This is what my newly acquired M26 grenade looks like now that it is finished.
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5th September 2010 02:50 AM #1
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5th September 2010 01:16 PM #2
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Pretty good Steve! I'm sure a few of us would like to know how you did it.
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5th September 2010 01:21 PM #3
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Very nice, how did it look before it was finished? Was it a case of assembling parts or have you done an amazing restoration job on a relic?
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5th September 2010 01:58 PM #4
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The body came from me. It had about a 3/4" diameter flat spot on the upper hemisphere, but other than that it was a nice one, never loaded or marked though.
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5th September 2010 04:08 PM #5
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Looks like Steve did a good job on it.
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5th September 2010 04:44 PM #6
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It was originally a grenade body with no bottom. I found a cap at Ace hardware sort of like what it would use and smacked it into the bottom. and then painted the grenade and spoon with the closedt color I could mix to the original. Added a M204A1 fuze from a Mk IIA1 grenade I have, and then lettered it with dry transfer letters from Woodland Scenics, gothic lettering and numbers. Then I dullcoated the whole thing and viola, you have the finished product. My next project is an M7A3 gas grenade if I can find the stuff for it.
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5th September 2010 11:01 PM #7
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Nice job Steve, it turned out really nice!
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7th September 2010 08:43 PM #8
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Yes, very nice job there.
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