AKA '02 Viking - MCB Gallery

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From a distance this looks like a nice Viking. On closer inspection you can see that the Diamond Dust plating is flaking. Unfortunately, this is very common. I asked Aaron from AKA about this at the Tinkers Guild and he had this to say: "Yes it is a form of nickle plating. It was from a company in california that also did som anodizing. They said it would not flake or pit and the first samples we try were great and still to this day never pitted or flaked. But for some reason the production run was not as good. Plus the company could not keep the color shades the same on all the piece parts of the gun. It was the same with their anodize." That is the only flaw with the gun. It has no eyes but I picked up a set and the 3rd to last set of JMJ 03 eye covers from Destructive Customs. I came with the original Nelson board but I've since replaced it with a Pandora.