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Originally Posted by ILLusion
Okay, I gotcha.
How are you achieving these impressions? Are you seeing them in person? Or are you basing it off web photos?
In my experience of having both under my hands in a colour correction room (I'm a photographer and designer by trade), the PGC/Pro-Win kits actually have a very slight purple to the black colour. The overall finish is also very smooth and almost semi-gloss. This is not necessarily bad, as it perfectly matches the Tokyo Marui OEM controls.
The Nova kit, on the other hand, has a very flat/matte surface finish. The tone and shade result is not the same as the Tokyo Marui OEM controls/components. This can be resolved if you are planning on upgrading to Nova equivalent steel parts.
You are correct in noticing a slight blue shade to the colour of the Nova kits, but as a point of realism: real guns also have a blue tint when they are "blued." The only difference, is that a blued gun is generally glossy, whereas this is matte. I believe there are ways to matte a blued gun, but it is not as common as leaving the polished black look to it.
For those reasons, as well as issues on fitment, overall look and dimensions, I would personally choose Nova over PGC/Pro-Win.
Nova kits have a very flat black finish with a slight lean towards blue.
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Hey, thanks for filling me in on that!
I've only seen a PGC in person, so I was referring to the photos of your Kimber Warrior (NOVA). I should have known better, since my Prime P226R kit is exactly the same - looks very blue when photographed.
I already have full NOVA controls, mag catch, slide stop etc. Only the barrel bushing is a LCT. (Unfortunately, I broke one of the "knobs" on the ambi safety, so I will have to order a new one. Dammit.)
Fitting you say... How much fitting is required if opting for using the NOVA kit with my SD chamber & outer barrel assembly?