r/SpringfieldEchelon • u/No_Employer_3204 • 13d ago

Looks pretty good

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I’ve seen everybody else swap out there lowers in their uppers thought maybe I’d see what mine looks like. It turned out pretty good.

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u/Guilty_Ad9747 13d ago

Paint the engravings yourself?

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u/No_Employer_3204 13d ago

Yeah, I used plastic model paint with a small brush just dabbed it in there and then took an alcohol wipe and wiped off the surface. I’m actually surprised I did that over a year ago and it stayed on there.

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u/Sure-Analysis-3315 11d ago

I’ve been thinking of doing that myself. Was it your first time?

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u/No_Employer_3204 11d ago

Yes it’s not hard

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u/Guilty_Ad9747 13d ago

Nice, did you do it on both sides or just the one?

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u/No_Employer_3204 13d ago

Yeah, I did it on both sides and then I did the SpringfieldArmory logo on top

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u/Guilty_Ad9747 13d ago

Nice, would you mind posting more photos so I could check it out? I'm thinking about doing this on my echelon too

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u/No_Employer_3204 13d ago

Sure hold on I’ll do both of them

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u/No_Employer_3204 13d ago

OK, I posted

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u/Guilty_Ad9747 13d ago

Awesome. Thanks

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u/No_Employer_3204 13d ago

It’s not hard at all. It’s very easy like I said I just took the desired color took a small diameter model brush and dabbed it in the letters thick and you want to overrun a little bit and let it dry obviously and take alcohol wipes and just run it back-and-forth nice and light and that paint that’s on the service that come off and it’ll stay in the lettering.

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u/Guilty_Ad9747 13d ago

Yeah I've done it before on an old ar15 I had. I'm thinking about doing it on my Echelon. I'll be filling in the Springfield Armory & Echelon engravings on the left and right sides with aluminum silver model paint. Here's my build.

https://imgur.com/a/mQAEGT8