Hey everyone. I customize and paint Nerf guns as a hobby and a small home business. This is my preferred model of Nerf gun, for its looks and availability. It's called the Nerf Maverick, and it's a six-shot revolver with a pull-back spring cocking mechanism disguised as a slide (instead of an ugly plastic stalk sticking out of the back). Though I tried black and silver paintjobs at the start, I've been experimenting with automotive paints recently, the Duplicolor line of 'Metalcast' anodized-simulating paints in particular. There are two or three types of plastic used on the Maverick. Some are compatible with vinyl dye (my preferred method of giving toys a lasting color) and others require the use of plastic primers and such.
The original gun:
Mine, after about ten collective hours of work.
What's involved: The RR (Russian Roulette) mod has been done to let the cylinder roll out fully from the gun, (out of the box, it will only eject about 1/3 of the way from the frame) and the air restrictors (plastic junk reducing the gun's power) behind the dart posts are gone.
For the frame, I used Duplicolor Adhesion Promoter, then the Metalcast ground coat, then the red Metalcast paint. Then I had to repeat the latter two because of runs and drips that needed sanded off and redone. The Metalcast paint is very easy to overuse. You *must* wait between *light* coats, or you'll get drips and runs.
The front rail is flat black Krylon (I've discovered I loathe Krylon paint) and the slide is: flat black vinyl dye, covered with Rustoleum primer, covered with Rustoleum flat black, covered with a protective clear coat. The trigger got a similar treatment, but skipping the primer. The ejection button was just flat black vinyl dye, which actually worked with that type of plastic for once.
The grip is black spray-can Plastidip, giving it a lovely rubber texture.
I sprayed a clear coat over every part of the frame but the grip, two coats to protect that nice red paint.
*EDIT* Here are some better pictures.
i know the pics are fuzzy. that's what happens when you throw your camera phone against a metal grate on Hollywood blvd.
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