This is my build which is 4 days in so far, about 12 hours total. I won't be listing everything I do because that is well covered, but I want to highlight a few things I did on the tougher parts as well as some additional details. Comments are very welcome!
Everything to this part is pretty standard. For the bolt, I used a 1/2" CPVC Hot water coupling which fit perfectly after sanding around it to leave the bolt "stripe".
Next, I bent the coat hanger like this where the end is actually used as a pin to hold the lever. This allows the entire bolt, spring, and lever to be removed if necessary.
I wanted the the folding stock to be somewhat functional, so I installed a cabinet roller clip (only the clip side, not the rollers) to insert into the small square cutout at the first barrel hole on the underside. I also drilled the entire folding stock holes out and hollowed out the underneath. I then inserted a cut ballpoint pen case to simulate a metal folding rod for the butt stock.
Painted Stock
For the functional ARS switching lever, I simply screwed a flat headed screw the same size as the lever bottom into place and superglued the lever on top. It does not click, but it is functional.
Here are heavy weathering pictures which is where I would like to hear your opinion. I really like the heavy weathering, but I feel it might be too much for a shiny trooper. Thoughts? The fins are still flat black, and the grip is gloss.