Re: Painting your Apple II in funky colours...

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

Ooops! I sent it by accident!!!! :P  Here's the link to the sanded down
Apple II:

http://www.macgeek.org/temp/sandedappleii.jpg


"Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org> wrote in message news:...
> I've experimented with both Testors and Tamiya paints on a IIe beige, and
> they worked fine. Both can be found in hobby stores around the World.
Tamiya
> specializes in colors used for military modeling, so the colors are
usually
> brown/green/grey or somewhere in that neighborhood, but they also have
some
> really awesome colors you can't find in the Testors line. Acrylic or
enamal
> works fine, though acrylic is easier to use seeing it's water based.
Always
> use primer first because it bonds to plastic better than the actual color.
I
> would, however, recommend that you sand the entire surface of the plastic
> before applying the primer so that it sticks even better (the case is
> usually glossy and slick). And a clear coat of acrylic sealer sprayed on
the
> final finish will protect it.
>
> One thing to note, an Apple II/II+ has its beige color painted on already,
> and it's a greyish rough molded material underneath. It's not actually
> plastic by any means. Here's a case I'm currently working on:
>
>
> If you can find a color that's translucent, it'll work great on key caps.
> And the clear coat will make the keys more durable when used. A really
cool
> combination would be cranberry red.
>
> My "other" hobby besides Apple computers is garage kit modeling,
> specializing in Japanese anime characters. Here's one I just finished:
>
> http://www.macgeek.org/temp/handmaidmay_08_m.jpg
>
> The paint I used on her is Tamiya acrylics.
>
> --- Bryan
>
> "Jeff Thomas" <a2forever@usa.net> wrote in message
> 3E88DA00.BF63EAED@usa.net">news:3E88DA00.BF63EAED@usa.net...
> > Has anyone been adventurous enough to paint their Apple II computer in
> > funky  different colour(s)? Which colour did you chose?
> >
> > What types of paints can be used on plastic? Any special instructions,
> > like painting the undercoat first?
> >
> >
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