Keep it going Ond. I wanna see this thing finished in all it's glory!
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.
This build needs a sticky thread
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!: