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Painting machine guns tips?


Woody V

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17 hours ago, Bob MDC said:

Gunze MC 214 Dark Iron apply with a brush wait till dry say 5 mins then buff with a soft brush "just like that"""

 

Bob

 

MC 214 is great paint for weapons, and its as easy as Bob says above to get excellent results.

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US small arms, including aircraft mg's, almost all had a Parkerized finish. Parkerizing is an zinc or manganese phosphate conversion coating process that is porous to oil in order to inhibit oxidation of the underlying steel surface. The zinc phosphate finish color can vary from a medium OD(due to contaminants in the chemical bath) to neutral, light to dark gray; manganese from dark gray to black. Adding oil to the surface will darken the finish further as well as giving the metal a slight sheen. For aircraft use I would keep the finish more flat than shiny as lubricants had a tendency to congeal at low temperatures.

 

I believe that German small arms were blued, an electrochemical process  that adds protection, but lesser degree than Parkerizing.

 

In modeling, adding a metallic finish may look nice, but with US ordnance it would be invisible at our scale. However, in modeling everything is fair game. :)

 

HTH,

Damian

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