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[Rambo]

The images are hosted fine. I like the paintjob. To put an image in your post surround the URL with tags, or use the green tree icon in the toolbar.

Welcome to the Haven.

[nerfer909]

His picture didnt turn out.

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[Shadow 92]

These are some of my more creative mods/ difficult to do.

Here's my Longshot. It has a 10" aluminum barrel that fits my darts loosely. It has a BBB spring and a plunger head reinforcement. Range is about 85-90.



This is my Nite-Mav. It's almost finished. I just have to readjust the trigger plate, but is otherwise perfectly functional. All of the pieces were made from 1/16" polycarbonate. The catch guard was secured using some epoxy gel and the trigger plate and plunger tube is screwed on. There is also a piece of polycarbonate up in the front of the plunger tube that redirects air only to the barrels.





These two Nite Finders are my new favorites. The first one is minimized and has ammo holders in the battery case. The second has a Home Depot spring, a longer screw supporting the plunger head, a reinforced plunger rod, and has been lubricated with silicon spray. I had to reinforce it because the force of the spring would cause the plunger rod to bend to the side.

What makes these two special are their barrels. I haven't seen anything like them before. The barrels are regular 1/2" PETG ordered from McMaster. I wanted a progressive barrel but I didn't want the added weight or the cost of brass. So, I ordered a .51 drill bit and a .53 drill bit from McMaster. They were each about $12.00. With the .51 bit I drilled about 4" from the top. And with the .53 I drilled 2" from the top. I was able to simulate the nesting effects of brass with PETG. It's the brass equivalent of having placing 1" of 1/2 and 3" of 17/32 in 5" of 19/32. These Nite Finders were intended as a prototype for spring powered turreted guns like the DTG and the Firefly.







Comments?

[Z-man12]

Well its nice to finaly get to post here. So first thing I am going to do is show of my paint jobs.

My Nightfinder


A magstrike I sold on e-bay




My Doubleshot (still got a little to do to this one.)



More should be comming over the next few months.

[n-strike]

I saw that Magstrike on e-Bay, and when I saw it, I fainted.

Edited by n-strike, 29 April 2007 - 01:35 PM.

[MithMorchaint]

Paintjobs inspired by some other peoples'... going for the future/weathered look.

Longshot:


As you can see, the Longshot has the integrated second gun. I left the trigger attached to it, just cut shorter (easier for me to use...and it detaches easily). The main gun has a massive spring in it and removed ARs, shoots a bit over 100 ft. I also took the ammo-holders from my Nite-Finder (I cut that part off to reduce size) and attached one on each side of the LS, as you can see, to hold extra ammo for the integrated gun.

Maverick:


Not much to say on this one. Pretty standard, AR removals and stretched the spring out. Also the RR mod. Since this picture was taken I have made the clip part swappable. The rings on the back are used to clip it to the bandolier I made (holds ammo, my Nite-Finder, and this gun, with clips at the bottom to hold my LS at waist height for carrying).

(Apologies for bad picture quality)

[shadowkid33]

Wow, MithMorchaint, nice paintjobs. I've siad it on NerfHq and I'll say it here z-man, I am AWE STRUCK by the magstrike paintjob.


Anyway, Here's my singled Ls. I screwed up the part that lets it use magazines (the bolt), so rather than let it sit in my basement in pieces, I put a coupler on it and I'm pleased with it.




The paintjob and sling.



A shot of the coupler.


Another shot of the coupler.

[PREDATOR]

Z-man12, on Apr 29 2007, 01:24 PM, said:

A magstrike I sold on e-bay

I almost bid on that!

[murakumo32]

I decided to pull a Falcon and put a AT2K turret on my NF.

[Shorty]

Heres my first accual paint job. I sanded of the nerf logo and yeah it looks like a Walther PPK huh? I new here, not to nerf. So wasup? Comments?

[jwasko]

at MithMorchaint's Maverick. Could you tell us a little about how you did that?

PS: I love red and grey/silver like you cannot believe. And again,

[PREDATOR]

Shorty, on Apr 30 2007, 10:10 PM, said:

Heres my first accual paint job. I sanded of the nerf logo and yeah it looks like a Walther PPK huh? I new here, not to nerf. So wasup? Comments?

Crap you posted it first.. I put foam on my nf years ago, but haven't put it up here yet. Mine is like really weird. It gets around 75ft and is extremely accurate. Best nf I have.

Edited by PREDATOR, 30 April 2007 - 10:34 PM.

[nerfboi]

Shorty, on Apr 30 2007, 08:10 PM, said:

Heres my first accual paint job. I sanded of the nerf logo and yeah it looks like a Walther PPK huh? I new here, not to nerf. So wasup? Comments?

Thats pretty bad ass. What sand grit did you use to sand off the Nerf logo with?

[n-strike]

Shorty, on Apr 30 2007, 08:10 PM, said:

Heres my first accual paint job. I sanded of the nerf logo and yeah it looks like a Walther PPK huh? I new here, not to nerf. So wasup? Comments?

I like it.

[Retiate]

I like it Shorty, reminds me of my NF, though yours has more black.

[Direct Threat]

Newest Longshot.

[PREDATOR]

Direct Threat, on May 1 2007, 12:08 AM, said:

Newest Longshot.

Direct Threat and baghead I'd say are the best painters here. Wow that looks good.

[frost vectron]

As seen in the Rattler write-up thread. I just couldn't resist putting her up here too.



Old NB-1 CPVC mod (before I had a real digital camera).



Old Ramrod barrel mod.



The only photo I have left of the original Triple-barrel Secret Shot 1.

Edited by frost vectron, 01 May 2007 - 01:02 AM.

[One Man Clan]

Direct Threat, we need to talk when I am ready to mod my next Longshot. Maybe even my xbow. Is is necessary for you to be able to disassemble a gun when you paint it? I'll be PMing you when I'm ready if you're still doing custom work then.

[MithMorchaint]

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at MithMorchaint's Maverick. Could you tell us a little about how you did that?

PS: I love red and grey/silver like you cannot believe. And again,

It was pretty straightforward. I took it apart, sanded it, and spray-painted the whole thing with silver. I let that dry, then painted the red parts with red acrylic. After that dried, I weathered it with a knife to get the chipped look. Finally, I coated it with spray-on clearcoat, then put it all back together.

Really very simple, given you have the paints.

[jwasko]

So basically you put down a silver base coat, painted over it with the red acrylic, and then chipped off portions of the acrylic? And of course there's the clear coat. Sounds good and (relatively) simple, thanks for the info.

I'll probablty do it with the Viper, seeing as it will have to be based on one of those new, yellow/gold Mavs. I hate that recolor.

[kingshane50]

1. I would have to say that Direct Threat is the best painter out there. Great job.

2.
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Sorry, The pictures were taken with my cell phone.How do you like it? It's my first paint job.

[Rambo]

Nice Nite Finder Shorty. Nice painting Direct Threat.

Shorty - you should consider attending DCNO which is held in Rockville, MD. Not sure how far that is from you.

[Shorty]

RAMBO, on May 1 2007, 06:03 PM, said:

Nice Nite Finder Shorty. Nice painting Direct Threat.

Shorty - you should consider attending DCNO which is held in Rockville, MD. Not sure how far that is from you.

Thanks ya'll. I used 40 grit paper to sand off the logo sign. I might go to the DCNO, when is it. I search for details later. I also just finish modding another NF into a PPK...not really but its without the silencer and with the stock laser.

[Rambo]

June 16. They're usually held 3-4 times a year, seasonally, but sometimes the winter gets people to puss out.

I like that NF's design very much by the way.

Edited by RAMBO, 01 May 2007 - 08:08 PM.