Tavor repaint project: Day 1

Ok, so I decided to start repainting my boring looking Tavor (looks similar to this)

to look like this

Now some of my airsoft buddies are like, "But Jacques, that stands out. Don't make your gun stand out"and I see their point. In field/long range games, camo (or even black) is better than white and orange to blend into the environment, making it harder for your opponent to spot you (unless you are playing in a white and orange environment, that'll show them). But this is my cqb weapon, camo is not going to help much when max range is about 7 meters. So, with that thought, why not make it look a cool as possible...hence the repaint project.

So day one consisted of getting my hands on some Rust-oleum paint (no Krylon, because it seems that you can't find that in South Africa) and some painters tape. I decided to start of with the magazine, as it is a nice simple area to test the paint and masking techniques.

1. Masked of everything that was not to receive a layer of paint.
   
2. Proceeded to spray the white as a base and primer. Did 2 light coats, waiting 15min between coats.
   
3. Next I masked of anything that was not to be the second colour (ie orange) and sprayed 2 coats of the second colour onto the mag (again waiting 15min between coats).
   
4. Finally after letting it dry for about an hour, proceeded to remove all the masking.
   

From a distance it look pretty good, on closer inspection the edges of the white are a tad untidy. Unfortunately, seeing that I used a spray paint that bonds with the plastic, scraping the excess paint of is not an viable option (I'll play around with a few other ways of trying to clean it up, like paint thinners, etc.).

Still to-do on the mag is to finish the cross and tidy up, then I'll do the other one before moving onto the next mag.

Stay tuned for updates on this project (and yes there will be updates. Unlike the other ones *cough cough* I already spent money on this project...I'm not willing to see it go to waste).