Dr.Senf Posted December 19, 2012 Report Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) Finally the Postman delivered the Sterling to my doorstep. Exept the weak Paintjob and a missing Bolt she is in very good condition!!! The Paint came off when i wiped off the exessive amount of oil so i think ill repaint her later on. The work to make it legal was done superb, exept two weldingspots, one on the trigger and one on the barrelscrew you cant see anything. Its not cut in half and welded back together, wich i like alot. Everything is moving smooth and easy. So i cleaned her, cut the magazine and attached the Ttracks today. Fitted the missing bolt and checked the fit of my used scoperail on my alublaster. Unfortunately the rearsight on my alubuild is 5mm too far at the rearend, so i have to make an new one to fit the real scope and real hengstler on her. I ll update as i go and i hope she will become a true beauty. I was surprised how close my alubuild was to the original when i put them next to each other. Here some pics, more to follow. Edited December 19, 2012 by Dr.Senf Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted December 19, 2012 Report Posted December 19, 2012 Very nice, WOW wouldn't mind one of those sitting under my Christmas tree Quote
TK bondservnt[501st] Posted December 19, 2012 Report Posted December 19, 2012 the holy grail! only flaw is the trigger guard. you can get another one via apex gun parts. probably could get another trigger group too. interested in some help? Quote
Dr.Senf Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Posted December 19, 2012 thanx vern, i was about to order some stuff from apex gun parts for my alu build a couple of month ago but i think customs will give me some trouble. i think the guard gives her the authentic touch wich a real one needs. Quote
TK bondservnt[501st] Posted December 20, 2012 Report Posted December 20, 2012 I'm sure I could send simple parts like a trigger group, and guard, taken apart. Quote
Dr.Senf Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Posted December 20, 2012 mhmm sounds good. had the same in mind you do now, building with real parts. maybe i ll ask for it one day thanx for the offer!!! Quote
Turrican Posted December 20, 2012 Report Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) Nice to see that yours also arrived. May i can ask ,which bolt is missing at your weapon? Shame to see , that yours has so much paint missing.In that case i had a little bit more luck. Edited December 20, 2012 by Turrican Quote
Dr.Senf Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Posted December 20, 2012 Yep same source! ; ) Since you cant spot the missing and exchanged bolt i must have done a good job. I like the idea of repainting more and more. I ll make her really nice, including paintjob. I got a very good price so its ok. Tapatalk. Quote
Eldrik Posted December 20, 2012 Report Posted December 20, 2012 Nice sterling you got there Sven The bolt was missing at the folding stock Good luck with your build and especially with the painting job. Quote
Dr.Senf Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Posted December 20, 2012 100 points. Have to flatten the ends of the bolt a bit. But will wait so i can take her apart and paint properly. Tapatalk. Quote
Turrican Posted December 20, 2012 Report Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) Ok, now i see it. Well should be an easy fix to make a c-lock pin in the stock. Would look a little bit better maybe. If you think on changing the trigger guard , here's the sterling manual if you still not have it. http://www.uzitalk.c...rlingMk4SMG.pdf Edited December 20, 2012 by Turrican Quote
Dr.Senf Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Posted December 20, 2012 Have the manual thanx anyway. Will leave it for now. But maybe changing it later on. The biggest issue will be getting new paint on the still softly oiled surface. Cant find a good way to remove it all. Any tips? Tapatalk. Quote
jkno Posted December 20, 2012 Report Posted December 20, 2012 Great blaster Sven, it cannot get any better that a real Sterling! Quote
Turrican Posted December 20, 2012 Report Posted December 20, 2012 Have the manual thanx anyway. Will leave it for now. But maybe changing it later on. The biggest issue will be getting new paint on the still softly oiled surface. Cant find a good way to remove it all. Any tips? Tapatalk. If you want to paint it , you can use this for remove dirt and oil: http://www.loctite.de/cps/rde/xchg/henkel_de/hs.xsl/komplette-produktliste-teroson-29729.htm?countryCode=de&BU=industrial&parentredDotUID=productfinder&redDotUID=00114211910 Or if you want to restore the weapon as close as possible,you can go for this option: http://www.ballistol-shop.de/Schnell-Bruenierung-von-Klever-fuer-Eisen-und-Stahl-50-ml-Bruenierung_B-S_310.html But i would advise to ask a gunsmith for it.He also can tell you more about that method. Quote
Evilboy[501st] Posted December 21, 2012 Report Posted December 21, 2012 I wish we could get those on this side of the pond... Quote
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