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javeryh:
Keep it going Ond. I wanna see this thing finished in all it's glory!

Zebidee:
This build needs a sticky thread ::)

Ond:

--- Quote from: javeryh on April 22, 2024, 11:16:28 am ---Keep it going Ond. I wanna see this thing finished in all it's glory!

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Thanks for the interest! Keen fellows like you keep me more motivated. I'm mindful you may be building one of these yourself at some point. :cheers:

--- Quote from: Zebidee on April 22, 2024, 09:15:26 pm ---This build needs a sticky thread ::)

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I'd be happy to have the thread stickied, eventually, but not this early in the project :)

More fine detail painting today. To allow me to spray into various angles on these little parts I mount them up on some sticks. A dab of hot glue is easily removed later:

For this project I'm using various painting methods. The Tamiya model makers spray cans are high quality. I only need a little of each color. Spray quality is not quite as good as my gun, paint comes out a bit too heavy and fast but that's ok. For really fine details I use my little airbrush:

These 3D printed letters have come up nicely after some sanding with 600-1200 (wet) grit and then painting:

I decided to hand paint some added light blue to these webs to control highlights and color better:

I use a combination of painters masking tape (low adhesion) and air-brushers fine tape (expensive!) to mask off items to be painted. The back box insert panel has been painted with a lighter blue around the speaker holes. I'm taking my color cues from the original back box artwork:

Peeling away the air-brushers tape, nice clean lines!:

Once the paint that I applied today drys, I can put all the various parts I've been working on together!:

Ond:
Back box panel insert completed:

Little spidey speaker grill:

Working on the rest of the back box today.

javeryh:
Looks really nice. I wish I had access to a 3D printer but if I bought one I know I'd only use it a couple of times a year, if that. It looks like it provides options for things that would be too difficult to make by hand. Opens up a lot of possibilities.

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