with a tool or the hammer-and-screwdriver method or something else altogether? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noveske Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Good lord that's perfect. Did you install the rail yourself? If so- with a tool or the hammer-and-screwdriver method or something else altogether? Â I borrowed a home-machined urx3 wrench from a buddy of mine. Works like a charm! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Whooops. I forgot my wife took our camera to countryside, so because I promised I made some pic with my cr...py cellphone at least - surprisingly, despite some snow (poor lighting / higher ISO), it has quite accurate white balance. I am really happy about how my blaster turned out after cerakote treating. Normal pics after weekend. Â 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uscmCorps Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Man ... it really changes in different lighting conditions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Man ... it really changes in different lighting conditions. Â Indeed. When I look at it "live" it confirms what I've been suspecting - never trust what You see on all those beautiful internet pics. Specially those made by Stickman . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Isamu Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Beautiful blaster MRF, where did you get that XPS from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 I bought it from shootercbgear.com. ~61$ with shipping. It's very comfortable in use, although mine has quite strong ghosting. I don't if this is common about this particular model of XPS clone. In fact I got used to it fast. Nice to know You like my replica but... Come on Guys, it's just another block II clone . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katotaka Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nicely done MRF I'm now tempted to try out some cerakote myself, burnt bronze in particular  http://www.flickr.com/photos/isaac_marchionna/6094688491/in/photostream 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DFM56 Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 If I could make everything I own burnt bronze, I would do it in a heartbeat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-wigs- Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 And I love block 2s and any fde/ brown finish. Half the reason I own rs costa larue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRF Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Katatoka - actually after all I regret a little that I haven't bought burnt bronze... But hey, it's just time for another aeg to build . Receivers and ris covered with titanium and BK/DE furniture look great too. Isaac Marchiona has some VTAC based gun done like this somewhere in his album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katotaka Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hey MRF few more things to ask before I really think about getting my hands on them... Â 1. NIC seems don't sell Cerakote outside US directly, and one "major" shooting stuff online store starts with "B" doesn't carry burnt bronze for now, where did / would you get yours? Â 2. This might sounds silly, is it required to remove original finish ( e.g. matte black on a G&P AEG receiver, or an anodized SCAR upper ), showing raw metal for the Cerakote to stick on the surface? Â Â Â Â Â oh BTW, might also make some kydex holster / pouch as well, if I get a dedicated little oven for some non-food objects Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philbucknall Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Here's a G&P AEG done in burnt bronze to whet your appetite a little more . This was the first one I got done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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