MG42 AA Tripod

[deepskyridge]

What's the best way to refinish a German MG42 AA Tripod.

Blast and Park ?
Paint stripper and re-paint. ?

Let me know

Thanks
Gary

[BMG 7.62 A4]

I would strip and repaint. Personally, I like the used/weathered look on mine.:smile:

[Kali Komrade]

yeah and just to add to that disassembling the AA 42 tripod those springs that help hold the legs are a pain in the ass to get back assembled in that thing after disassembly which is one reason why you don't see a lot of these getting the R&R done on...

[GUNRUNNER5150]

i just sanded, cleaned and re-painted mine when i had it - looked pretty good but paint is not very hard wearing, it scratches pretty easily with a trip to a shoot in the truck bed :abused1:

i had thought about trying a different paint, something epoxy based like they use on trash dumpsters but never got around to it before i sold the pod. However if i had a park setup i probably would have gone that route as it would look better and match the gun.

Just a warning if you want to go the parkerizing route, i have heard getting the legs and locking system back together can be a pain in the ass - loboslanding was able to explain how to get it done but hes been MIA from the belt fed boards for a long time. Mind you this is second hand info as i never tried to take it apart myself.

[rugman59]

Lobo got himself hitched a while back! New brides can be time consuming!!:big:
I imagine she's keeping him pretty busy.:wink:

[deepskyridge]

Thanks for the info.

I was thinking about blasting it and having it powder painted.

I have done that with other things, it's pretty reasonably priced and hold up well.

Anyone know where the loboslanding instructions are posted.

Thanks
Gary

[anm2_man]

Powder coat should take care of most of the scratching problems :cool:

[Kali Komrade]

They really weren't instructions they were more like a warning to not take it apart...:big:

I'll do some searching around most of the information that Gunrunner was talking about was lost some time and we didn't have it here so... as they say no back up...

[BMG 7.62 A4]

I would like to see pics of this MG42 AA tripod when done. In my head I'm picturing one of those unissued IO pods! :smile:

[deepskyridge]

I will post pics of whatever I do.

Thanks

Gary

[GUNRUNNER5150]

Powder coat should take care of most of the scratching problems :cool:


very true, alot of cool stuff can be done with powder coat :big: and definately more resistant to damage than paint or park - but i would see the problemo being getting access to an oven big enough to fit the pod legs :thinkin: