If the TAMIYA Clear is still too shiny, any local Automotive Paint Supplies can provide flattening agent that can be mixed with clear coat finishes to get your desired effect 
Bunnings had a matte finish clear coat, think it was Dulux.
You can get a Tamiya matt clear
Iâve got some Rust-Oleum matte clear enamel,
And rustoleum custom lacquer Matt clearâŚ
Will try on an older sample first.
Whatâs the secret to applying rubnshine?
I put on gloves, applied a tiny amount by, fingerâŚ
It dries in a blob instantlyâŚ
How do you apply it more evenly.?
Better than naked black, but i still cant really apply it how i want it to go onâŚ
trying to put the tiniest dab, onto the end of a cloth, and run it quickly over a large area, for a streak effect, rather than a blobâŚ
Blobs still happening thoughâŚ
Any thoughts.??
Iâve always loved this one, right up my alley. Robar(gone out of business then another is doing it under diff name) NP3 finish from 14 years ago. Fully sick.
Can only look and not touch in my cuntry. Happy switch n all and my fav UZI model. Sry for the cross models but the finish just love it.
Or get a happy Mcmeal 
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I usually put a tiny dab on the end of my rubber gloved finger and smear with a clean finger.
Youâve probably figured out by now that a little rubânâbuff goes a very long way and itâs easy to overdo it. 
First effort looks pretty good though. Like you said, big improvement on the all black. 
I under-STEN-d , I might need some more practiseâŚ
Oh yea rubber gloves, a dab finished with a rub n buff. Lucky I donât misundersten 
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Thatâs rubânâbuff⌠not rubânâtug 
But I can see how the rubber glove bit threw you⌠
Also, got the replacement charging handle, for the TEC-9.
The sten one screws in, this one doesnât budge.
Looking closely, its not threaded.
I suspect it just drops into a hole, and is probably glued in.
I had to grind some material off the old handle, to get the bolt out of the barrel. Ive had no joy getting the old stump out.
I reckon itâll be like pulling teethâŚanyone know a dentist.?.?
Stump shot.
New handle, overlaying bolt.
.
Any good idead for getting the old one out.??
If it is glued in, soaking in hot water would help.
I suppose the old âscrew a screw in, and pull it outâ might workâŚany other ideas.?
I dont wanna drill it all out, and create a gaping craterâŚ
My blind eyeballs canât see shite in the pics, but Iâm sure that @AKgelblaster can provide you with the technical details 
Got it out.
Tight as, but drilled in a picture hook screw, 10 mins soaking in hot water, manipulation with pliers, and its out⌠virgin socket left behind.
I remember doing my first tooth extractions, before 4th year dent , in a dental expedition in nepalâŚ!!
So was it glued in?
Seems like a pretty silly way to attach something thatâs prone to breaking? 
No.just a very, very tight friction fit.
To reassemble, you canât have the charging handle on.
You need to feed the back bolt down the barrel, and the handle needs to be off.
Then, get the bolt to the fully retracted position.
The wider circle allows a hole big enough for the larger circle at the base oft the handle to pass through.
It then needs to be heated, and several technical taps with a hammer, to get it in.
I reckon the factory guy hit it off centre, broke it , and just kept it moving down the lineâŚ
Looks like itâs 1:3 scaleâŚ
Is that ABF, walking down the aisle, towards you�.
they also had mini mini uziâs
if it is ABF theyâre after the store owner not me luckily lol