Project RPKN
Receiver
I started
with a metal G&P Ak-47 receiver. First I filled up the lightening cuts and
the existing sling hole with Polyfibre.
To
prevent the Polyfibre from running into the receiver I first glued the sling
hole from the inside with glue.
After this the filled up surfaces were sanded down with sandpaper with
different grit.
Then I made the RPK reinforcementplates from 2mm thick aluminium plates. The
curvatures of the rear sight base trunnion like on the real stamped receiver
were made from 1mm thick aluminium.
Getting
the right model took a lot of hours of manual sanding down.
The reinforcementplates and curvatures were
attached to the receiver using Polyurethaneglue.
Finishing
was done with Polyfibre, which offcourse needed further sanding to finish off.
After this I made a blueprint to know the location of the rivets. I used this
to mark the holes and then drilled them.
Then the
rivets got attached using Polyurethaneglue.
The
receiver is now ready to be painted. It first got sanded with different grits
of sandpaper.
After
this I applied a coat of primer followed by various mattblack finishing coats
to ensure strength in the paintjob.
Gastube
The gastube is standard Tokyo Marui,
the holes in the gastube got filled in using polyfibre.
This was
followed by sanding, a coat of primer and a mattblack finishing coat.
Topcover
The topcover is G&G. This was modified to be more like a
RPK topcover by cutting away a rectangle.
Rear sight.
The rear sight is a realsteel
sight. It originated from the Russian Molot factory, which is the factory which
produces all Russian RPK variants.
It can be adjusted for windage.
Rest of the parts
The base
is an economical Guarder RPK kit, this kit exists of an outer barrel, bipod and
the furniture. The bolt is a Guarder auto-blowback bolt.
The rest
are various aftermarket parts. Everything was painted in the same shade of
mattblack.
Serials
To create the serial numbers
stamped on the various parts I used metal stamps which were 6mm high, these can
be found on ebay amongst other things.
After this white paint was applied
and brushed away, leaving only paint in the area pressed in.
Magazines
The magazine is a real 40 round mag, converted with the internals of a Tokyo Marui lowcap magazine. The top was cut to fit inside the airsoft
body.
I got this mag
from our Austrian reinforcement trooper ( thanks
FIDO).
The result
Greetings,
SPB