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AKM-SOPMOD
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Here
I am, up to no good again. Saw a picture of a real firearm
AKM-SOPMOD in a magazine, and I want one or two for
my figures. Since no AK with RAS system available in
the 1/6 scale market. I finally took out my AK74 from
the "Red Horse 1/6 Scale Accessory Pack" that
I got in 2006 Dragon-Con. And I got a RIS donor, a M4
carbine from Dragon.
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I'm
in luck here. The Red House's AK front half is not
glue together. One can easily pull them apart, and
I didn't know it was made from resin, cool. And for
the RIS, I just need top half of the RIS system, with
top, and both side rails. I cut out what I don't need
and keep the four rail for the lower handguard. I
Also found some rails in my sparebox. Think they're
from BBI. So I kept them handy.
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Dry
fitting to see what else I will need to cut. |
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RAS system ready to go. This view showing I kept the back
end intact. Cause I'm going to need the material to glue
to the AK receiver |
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The
front
end. |
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soft resin make cutting the upper handguard so much easier
then cutting plastic. |
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More
dry fitting. Looks good so far. Next is rebuilding the
gas return tube. |
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The
leftover barrel from the M4 carbine works just fine.
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I
just
need to cut off the centering taps. |
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Fit
in perfectly
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Cool.
Now when I look inside. It won't be empty. |
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I
painted that area first before I close it up.
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You
can see I modified the RAS system again. I think that
little cutting will makes it looks more " Tactical
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glued a Evergreen strip styrene to the rail and sanded
it to the contort of the lower handguard and glued in
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the Stock. The is nothing wrong with the original stock
on the AK. It is very nice. But, with the retractable
stock, it will be a very cool AK. My first replacement
retractable stock (Top) is Dragon. The second crane stock
is...not sure, BBI? -Toysoldier? - ACE? Whatever that
is. The crane stock and the position stock tube are much
nicer then the Dragon. So, I'm going with that. |
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For
durability,
I drilled and inserted a brass rod and super glue about
1/4" deep in the stock tube. |
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once, measure again and again. Cause I only want to drill
once. Get it right the first time. |
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Cool,
everything looks real good. |
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well done, with all accessories
on. The Red House AK do not comes with Mag Pull. It is
Toy Soldier. The Tactical Light Grip from BBI. It looks
an lots like Hottoys. But, Hottoys Tactical
Light Grip got "Sure Fire"decal on one side,
and BBI don't. The EOTech Holographic Sight is from Hottoys.
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The
last thing is adding a MV Lens to the Tactical
Light System. It is amazing how much life that little
lens can add to your Figures.
Thank
you for looking. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Your suggestion
and comment are most welcome.
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was so much fun custom the Red House
AK74 SOPMOD, I made a second. This
is Dragon AK 47 and again M4
carbine as RAS donor. Everything
from Dragon. But the silencer is from 21st Century, and
the Tactical
Light from BBI. Mag
Pull from Toy Soldier. And I shorten the barrel to give
it a more CQB looks. |
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This
is from a AK47S. I was out of fix stock AK, and a swing
stock will do just fine. I don't have to cut off the
stock. I just need to fill the hole. Allmost every parts
is Dragon, but the Mag Pull and the Silencer
are Toy
Soldier. I also
added a MV Lens to the Tactical
Light.
Thank
you for looking. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Your suggestion
and comment are most welcome.
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