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Posted: 9/1/2011 9:29:46 AM EDT
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Let's have a picture thread devoted to the Battlefield Pick Up look.
If you could include the following with your picture: - make / model - how it was had the BFPU patina applied to the rifle (how did you do it?) I'll see about this getting added to the picture threads if it takes off. |
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Maadi kit build. All the wear is original. I painted the receiver Krylon black, then scratched it up to match the rest of the gun. I'm pretty sure the Egyptians get that look on their guns by attacking Israel, then getting their asses kicked. Anyway, it has all the original Arabic markings on it. I had a buddy with some engraving equipment put the correct markings on the receiver. Receiver is NDS, virgin Romanian chrome lined barrel. The bottom pic: better late than never!!! ETA: this gun will be for sale in few weeks... baby on the way. 
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My offering. I used Scotchbrite pads and a couple of dremel wire brush accessory bits (for the tight spots) to remove the original finish. It can take awhile, so you have to be patient. My best advice is to go SLOW and check your progress often. It's very easy to take too much off in one area, if you let yourself get carried away.
If you do take too much off, Birchwood Casey "Super Blue" works great to re-darken those areas. You can literally "wax on, wax off" the color between the Super Blue/Scotchbrite pads to get it just right. Since I found the top cover had taken the original paint much differently than the rest of the rifle, I basically had to remove all the finish from the top cover which left it "polished" looking. I then re-darkened it with Super Blue using this method and lightly went over it with a Scotchbrite pad. It worked great. Keep some CLP on hand and thoroughly oil everything really well when you're done to stop the parts from rusting (the reaction of the Super Blue on metal will result in some corrosion.) But after a couple applications, the rust will stop blooming. A genuine BFPU look varies quite a bit, so an "authentic" BFPU finish can have several different looks. -Polish Underfolder parts build/ITM receiver 
BFPU's Around the World (note the trigger discipline in some pictures, yikes..) 
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Quoted: My offering. I used Scotchbrite pads and a couple of dremel wire brush accessory bits (for the tight spots) to remove the original finish. It can take awhile, so you have to be patient. My best advice is to go SLOW and check your progress often. It's very easy to take too much off in one area, if you let yourself get carried away. If you do take too much off, Birchwood Casey "Super Blue" works great to re-darken those areas. You can literally "wax on, wax off" the color between the Super Blue/Scotchbrite pads to get it just right. Since I found the top cover had taken the original paint much differently than the rest of the rifle, I basically had to remove all the finish from the top cover which left it "polished" looking. I then re-darkened it with Super Blue using this method and lightly went over it with a Scotchbrite pad. It worked great. Keep some CLP on hand and thoroughly oil everything really well when you're done to stop the parts from rusting (the reaction of the Super Blue on metal will result in some corrosion.) But after a couple applications, the rust will stop blooming. A genuine BFPU look varies quite a bit, so an "authentic" BFPU finish can have several different looks. -Polish Underfolder parts build/ITM receiver http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07578.jpg http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07574.jpg http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07566.jpg http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07558.jpg I love that rifle. You did a great job on that. |
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My offering. I used Scotchbrite pads and a couple of dremel wire brush accessory bits (for the tight spots) to remove the original finish. It can take awhile, so you have to be patient. My best advice is to go SLOW and check your progress often. It's very easy to take too much off in one area, if you let yourself get carried away. If you do take too much off, Birchwood Casey "Super Blue" works great to re-darken those areas. You can literally "wax on, wax off" the color between the Super Blue/Scotchbrite pads to get it just right. Since I found the top cover had taken the original paint much differently than the rest of the rifle, I basically had to remove all the finish from the top cover which left it "polished" looking. I then re-darkened it with Super Blue using this method and lightly went over it with a Scotchbrite pad. It worked great. Keep some CLP on hand and thoroughly oil everything really well when you're done to stop the parts from rusting (the reaction of the Super Blue on metal will result in some corrosion.) But after a couple applications, the rust will stop blooming. A genuine BFPU look varies quite a bit, so an "authentic" BFPU finish can have several different looks. -Polish Underfolder parts build/ITM receiver http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07578.jpg http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07574.jpg http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07566.jpg http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/DSC07558.jpg I love that rifle. You did a great job on that. Thanks! |
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This would make a great "keep that crap off my AK" type of picture! http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/1RUSSIAN.jpg LOL! Heinrich says, "Keep that crap off my AK!" Perfect for the ultra communist conservative national socialist AK enthusiast |
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Here's mine. I liked the patina on the kit so much I scuffed the receiver to match. Even found a heavily used sling to round things out. I need a heavily worn mag to go along with it, though. That, or take a scotchbrite pad to one... http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s131/bdaleray/Firearms/ROM-AK.jpg Certainly does have a nice patina. I would have kept it too... |
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This would make a great "keep that crap off my AK" type of picture! http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/1RUSSIAN.jpg More like "Tapco Crap on my AK? NYET!" or... "Get close with Tapco Crap; Dog will bite" |
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Here's mine. I liked the patina on the kit so much I scuffed the receiver to match. Even found a heavily used sling to round things out. I need a heavily worn mag to go along with it, though. That, or take a scotchbrite pad to one... http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s131/bdaleray/Firearms/ROM-AK.jpg I've been using this one for more than 20 years. 
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He has tha expression not because he has a full auto ak but because he just unleashed a massive fart on the baklava wearing guy right behind his ass....he subsequently succumbed to the poor trigger finger position/control of said farted party.
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http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/AFGHANISTAN1.jpg The guy facing the camera on the right has the same facial expression I would have if I got to ride in the back of a truck with a loaded, fully automatic rifle. |
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Romy WASR-10
Throwing. http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff426/raptor900/100_8568.jpg |
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I love that wasr. where did you get the PG? |
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http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh448/archangel41/AFGHANISTAN1.jpg The guy facing the camera on the right has the same facial expression I would have if I got to ride in the back of a truck with a loaded, fully automatic rifle. His AK is loaded with blanks; look at the muzzle. |
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Mostly used a 3M scuff pad and a drywall sanding pad, a little 00 steel wool and in a few places 100 grit sand paper. Then I skipped her off the pavement a few times and kicked the mags around the shop floor!
This is a 1971 WASR-10 63, the stock and fore grip were what inspired me to do teh BFPU, looks like a nice well worn AK... I love it ! 
Tools of the "battlefield" 
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Mostly used a 3M scuff pad and a drywall sanding pad, a little 00 steel wool and in a few places 100 grit sand paper. Then I skipped her off the pavement a few times and kicked the mags around the shop floor! This is a 1971 WASR-10 63, the stock and fore grip were what inspired me to do teh BFPU, looks like a nice well worn AK... I love it ! http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214402.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214410.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214421.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214434.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214459.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214507.jpg Tools of the "battlefield" http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/boaz22/IMG_20110910_214533.jpg You kinda managed to recreate a "patina" on the metal. Nice work! |
APEX has battlefield furniture. I bought 2 sets of 3, got one with interesting carvings, one with cartoon stickers 
https://www.apexgunparts.com/product_info.php/products_id/2034 
ETA: Make sure you have your 922R parts count right, if you use them. |
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Quoted: I got a set from them. a pair of the upper and lower handguards are split in 2 right down the middle. The set i used was nicely engraved with the star and moon on the stock. Will get pics up sometime of itAPEX has battlefield furniture. I bought 2 sets of 3, got one with interesting carvings, one with cartoon stickers https://www.apexgunparts.com/product_info.php/products_id/2034 https://www.apexgunparts.com/images/AK47/Balkan_Battlefield_3_Stock_Sets.jpg ETA: Make sure you have your 922R parts count right, if you use them. |
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Real Russians might spell Kalashnikov the right way. |
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Real Russians might spell Kalashnikov the right way.
AWE CRAP 
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