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Post by glymov on Feb 20, 2008 4:23:27 GMT -5
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Post by fido on Feb 20, 2008 7:21:13 GMT -5
wow the aging effect on the mp40 looks very good!!
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Post by click on Feb 20, 2008 7:56:26 GMT -5
I like the aging on the MP40 but I think that the 1911 looks kinda sloppy/overdone. I dont mean to be rude but thats my opinion. It's your colt.
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Post by glymov on Feb 20, 2008 11:00:21 GMT -5
blueining of aluminium is very hard. So we have a result like this. I try to make a Very old Colt. For FFI resistant. Made of 1930 years and using till the end of war/ so its bit of rusty and old.
Sorry for my bad english
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Post by fido on Feb 20, 2008 12:17:28 GMT -5
but the real colt 1911 isn't aluminum, and it isn't blued as far as i know
its parkerized and steel
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Post by TommyGunner on Feb 20, 2008 12:54:21 GMT -5
Actually WW1 Colt 45s were blued instead of Parkarized. I wouldnt be surprised if they were still blueing colt.45s in the 30s. I know that Mariens had WW1 colts with blueing in WW2. So a Blued colt in WW2 is perfectly acceptable.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 20, 2008 13:33:44 GMT -5
I am generally a big fan of deliberately aging weapons for effect. I agree that the aging on the .45 is overdone. I had some extremely old .45s issued to me while I was in the Army. Even then many of them were quite battleworn and had been in the inventory a long long time. None looked even remotely that bad.
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Feb 20, 2008 14:02:35 GMT -5
I'll have to agree with what's been said before, the .45 looks overdone, or done without enough thinking on the placement of the weathering. Think of the parts that get handled the most, instead of apparently random splotching. Only circumstance I could imagine a .45 in that condition would be vietnam. If you read the book "Guns Up" (it's excellent btw!) then you'll read about how the author had a .45 that was completely weathered/rusted.
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Post by glymov on Feb 21, 2008 2:04:34 GMT -5
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Post by TommyGunner on Feb 21, 2008 3:00:54 GMT -5
Hey nice pics to show us the reall guns and the wear and tear. Hell if there are pics showing a gun like that then theres no problem doing it.
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Post by glymov on Feb 21, 2008 5:32:43 GMT -5
so wait for a few days)) now its 23 feb anniversary of Red Army// So have a more important stuff than colt))
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Post by Smith on Feb 21, 2008 10:53:05 GMT -5
now its 23 feb anniversary of Red Army// 23rd? That's my birthday! Anyways, very nice job on the MP40, I really like it! |
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Post by glymov on Feb 22, 2008 2:24:56 GMT -5
thnx)) so i got a real colt grips/ replace/   |
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Post by click on Feb 22, 2008 2:46:38 GMT -5
....Sorry for my bad english Bad English? I understand you perfectly ;D  Click |
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Post by glymov on Feb 22, 2008 3:09:05 GMT -5
so thats good for me) My home language is russian and ukrainian so i have less practical english/ So its bad from time to time) Too much think bout words))
So new grips are not impress? In US and so more grips are not rare ... In Ukraine find them is a problem// This grips came here inWW2 for landlease/
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Post by fido on Feb 22, 2008 4:33:21 GMT -5
but now you have shiny new grips and a used gun =D
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Post by glymov on Feb 22, 2008 4:52:32 GMT -5
its not a problem)) today i go to war// so action will wether them)
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Post by Tough Ombre on Feb 22, 2008 11:08:33 GMT -5
I think the problem with the colt is that its not evenly worn. As you have thick blueing in areas, and others none. It looks as if it was painted and someone tried scraping off the paint. As for saying that ALL ww2 colt 45's were parkerized is beyond me, as far as from what i have seen it was determined by the company. My grandpa had a Remington 1911a1 .45 that was war time... got it for 50 dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With two full mags of original 43 dated ammo, and this was only about 3 or 4 years ago too! Though he gave it to my uncle who in turn sold it to a WW2 vet who served as an armorer during the war. Prettiest gun i have ever seen i would say. Well anyways on with the point. That gun was parkerized. Though my other grandpa has a 1911a1 .45 that is also war time ( dont remember the manufacture) that is blued, and its not a 1911 its and a1 for sure. I would post pictures but he lives up in Milwaukee and I south of chicago, and his wife doesnt like him "playing" with his guns much haha.
As for the Mp40, the weathering looks VERY natural, and i like the pitting effect you added on some of the parts! Very nicely done.
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