Weathering/Ageing.....

bullets

Right so since I bought the Dboys KAR-98 its been annoying me that
the colour was off and it looked too new/fake looking.

As seen here:
http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w70/bullets_ie/airsoft/Dboys_kar98/

Today after looking at one of the WWII airsoft sites I decided since I
was doing nothing better I would strip it sand the wood a little, add a few
dents, Rub a brillo pad over the metal to wear a bit of the paint off of it and
re-oil it.

Never done it before and barely sanded the wood but I think it looks a
bit better now than it did.

I took a bit of sand paper and sanding block to the wood to strip
back the finish that was on the wood, I did not sand it back too much.

I added a bit of wear and tear by scraping and adding a few dents into the wood.

After that I mixed up some black & brown acrylic paints and mixed in a small
bit of matt varnish and made up a wash out of it. This was brushed onto the
wood and then wiped off with a wet cloth. The Dirty wash was left
it the recesses and the scratches of the wood. After it dried I sprayed gun oil
over the wood and rubbed it in with a cloth.
I ideally needed linseed oil for this job but did not have any.
I did not add any coloring back into the wood
as it still had a bit left and I had not fully sanded it.

I did not have any wire wool so I just took a brillo pad from under the sink and
rubbed it on some of the raised surfaces of the Metal work where I thought
might be worn in real life. Thankfully the paint rubbed away fine and did
not chip. I left this try and sprayed it totally with oill.
(I used gun oil and not Silicone as there was no rubber/plastic to worry about)

Putting the Gun back together was fine apart from the front screw for the
magazine/trigger guard area. It was a bitch to line up after you put the
action back into the stock and it took several attempts to get it right.

bullets

NMC

Nice one bullets, it actually does make it look more realistic!

Masada

Nice job there man!, looks a lot more like the marusen gas version.,

iceage

i think your definately heading the right way with that bullets, I'd say its a real test of how much/far do you go?