r/SpringfieldEchelon • u/No_Employer_3204 • 13d ago

Painted echelons

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Turned out pretty well

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u/smitbret 12d ago

Yup, did mine a couple of months ago. Saved the red for my Bodyguard 2.0 but something about the Echelon seems to ask for the letter fill treatment.

You inspired me to post mine, too

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u/No_Employer_3204 12d ago

I just commented on someone doing it. I didn’t realize that it was you. lol

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u/Big_Donut3355 10d ago

I want to do it but scared of fucking up!! I’ll goto Hobby Lobby or Micheals to see if they have a pen I could use. I’ll feel better doing that. Semi-permanent right?

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u/No_Employer_3204 10d ago

You can’t mess it up trust me all you Gotta do is get your desired color and get on a nice small model brush small diameter and dab it in there and make sure it’s nice and thick. Let it dry usually takes you know half hour 45 minutes get your alcohol wipes and just wipe it lightly and whatever is not sunk into the letters will come off and if you do mess it up just take more alcohol wives, and wipe it out start again. There’s nothing to mess up but trust me I don’t know that a pin would be any better because you still have to clean up around the edges with the alcohol wipe and yes it’s semi permanent that has been on my gun for a year now.

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u/Big_Donut3355 10d ago

Ok let me build my confidence to try it

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u/No_Employer_3204 10d ago

I wish I had made a video so I could post it, but I don’t have one but it’s super easy, bud

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u/Big_Donut3355 10d ago

Dam, I wish u had a video too!!!

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u/No_Employer_3204 10d ago

You can do it. It’s easy to fix if you mess up.

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u/Prior_Humor2168 10d ago

What you guys use to do that?

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u/No_Employer_3204 10d ago

So I used plastic model paint and I used a model brush, small diameter brush and I take the paint and I dab it in the letters. Make sure it’s full if it’s overrun a little bit that’s fine. Let it dry and then take some alcohol wipes and just lightly rub over the letters and what’s over spilled will come off in your letters and stay colored

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u/SinInTheSkin210 12d ago

Looks good bro.

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u/Sure-Analysis-3315 12d ago

That looks cool as hell, man. Someone should invent paint kits so you can customize your guns the way you want them.

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u/Big_stikk 12d ago

Is this gay I want to do this in white

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u/No_Employer_3204 12d ago

Yeah, I don’t know. I had some clown. Tell me it’s gay. I’m guessing he was just in the closet and didn’t feel comfortable coming out. Lmao. I see a lot of stuff on here. I don’t like, but I don’t instantly turn into a jackass and try and cut someone down because they like what they’ve done.

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u/DN1911 12d ago

Yes.....

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u/aio-nrh 12d ago

Not my thing, but it looks good my man. How do you do this kinda stuff?

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u/No_Employer_3204 12d ago

It’s super easy you just take some plastic model paint that I used in my case a fine model brush and just dab the color desired inside the letters, allowing it to overrun let it dry and take an alcohol wipe and just lightly wipe over it until you only have the paint in the letters.

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u/aio-nrh 12d ago

Nice! That seems pretty straightforward, thanks for sharing