Yosser's Airsoft Odyssey posted the third installment of Project Phoenix Rising which is about putting back an ARES G36C together. This AEG was cobbled together to make an informative story on getting bargain prices to put together a good airsoft gun, and some time to assemble. You can read Parts 2 and 3 at Yosser's Blog.

"[...]So we’ve assembled the AEG and we’ve proven it can be used at a skirmish, but there are some jobs to do on the exterior of our prize. First port of call is that missing selector switch. There are a couple of options available to us, buy new from a shop if you can find them in stock or hunt around the various airsoft forums for parts.

I started off posting in the Wanted Sections of forums like ZEROIn and Arnies but with little success. So I widened my search to old threads of broken up G36's again with little success but on an off chance I had a quick check of Ebay and touched lucky by finding a new TM G36 left hand selector auction that had just started. I agreed a 'Buy it Now' price with the seller and a week later the part arrived and took all of 30 seconds to fit to the gun.

Examining the AEG it looked naked with only 1 rail under the hand guard and due to AREA51 having pitch black area's I knew it needed a torch attachment at the very minimum. So started the hunt for a rail system and lucky for me came across the Guarder rails in a set that had never been used and was still sealed, up for sale at £7, bargain, as shops are selling this very set for £20+ in the UK.

Once the rails got here I started fitting them and the 2 side units went on with little effort but the bottom rail was a little smaller, I had to use a Dremel with an old drill bit to make 1 of the fitment holes longer with a bit of ‘bodging’ but the work only took seconds and once the rail was fitted you could not tell it had been modded[...]"

Read the rest of Part 3 here.