As hinted earlier in a post above...
Chris (TeeCrooz) helped me finally lock down a grenade, and set me on the path to a real parts Obi ANH! The man is a saint I tells ya. Since I live in the same area as Edraven, We will BOTH have to take you for a beer if in our neck of the woods.
There's a thick coat of paint on it, that Chris already took down a bit to check out the shape of it. I'm thinking the next move is to use the paint stripper I have to take it down to steal and blu it. I have a couple bottle of bluing I bought for a blaster project, but as I've never used it before, I'm a little hesitant... I'll probably test it out on a steel grenade I have from Roman first...
On top of the grenade, I picked up a couple of other vintage parts from Chris at the same time... the clamp, a bubble strip, transistors, and the AS Handwheel.
I was always a fan of the more brown/rusted look of the grenades, and while this sort of appears to have that look, up close it just looks like it was dipped in a cream colored paint (it was...).
Also, when it arrived I found Chris had added on a nicely weathered emitter, and an anodized booster (that I will likely beat the hell out of
). These were an awesome addition, and am very thankful as it will take the edge off the time it may take to find the other parts...
But then the search for the parts is half the fun...
So as far as weathering up the grenade, I am open to hearing any ideas or thoughts on it.