I wanted to give duracoat a shot so I decided to pickup a Mosin since they are affordable. Here's the pics I took of my project. I completed the project in four days working a few hours in my garage each night. All told I'd say under 20hrs total work including dry times. I've got pics of the original rifle, sanded, coated in each color (ACU Tan, ACU Gray, ACU Green) and the final product.
Having pealed off all the stencils, I didn't take enough time making sure the stencil placements were perfectly square but from 5ft away you don't notice it.
Update: I did two sanding jobs. First was sanding it with a corse sandpaper that I think was in the 200 grit range. Once that was done, I had some 440 grit which is very fine that I went over the entire rifle again. If you haven't painted, you really want to have a smooth surface (400+ grit) just before you degrease & paint it. Duracoat doesn't seem to need primer, just a clean surface. I bought their kit that came with the two stage airbrush. Two stage means you can adjust the flow of paint/duracoat however once I set it to the amount I wanted to come out, I never changed it so the single stage would have been fine & can save you $30 or so.
Having pealed off all the stencils, I didn't take enough time making sure the stencil placements were perfectly square but from 5ft away you don't notice it.
Update: I did two sanding jobs. First was sanding it with a corse sandpaper that I think was in the 200 grit range. Once that was done, I had some 440 grit which is very fine that I went over the entire rifle again. If you haven't painted, you really want to have a smooth surface (400+ grit) just before you degrease & paint it. Duracoat doesn't seem to need primer, just a clean surface. I bought their kit that came with the two stage airbrush. Two stage means you can adjust the flow of paint/duracoat however once I set it to the amount I wanted to come out, I never changed it so the single stage would have been fine & can save you $30 or so.
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