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1man3letters · 18-04-2011 10:57PM

any suggestions for someone who doesnt work in a mad professors lab?

minus the elcetroplating that is

NakedDex · 18-04-2011 11:11PM

Depends on the material. That AK was full steel. The only aluminium parts were the barrel (what little barrel there is exposed on an AK74U) and the front end plate for the top handguard (you can just about see that it's black in the photo).

Magnesium/Aluminium bodies will strip back reasonably easily with chemicals like Nitromors and some elbow grease with abrading papers, but the quality of the metal underneath can sometimes leave a lot to be desired. I stripped back an M4 previously, simply for giggles and because I had a spare M4. The metal surface under the paint was far from smooth. CNC bodywork, this was not. Clearly the paint was applied thickly enough to hide and fill in these indentations and blemishes. Even after heavy treatment with shot-peening and glass-bead blasting, it still looked rough.
That said, if you get a decent looking surface under that paint, buffing it on a polish wheel (or by hand, if you don't have access to one) turns up a cracking shine. The only problem there is that you're exposing it to corrosion. The paint isn't just there for effect, it's also there to protect the metal.

1man3letters · 19-04-2011 03:48AM

NakedDex wrote: »

Depends on the material. That AK was full steel. The only aluminium parts were the barrel (what little barrel there is exposed on an AK74U) and the front end plate for the top handguard (you can just about see that it's black in the photo).

Magnesium/Aluminium bodies will strip back reasonably easily with chemicals like Nitromors and some elbow grease with abrading papers, but the quality of the metal underneath can sometimes leave a lot to be desired. I stripped back an M4 previously, simply for giggles and because I had a spare M4. The metal surface under the paint was far from smooth. CNC bodywork, this was not. Clearly the paint was applied thickly enough to hide and fill in these indentations and blemishes. Even after heavy treatment with shot-peening and glass-bead blasting, it still looked rough.
That said, if you get a decent looking surface under that paint, buffing it on a polish wheel (or by hand, if you don't have access to one) turns up a cracking shine. The only problem there is that you're exposing it to corrosion. The paint isn't just there for effect, it's also there to protect the metal.

hmm i see well the model id planned for it would be this:

http://www.airsofteire.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=670&category_id=14&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26

be more for laughs aswell, the ak just been sittin there and id rather do something to it rather that just sell it off,

these nitromors,would you get them at a hardware or painting store and what abrading papers would you suggest for the job?

Private Snafu · 20-04-2011 01:18PM

We've all done the whole CD in a microwave thing, this is taking it to another level though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_bMYFmFGg

fayer · 20-04-2011 04:45PM

Meh...

richieffff · 20-04-2011 04:51PM

Tomorrow is the 21st of April 2011 - 21/04/11.
The date in the Terminator movies that Skynet begins it's war on Humanity...... Oh ****!

swiftblade · 20-04-2011 05:06PM

I thought the date in T2 was 1997.

Regardless I'm fine. I knew buliding my own personal fallout bunker was a good idea...

defenderdude · 20-04-2011 05:57PM

fayer wrote: »

Meh...

:eek:

:rolleyes:

Lucky sod!:D

richieffff · 20-04-2011 06:32PM

My upload bet my download, somehow

Stercus Accidit · 20-04-2011 07:41PM

richieffff wrote: »

My upload bet my download, somehow

You have your router plugged in backwards.

1man3letters · 20-04-2011 08:08PM

just a little f.y.i for mk fans, games in ireland nearly always get released on friday, because friday is good friday the mk9 release date has been pushed up to thursday (2moro) choose your destiny!

:D:D

richieffff · 20-04-2011 10:03PM

http://hastorresscoredforchelsea.com/

Steve · 23-04-2011 10:29PM

Just posting this because it's a bit like what being an Airsoft mod here feels like sometimes..

Apart from that, it's a great vid. :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VhD4SccSE

swiftblade · 23-04-2011 10:34PM

Steve wrote: »

Just posting this because it's a bit like what being an Airsoft mod here feels like sometimes..

Apart from that, it's a great vid. :cool:

Ahh Steve we're not that bad... :P

Steve · 23-04-2011 10:54PM

swiftblade wrote: »

Ahh Steve we're not that bad... :P

Ah, I know that, I love you guys... *tear forming in eye*..

TNTQ · 23-04-2011 11:03PM

F.U.B.A.R · 23-04-2011 11:38PM

TNTQ wrote: »

:eek: Thats mad lol

Paddy The Pirate · 24-04-2011 10:49PM

F.U.B.A.R · 24-04-2011 10:59PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvlRQ90c9Bk

It takes a bit before its funny but its worth it

richieffff · 24-04-2011 11:00PM

Fixed For You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvlRQ90c9Bk

F.U.B.A.R · 24-04-2011 11:04PM

richieffff wrote: »

Fixed For You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvlRQ90c9Bk

Ha thanks

Paddy The Pirate · 25-04-2011 08:59PM

F.U.B.A.R · 25-04-2011 09:07PM

F.U.B.A.R · 25-04-2011 09:10PM

ok what am i missing here???? lol

Steve · 25-04-2011 09:11PM

:mad::mad::mad: this is a pain in the ass

Can anyone tell me why my FF won't play flash objects like YouTube links. I've tried to fix it but keep having to either switch to Chrome or IE to look at vids. And no I havent upgraded to FF 4 broken, still on 3.6.

Steve · 25-04-2011 09:13PM

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

ok what am i missing here???? lol

Dunno, doesn't seem to be a valid link, I tried editing it.

Edit:
In the first vid you posted:

[noparse][YOUTUBE]<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bvlRQ90c9Bk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/YOUTUBE]It takes a bit before its funny but its worth it :D[/noparse]

That should have been:

[noparse][YOUTUBE]bvlRQ90c9Bk[/youtube][/noparse]

MerryDespot · 25-04-2011 09:13PM

Steve wrote: »

:mad::mad::mad: this is a pain in the ass

Can anyone tell me why my FF won't play flash objects like YouTube links. I've tried to fix it but keep having to either switch to Chrome or IE to look at vids. And no I havent upgraded to FF 4 broken, still on 3.6.

I've the same problem - I was wondering whether or not I was making an árse of things when uploading, as lately I just can't upload youtube. So it's firefox then - so there is something that the other evil browsers do better?!

F.U.B.A.R · 25-04-2011 09:17PM

I have no problems with chrome at all and i ditched ff ages ago the dam thing kept crashing wenever i opened more than one page
also have you got the adobe plugin working cos mine wouldnt even tho I apperently hadf downloaded and installed it
according to ff but wnever i tried to watch a flash vud it told me I hadnt so i got chrome and havnt looked back since

Steve · 25-04-2011 09:24PM

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

I have no problems with chrome at all and i ditched ff ages ago the dam thing kept crashing wenever i opened more than one page
also have you got the adobe plugin working cos mine wouldnt even tho I apperently hadf downloaded and installed it
according to ff but wnever i tried to watch a flash vud it told me I hadnt so i got chrome and havnt looked back since

Yeah, it's the adobe plugin that keeps failing - would go with chrome but I prefer the FF cookie and adblock controls. Chrome seems to allow an unending stream of popups

F.U.B.A.R · 25-04-2011 09:33PM

Steve wrote: »

Yeah, it's the adobe plugin that keeps failing - would go with chrome but I prefer the FF cookie and adblock controls. Chrome seems to allow an unending stream of popups

Thats odd Ive never had popup problems

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