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23 September 2017, 00:46
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crusader of light
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My A1200 after 10 years in storage
Just before it was packed away in 2007:
 After a clean and a coat of paint this week:  It's good to be back 
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23 September 2017, 03:47
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Ruler of the Universe
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Nice, but I would paint the case in red
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23 September 2017, 15:53
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crusader of light
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Waaaay back when I originally painted it was satin black, but so many people back then were doing black or red when I came around to painting it again I decided on blue as I hadn't seen another that colour at the time.
Coincidentally I notice the new kick-starter cases are available in a very similar blue colour.  
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23 September 2017, 19:20
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24 September 2017, 15:41
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How did you paint it?
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24 September 2017, 15:45
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Nice Paint job.
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24 September 2017, 16:28
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Rub down, coat of plastic primer, rub down another coat of plastic primer. Coat of colour, light rub down final coat of colour. Two coats of satin clear lacquer. It's 3rd respray: Rub down flattening all the existing paint off, taking care to rub down all the little crevices. Two coats of blue, two coats of gloss clear laquer. I don't think I'd be able to paint this case again without taking it almost back down to the original surface. Last edited by Mick_AKA; 24 September 2017 at 16:33. |
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30 September 2017, 01:37
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What about the keys, how did you get them black? or did you buy black keys at the time?
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30 September 2017, 17:57
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crusader of light
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Pulled them all off a CDTV keyboard, not something I’d do nowadays but they were plentiful and cheap back when I did it.
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04 October 2017, 18:50
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Fair enough, I wish there were keyboards out there in the wild that I can do the same too, but not cd32 keyboards of course since they're rare now.
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16 October 2017, 10:47
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crusader of light
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Digging around I found another much older pic from the very first time I painted it, I totally forgot that it had been silver before black.
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16 October 2017, 11:15
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