Jortaro

I have a very basic Maverick that has been very good to me, but recent stopped firing I didn't know why until I took it apart , and it looks like the air compressor has broken.

The chamber and the plunger is fine however the small plastic tab the is used to arm/cock the chamber has broken off, there is no dame to the integrity of the chamber but it does mean that I cannot cock the gun at all, the metal pin is fine and all but I've tried several methods of fixing the plastic tab back on, but each time after a few shots the tab would break off again.

Superglue gave me the worst result as it only stood the test of one shot.

The fix it putty from JML was slightly better since it stood up to 10 rounds of target practice.

Anyone know of a good fix?

The piece that broke off is still in my possession.

note the image here is not of my broken maverick jst an image i got off this forum to show which model i have

Hello people

Just finished the modding phase of my nerf guns, but after some time looking at them I found that the color is a bit of an eyesore (blue yellow and orange isn't my thing), so I'm planing onto painting them, now as for the design and various other things I've got planned out already, but as for the paint it self I'm kinda curious on the type people use for the job.

Now I've always used spray paint for plastic models from Tamiya (AKA twin stars) for the body and Gundam markers and paints from bandai for the decial and details, as they tend to not rub off unlike some other paints I've tried.

I know that perm markers (i.e gold and silver), tend to rub off on your hands quite badly and is not recommended for use on anything that you may be handling.


Now on to the second part, I also plan on making the gun have some sort of metallic look (i.e scratches and wearing), but not very experianced in the field on how to apply them on.

In the past I've always just painted on the dried base layer with a fine brush (very fine), then with a much larger brush buffed the line to give it a hazer look (that or used cotten wool) for the scratches, then with some darker paint (same color as the body most the time but sometimes used brown/black) i used a piece of cotten wool to apply very small amounts of the paint on the entire body and a clean piece to take excess off the body and using the excess taken off to apply on varioous other areas.

As for the wearing of the gun I've always just used cotten wool to apply sliver paint on the areas i think would ave to most wear and then using a clean piece I smudge and rub in one direction only until i get a satisfied look and sometimes I use the sratch technique for the wear areas instead (thou this does take ALOT longer).

hope some people will find this information useful and post up some of their own tips and methods of repainting, as well as materials they use.

Hello community of nerf

I recently bought two nerf mavericks (yes many have said they were crap (range ans such), but that has not bothered me as i mainly play indoors), after some time of thinking about getting one, mainly due to the looks of the gun.

Now I've modded the clip so that it can actually slid out more so the the reloading process can be done quicker and better, but many have modding sites and pages have said that it may actually be worth taking the air resrictors out, foaming the plunger and making the clip sit tighter to the plunger end.

Now the air resrictors and making the clip sit closer to the plunger I can understand and since both are easy and relatively quick to do therefore I will be planing on to making these moddifcations, but I was just wondering if foaming the plunger would improve the gun in any great deal and if the effort and time needed to do the mod worth it?

Hi everyone Jo here, recently I've gotten into the nerf realm, thanks to a hardcore nerfing friend, but unfortunately he had moved abroad thanks to his education, and we've yet to get back into contact.

My question is that I'm considering getting a N-Strike Maverick, but while doing some surfing on the online stores I've came across two types of the gun, one has the main body blue and the barrel yellow, and the other sporting a yellow main body.
Now as I've tried the Maverick before from my friend's collection of heavily modded guns, I was considering doing the same with the one which I will purchase. But since there is two versions out there I was wondering which one is better for modding or is there no difference between them, and that it is just a paint job?

And as a final note can someone be kind enough to tell me is there a point in stretching the spring in the maverick after removing the air restricters as I've seen some members has mentioned that it may cause the maverick to break.

thank you

jo out.