JG dragon mod.. my first build! tell me what you think so far.
 

From this
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...u/JGDragon.jpg
To this
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...nu/m444005.jpg
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...nu/m444003.jpg
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...nu/m444002.jpg

with these parts and upgrades.........
JBU Aluminum Piston (Full Teeth)
JBU Aluminum piston head with bearings
ECHO 1 Oiless Steel Bushings
ECHO1/JG M4 Complete Front Set
JBU 6.03mm High Precision Barrel for M4
JBU Version 2 Spring Guide with Bearings
JBU Nozzle for M4
JBU Shim Set
Madbull M130 Spring
sorry pics showed up so small!

wow you actually took an ugly beast and turned it into a beautiful piece of art :D

Ya I sold the dragon body kit from it on ebay for $100 U.S.D lol

nice job man! mad props :)

Cha Ching, profit.

That's not really a mod... That's just taking the furniture off the gun..

? Did you read the text under it?

ROFL :D

you only upgraded the gun

jg dragon/thundermaul is actually just an M4 w/ furniture

Well whatever I did ........It is what it is: ) just working with what I could get my hands on.......Its is A whole new front end

but ya I guess your right its not a mod. I should have worded it differently

A mod is any change to an AEG that the user finds beneficial. I agree in this case that the removal and sale of the ugly plastic kit was a big benefit to the owner!

hmmm personally i would change the aluminium piston head to a polycarbonate one... less hard on the poor v.2 shell and put a sorbo pad in here ... your gun will thank you!!;)

That and change to a m110. You get close to 400 fps with an 110 and a tightbore that length. And a 130 spring is just gonna wreck a mechbox especially if it has a aluminium piston head.

what brand would you go with? and linear or non?

I've had good luck with prometheous but any non pdi m110 spring will do.

you took a unique gun, stripped it down to look like every other gun out there? i dunno, i thin k that was ass backwards. if you didnt want that dragon, i would have gladly traded you my m4 w/ a vn mag and noveske pig

Chances are he's underage and bought this from buyairsoft.ca

lol Im 29 I wanted a m4 but couldnt find a decent one in Canada so I bought that from buyairsoft.ca lol and did what I could with it. I just got verified yesterday so Ill be able to buy something nice soon. This is my first gun. Also Im new to all of this so dont be so harsh.

Ah all right then, Aslong as you're happy with what you did.. But "Mod" generally refers to something out of the norm...

I wish I could find pictures, but I mixed a G36 and a FAMAS a while ago.. That's an example of a "Mod"

Anything out of the ordinary :P You've just upgraded and de-uglified that gun!

clap clap clap good job..


[quote=L.S.J.S;908813]Well whatever I did ........It is what it is: ) just working with what I could get my hands on.......Its is A whole new front end

these people get cranky sometimes.... i like the gun way better after what you did!


thats not even funny.... id rather use clearsoft than that thing!!!!!!!!!

Well look at it this way - buying a JG Dragon is one way of "legally" getting an all black JG M4 in Canada at cheaper than the actual cost of a plain JG M4 without the furniture. AND you can resell the body kit for profit. That's a winning combination if you ask me.

but i love the dragon furniture!

Bold purple beats the extra small red text someone a while ago always posted in.

If I get a Dragon, I also build an entire Ghost in the Shell costume for it. And since I wont be doing that...

Maybe I can use the thermoforming equipment at school to make an entire suit of space marine power armour and mod an AK into a bolter...

The Dragon is an M4 under the furniture and stock. You just need to install a proper front end on it and you have a regular old JG M4.

Ah thats cool. Metal or plastic body for the M4?? I heard some JG was metal while others were plastic.

I like of like the Dragon too. I couldn't see myself gaming it, but would be a cool conversation piece to mount up on my wall or something and for the occasional plinking.

I think the dragon would look nice with a decent paint job....

lol

The front grip looks comfortable.

LOL, well you gotta give some props for reassembling a new AEG, but yeah, new paint job, go hot PINK.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t/IMG_1099.jpg

Way ahead of you.

I have a JG Dragon, and I love it! When i take her out to game, she's the talk of the field... lol... i almost have to hide her in the trunk, everyone just wants to molest her... pretty funny. it's a perfect combination of rubber, plastic, and "steel" lol... very nice feel and weight.
I am planning on doing some air brushing and give her a "hot" used look. right at the front of the fore grip where the battery goes, there are dimples, i'm planning on adding exhaust whips coming from the dimples while painting them black, or even drilling them out to make them look more like heat ports (hard to describe - it's all in my head). i'll have to post pics when i get her painted up this summer.
The only problem i have with her is the semi auto doesnt like to fire every time - u have to switch to full auto, fire a few, then move it back to semi until it does it again. i've read that it's a problem with the JG gear box - i dont really care - it's all about spray n pray while CQBing... lol

lol - i forgot to mention the BEST paint job on a JG Dragon... EVER!
http://www.airsoftpost.com/images/la...e_MFish_lg.jpg
AWESOMENESS!! METALLIC FISH

is there a rail under all that plastic? i'm getting one soon, and if i convert it do i need to buy anything besides a front end?

Front end and inner barrel is all you need,top rail and carry handle are already there.

I have not read through the entire thread, but regarding the conversion of a JG Dragon to a regular looking AR-15 style rifle, I would suggest looking into the cylinder porting in the gearbox.

Since the JG Dragon has an extremely short barrel, adding a longer barrel might require a new cylinder, with the port in a different position, otherwise the lack of air volume in the cylinder would cause a significant drop in power and accuracy.

You should also note that if you are looking for a more authentic looking rifle, you should consider getting a new pistol grip, because the JG Dragon pistol grip just looks odd to me.

HOLY F-CKIN' SH-T!!!!!..that is by far the FREAKIEST and COOLEST paint job I've ever seen man..HOLY SH-T!!!...very , and I mean VERY awesome job ..can you do my dragon now?..how much $ do you need?..I'm quite serious..

if i switch the front end to something about as short, would i need to mod any internals? and would the brand of front end matter

well when I got mine.Before changing anything! out of the box I fired about 100 rounds and it jammed up. I took it apart and the piston head had come loose. The screw holding it to the piston was loose causing it to lock up. This has happend to many of these guns. so I suggest checking that out when you get it. All you gotta do is put some thread tape or lock tight on that screw and tighten it up other than that. Your good to go.Any TM compatible front end will work just make sure you get the inner barrel that fits.And whether you change to something as short as the dragon or as long as the m4 your internals should be fine mine were. I upgraded them anyways but you wont need to.just tape up that screw : )If you have any problems doing all this let me know I would be happy to help......................

The internals are the same in a dragon as they are in a jg m4 just so you know!
And that grip is sick!just ask anybody who has held one................I would keep it...But that's just my opinion!

so my dragon is in the mail, and so is my front end, the pistol grip looks comfy, the main reason i want a new front end is i want rail space.

hi, i bought this rifle from this guy. i love the grip. it does look bulky on what i think is a compact size m4 (i grew up with large hunting rifles) but it really helps keep the rifle steady and using your hand to move the rifle (liek if i had a bi pod on it, which i plan on soon).

it's a can of worms that's for sure

is it possible to move the battery into the butt stock?

Yes, you can, but that would require some modding. You would need to take your gun apart, reroute the wiring into a new stock, either full or crane. If you do end up moving the battery to the stock, you may need a small to large converter, because most large batteries use large plugs, and I'm quite sure the JG Dragon has a small plug on the front.

Are you sure they are the same? From the pictures I have seen, the JG dragon has the new JG "black" gearbox, while the M-4 has the standard one. I would still suggest making sure the cylinder port is in the right place. You could say the JG M-4 uses the same gearbox as the JG M-16, and that would be true for the most part, except with the cylinder porting. I believe this is also the case with the JG Dragon, so you should probably look it up when you crack open the gearbox.

Ohh, owned :P

Me thinks internal upgrades count as modding.

Hey just had a question, i did pretty much the exact same external upgrade to my dragon as you did, however i was just wondering how you managed to put your silencer on, im guessing it's the one you got with the dragon as is mine but the flash hider is alittle too small to fit the screw piece into. I don't want to mess with the flash hider (obviously) but i was just wondering if there's some way i can get that silencer on there.

any help would be great, It's the "JBU 4.75in suppressor"

Thanks

You got to remove the flash hider to put your silencer on there, or you get a QD silencer that fits on top of it but I don't think that any exists for those plastic orange flash hiders^^

He didn't paint that, but that is a pretty sweet paint job.

Thank's for rectifying that for me ..lol..I was wondering why I never got a reply..after all this time..how was I to know?..peace..EDWARD..

Lol no problem. If you REALLY wanted that though, I'm sure someone on here has the skills...

You have to remove the flash hider. Then you have to remove the adapter from the silencer ; ) then it should screw right on

Yeah!!..no doubt on that..there certainly is alot of talent found on this site..on really anything to do with airsoft or paint job's for that matter..lol..always learning something new.. every day I log on to this site..very happy this exist's for people such as you or I..peace to you man..EDWARD..

Yeah, that's what I figured but that flash hider is one hell of a bugger to get off.
any technique or is the front set I got just crazy-glued shut. like i took off the bottom screw of the flash hider but that didn't seem to do or reveal anything. i tried to wrench the thing off but that didn't do much either

anyway, if you could shed some light on the subject that be great

Thanks again

how did you remove the ugly kit? I have a chance to buy this for 140 bucks and want to know how hard it is to take the kit off

iis the solid black body actually metal???

I doubt its metal, but full black, yes.

i modded a thunder maul, now it has a g&p fighting cat front end, and a an/peq to put the battery in. the body is plastic but black, the gear box is black and advertised as reinforced and lipo ready, but i'm just running a 9.6v small battery in it. to take it apart just take out the screws an pull apart the clam shell body. under neath is a proprietary barrel that i think only works with the maul body, and a flat top jg black body with basic retractable m4 stock and a m4 carry handle.

then just add a front end. ( ikept mine short, so i don't know how the internal would work longer barrels.

Hmmm......me thinks this interesting

i wonder what people would do if they sold the dragon shell as a kit ;)

I bought one online last year but I got sick of the looks pretty quick. A few orders from China later I came up with this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...395800x600.jpg

Receiver is very hard plastic, but is still plastic. I actually thought it was metal for a while though :D It's that hard!

EDIT: And that pistol grip is fantastic BTW. Although if you shoot lefty it would suck alot