Resident Evil Gelblasters...( or, Gotta Getta Beretta..!)

BME · February 17, 2025, 7:07am

For any newbies, who haven’t done a barrel paint removal/polish before…
Here is a visual guide.

Did it on my BBC.
The original silver paint was tarnished, and coming off…
The grey-ish primer is exposed underneath.

You need to get the paint and primer off.
Use wet/dry sandpaper under the tap, i used 600 to remove, and 1200 to finish.
Paint comes off easily, primer takes longer.
Perserverence is rewarded, at the polishing stage…

half and half.
Half original paint, half polished.

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When sanding, use strokes in one direction only, ie lengthwise down the barrel, back and forwards. Try to avoid using circumferential strokes. If you must for hard areas, go over again backwards / forwards lengthwise.

This helps to hide scratches.
600 to remove, 1200 to get a smooth finish. it will not look pretty at this stage.

BME · February 17, 2025, 7:17am

then, use the metal polishes.
These are from bunnings. I tried both…the black metal polish is a good "bulk clean up " polish, and the “shine”, does as it says, and is a finer finishing polish that brings it to a gleaming shine.

Use an old sock, it gets really black, really quickly…

The magic happens here, and all that polishing is rewarded with a gleam you can use for a mirror for shaving…!!

Photos dont do it justice, its really shiny…!!
Looks good in the finished blaster…
It gleams better, than the original painted silver surface.

“Once Barry goes black, there’s no going back…!!
Zombies are grimy, but that barrel’s so shiny…!!”

Once you do all this, the finish stays pristine for quite some time.
It doesn’t tarnish quickly.
If you need a quick clean later on, you don’t need to remove the barrel.

A tiny, and i mean tiny, dab of “gleam”, and you can rub the barrel down still in the blaster to restore it.

Back and forward strokes while polishing are key, to getting the lines straight, and avoiding round swirl marks in the metal.

Once again, this is a friendly fire technique.

Now, BBC needs some chrome screws to finish it off…

BME · February 17, 2025, 9:16am

BBC final form.
chrome screws, maximum gleam…

I think i’ll leave the taurus on.
It breaks it up a bit, and is not excessive…

Mind you, i dont mind the real wood grips / short mag combo either.
It makes it look a bit more different, from the (now similar) gen1 burton.

BME · February 17, 2025, 9:54am

Yup.

BBC is too similar to Gen1 burton.

BBC goes short mag, and most likely real wood grips, to differentiate…

Or, short and all black…hard to pick the grips…

Friendly_Fire · February 17, 2025, 8:16pm

Y’know… if the side vents weren’t in that Hitman compensator it would be almost identical except for the length of the bottom pic rail.

Both look good though, came out really well.

BME · February 17, 2025, 8:28pm

i’m goining to stick with the black grips/ short mag on BBC.

It does give of “psuedo-leon/professional vibes”, while looking clean.

Also different enough from gen 1 and gen 2 burton.

Ive seen plenty of the standard RE grips now…black makes a nice change…

The turkish grip makers also do black RE wooden grips, and choose your own insert ( red RE badge), so…

BME · April 30, 2025, 9:01am

Ok, Armored Heaven mini review…

This, is the first official RE gel blaster, i have bought in OZ, with a box.!!
Pretty much everything else, has been cobbled together…

Nice Packaging…

As i said, its a plastic frame and slide.
Having said that, quite sturdy and robust…
Kinda feels like metal… but i wish it was real metal…

The plastic slide, compared to the metal gen 1 spare i have ( ill figure out somewhere to put it eventually…)

No, i dont wanna put a metal slide, on a plastic frame…
It doesn’t fit yet anyway…

BME · April 30, 2025, 9:08am

The grips are faux wood, like the WE tech ones.

I am gingerly handling it so far, but the shiny gold emblem isn’t rubbing off yet.
Any sign, semi gloss lacquer on.

It is a shinier gold than WE tech, maybe the Japanese use better paint than the Koreans…

3 way comparo, left to right…
TM , WE, real wood.

The blue on the TM is more pronounced.
WE tech is darker blue, like black.
Real wood wins , hands down…

Pulled down…

Firing wise, brad has advised to use duster gas.
He wont warranty green gas.

Having said that, he’s used 12 kg Green gas, and it cycles fine, and ive gotten 260+ fps out of it.

Reviews of the a/soft ones say they last thousands of bb’s without cracking…these models have been reinforced.

BME · April 30, 2025, 9:17am

Comparo with the clones…

First up… TM vs KELe…

A cheap alternative, if you want a display piece and aren’t too concerned about performance…The KELe lacks the STARS slide.

RND 2 : TM vs DB clone…

DB is a bit chunkier, and has the rail, for a torch.
It is all metal, performs around the same, built to run on green gas, plenty of parts available.

I’d rather use the DB as a gameday blaster, you can run around, knock it around and not care too much, as its all easily replaceable.

TM is a good collectors item , with box etc and would be fine for display and backyard use.

Brad has sold out his first box, he has 2 more coming…

One more box of standards, one more of Wesker M9’s ( NOT my custom model, another type…)

Good on him for bringing them in, they sell like hot cakes, hopefully other vendors will notice and start bringing in WE techs in greater numbers…

Value for price is pretty good too…for a collectable blaster from a popular series…

BME · April 30, 2025, 9:21am

Wesker p01 model…

Friendly_Fire · April 30, 2025, 7:44pm

Those TM Berettas have a pretty good reputation for robust reliability if the online reviews are anything to go by… at least they do in the airsoft community The internals are pretty solid metal.

I wouldn’t not use it because it’s polymer.

Quick question, @BME … there are two variants of the KELe Berettas, one full metal, the other metal slide over polymer frame.

I’ve found KELe manuals seem to have a lot of play in the top slides, much more than in a GBB. I’m guessing the KELe you used for that Samurai Edge is the variant with the metal frame… Did you get to compare both KELe Berettas instore and did you notice any difference between them? One variant have more / less slide slop than the other?

BME · April 30, 2025, 9:57pm

I used the all metal KELe’s.

The black one, is the latest release, and the slides are really tight.

A bit more info, concerning the silver models.

The “GEN 1” silver, which i used on my Wesker/supp combo…has a different shapes slide.
It does NOT interchange, with other KELe M92 models…hence why i had it cera-coated black, for the Wesker model.

The new Silver Kele “GEN2”, uses the same frame/slide as the new black model…meaning slides/ barrels are interchangeable.

So, you can do this…

If you wanted a black one, im sure you could polish the black barrel down to metal, ala DB style, to get a silver barrel.

But, i like the two, 2-toned versions…

BME · April 30, 2025, 10:08pm

This shows the physical difference, of the slide/frame, on Gen 1 KELe, vs Gen2…

The Gen1 Silver is the better of the silver pistols, IMHO.

The silver is more shiny and lusterous, and the trigger, hammer, switches and levers are silver, not black.

That is important, if you are wanting a "all silver " blaster…

BME · April 30, 2025, 10:37pm

Bit of identity confusion here…

“ROBO-ZOMB”…!!

You know how i got that 3d printed kit, to fit on a Elec MLF M92…??
It fits, on the TM RE jobby…!!

“Come quietly, or there will be…zombies.!!”
“Dead or Dead, your coming with me…!”

funny stuff.

The 3d printed kit is not full size /scale…
here is the comparo, to the proper full size model…

gti2022 · May 1, 2025, 9:20pm

nice set!

bonuschars

BME · May 1, 2025, 9:46pm

Mark mcgowan would love my place…!!

“Residence Evil”….!!!

whaddaya reckon, @DocBob …invite him over for a cuppa.??

DocBob · May 2, 2025, 2:55am

On a totally unrelated subject… Do you have a Long handled shovel and any bags of Lime?

I’m thinking the Garden might be in need of some Fertilizer.

BME · May 12, 2025, 8:43am

In the words of britney “Ooops , i did it again…!!”

I didnt mean to get another beretta…but…
It al started, when i picked up some spares, from the bargain bin at vipertac, for a song.

I picked up a frame, and a slide, with no internals.
I figured i could repaint the slide to black, and get rid of the white text on it.
Stripped it, cleaned it up, painted with dyemark black, and some clear coat.

Net result…Black slide, looking for a new home.

@Friendly_Fire sorted that, when he rang me and told me of a 2nd hand Nwell m92, at a pawnbrokers. It was all silver, a bit worn, so i snaffled it up.

Fully functional and working, had been serviced and components replaced recently,so its got some legs in it.

Black slide and barrel swap done…

BME · May 12, 2025, 8:49am

I was going to go full Wesker on it…but…

It would struggle to beat the kele, on overall quality, so why even bother.
Apart from a full frame paint strip and polish…too much work, and why bother when you have the Kele.??

So, i thought ’ Lets play dress up’ , with different grips, and leave it at that…slightly worn look…

Standard RE grips…yawn…i have enough of them …