Finished modifications (almost) Denix getting a nicer booty

[Lukesfather]

Re: Denix getting a nicer booty

So it was time for some weathering and assembly
for weathering i used the all familiar aluminium black , my first try, so im not totally happy with the look, i went for somthing like well used

There are a few small things missing yet , a set of grips and a new grip screw, and also i will have to redo the plugs i made over the holes from the pins on the trigger and hammer .
Also rings around the hole in the hammer needs to be done , but i have to make a tool for this.
Some weathering needs to be done to the hammer and bolt also



These are the mods made to the gun :

upper :
-sharpende details and removed pitting
-taken apart and filed T-slot in moving part of sight
-accurised shape of the end of the siderails on both sides
-removed cast rings on sight attachment
-removed as much as possible of the exess material on the front of the sight rail
-stamped number
-cleaned up profiles on rails
-filled in hole after old attachement pin
-filed out on the front of the rails to accruice attachement to lower
-moved upper 5 mm forward

Bolt:
-cut slot for extractor
-removed 1mm of fat from the back of the bolt
-cut slots around firing pin
-filed down firingpin and cut "screw" slot
-cleaned up grooving on bolt
-punched serialnumber

Lower:
-sanded and removed pitting
-sharpened contours
-cut out the back and made dummy rearend with moving safetyknob
-cut out magazine bottom and made removable lid
-filled in hole for attachement screw
-punched serialnumbers
-widened space between handle and triggerguard
-filled in holes after bolt and trigger pins
-shaped trigger
-removed denix logo
-sharpened boxes
-shaped ring attachement

might be some more but thats what i can think of right now :

Overall im quite satisfied with this as my first try , now i just need get the DEC parts to make it a DL-44

so please give me some feedback on inprovements that could be done , i still have some time to tinker before the parts arrive

 

[tomm1999]

No offense, but if you didn't post pictures of the work in progress I wouldn't believe this was done with hand tools. I couldn't do this on my CNC machine, it came out great! I would take this over a MGC any day. Again, you took things to a whole nother level! Your finished DL-44 is going to be amazing!

 

[Lukesfather]

No offense, but if you didn't post pictures of the work in progress I wouldn't believe this was done with hand tools. I couldn't do this on my CNC machine, it came out great! I would take this over a MGC any day. Again, you took things to a whole nother level! Your finished DL-44 is going to be amazing!

Thanks for the kind words , i used to run a cnc a few years ago , and frankly some things are easier to do by hand wouldnt even know where to start programing this

 

[veektohr]

This really turned out fantastic. Super motivating to see what you've pulled off here!


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[Lukesfather]

Just started to fix up my hfc712 , and seriously , that upper is waaaaaay better than the denix
maybe i'll try a hybrid , anyone try a denix lower with a hfc upper ?
This is what it looks like just after stripping of that weird grey paint , a little filing and some B&C aluminium black

 

[DL 44 Blaster]

Don't know how I missed this, but stellar job on that Denix!!

 

[Lukesfather]

Happy new year guys [emoji898][emoji482][emoji482][emoji482][emoji482][emoji482]
Just to prove im not dead [emoji23][emoji23]finally started assembly with the todds kit that arrived a while ago ( fantastic parts btw )
Mostly togheter now , will tackle heatgrills , magic disc , greeblies and a few details on the hammer probably today.
Then the todds parts needs som weathering i think.