sundance Posted February 21, 2016 Share #26 Posted February 21, 2016 Hey you're a real artist with wood. Beautiful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted February 21, 2016 Share #27 Posted February 21, 2016 Hey you're a real artist with wood. Beautiful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted February 21, 2016 Share #28 Posted February 21, 2016 Double post - sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #29 Posted June 18, 2016 I have been working on my replica carbine. I tore it down again to add a few things: -New trigger group with trigger, safety and mag release -New parkerized paint job -Front band retaining spring -New bolt group and section of reciever Here are a few progress pics with some of the new parts in. Making wood look like finished metal is difficult, so I am showing the process of adding depth and believability to an otherwise flat paint job. After putting on the parkerizing grey I colored in a few parts with black rubbed over the grey to give some contrast between the (supposed) individual parts. Painting the whole thing park grey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #30 Posted June 18, 2016 Tape off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #31 Posted June 18, 2016 pretty monotone.... Not that convincing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #32 Posted June 18, 2016 After I added some color to a few parts. Really makes a difference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #33 Posted June 18, 2016 You can see the sight, charging handle, safety and mag release are all darker grey. It really helps the individual parts contrast and look like separate metal from the receiver and trigger group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share #34 Posted June 18, 2016 I recently added the bolt group, and have been working more on the paint. Stay tuned for the final photos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 18, 2016 Share #35 Posted June 18, 2016 Ronny let me tell you what I did. I picked up some dummy .45's. Cleaned them up and then I painted them. I painted a base coat of model paint in basic OD, so the rest of the paint would stick. I then painted a coat of black "textured" paint. Then as crazy as it sounds but it worked I put a can of OD in one hand and a can of gray in the other. I held them an equal distance from the gun. Kept them in motion and ended up with that great looking greenish gray color that the WWII weapons have. I took those guns to the SOS and other Militaria shows and they sold like hot cakes. If you don't get an even finish you always get to do it over. You may want to try this. It really does look nice. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 26, 2016 Share #36 Posted June 26, 2016 Ronny check out my .45 that I mentioned in the above post #35. This is the last one I have left and I saved it for me. As I stated above this final paint was applied with one can of OD in one hand and the gray in the other....but it worked. The OD green shows brighter than it actually is. Thanks. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #37 Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks for the photos Ronnie. Thats a good result for the method. I used Brownell's alumahyde II park Grey. Then I layered Rub-N-Buff metallic wax and black and more park grey to give a deeper, dirtier worn parked finish.... Looks pretty good IMO. Here is the finished product. I debuted it at the local swap meet. I love watching people try and figure out what it is.... "Who made it?" "I did." "Yeah I get you built it but what company made the receiver?" "I did." "Ohhhhhh...." That and it feels much different in hand than a real steel weapon of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #38 Posted June 27, 2016 reciever by R67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #39 Posted June 27, 2016 More pictures coming soon... I need to Grill a few burgers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted June 27, 2016 Share #40 Posted June 27, 2016 Holy schnikies thats frikin awesome!!.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #41 Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks Mike. Here are more photos: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #43 Posted June 27, 2016 I added a few combat looking markings to the pouch on the stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #44 Posted June 27, 2016 Full side view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ronny67 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share #46 Posted June 27, 2016 The barrel is solid Thanks all. I feel that my overhaul has added a lot of detail to the piece. I found myself hiding the plain trigger guard and lack of front band retaining spring when I was taking photos and I don't want to have to hide anything about this. Believe it or not I still see a lot wrong with it.... But I am done tearing it apart. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 27, 2016 Share #47 Posted June 27, 2016 Holy cow Ronny that is fine. Far better method than my two hand spray and pray! Your finish is great. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambo35 Posted June 27, 2016 Share #48 Posted June 27, 2016 That is a very impressive project. I hope you have a daughter or son to someday hand your carbine down to. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 27, 2016 Share #49 Posted June 27, 2016 When I was a kid....a real kid. I'm still a kid but back when I was a young kid I would have tried to work a trade for Ronny67's carbine. I would have offered toy's. Some of my early army/navy surplus stuff. Heck even promise to give him my allowance for a month just to get my hands on this dummy carbine. Playing army with an old funky Daisy BB Gun just didn't get it. Again...lgreat job Ronny. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted June 27, 2016 Share #50 Posted June 27, 2016 end result is awesome....Lining yourself up to be a prop artist in Hollywood?...nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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