Herbsley
Steadily Retiring
Okay so the donor Hijinx have been ordered and should be with me by the weekend.
I figured that the way to go would be the white frame, as it's a blank canvas. Also the icons are the same colour, which means no mismatching once the spray-painting begins.
Managed to pick some up new for £49.
I've already got some white Hijinx of course, that I was tempted to use regardless, but I'll wait until the new ones turn up, as they will hopefully be pretty much untouched and therefore less skin oils etc to stop paint from adhering to the frame.
I picked up some gold Tamiya polycarbonate spray paint. I hope this works - as I picked the polycarb stuff for a bit of flexibility in the paint, otherwise it might crack as you are moving the frame or putting the lenses in.
I'm not going with a primer either, for the same reason, so I'll just use a couple of coats of paint.
I haven't bought any clear laquer yet, as again flexibility will be an issue so I'm looking for the right one.
Hope to get started on this at the weekend. I'll post up pics as I progress.
H.
I figured that the way to go would be the white frame, as it's a blank canvas. Also the icons are the same colour, which means no mismatching once the spray-painting begins.
Managed to pick some up new for £49.
I've already got some white Hijinx of course, that I was tempted to use regardless, but I'll wait until the new ones turn up, as they will hopefully be pretty much untouched and therefore less skin oils etc to stop paint from adhering to the frame.
I picked up some gold Tamiya polycarbonate spray paint. I hope this works - as I picked the polycarb stuff for a bit of flexibility in the paint, otherwise it might crack as you are moving the frame or putting the lenses in.
I'm not going with a primer either, for the same reason, so I'll just use a couple of coats of paint.
I haven't bought any clear laquer yet, as again flexibility will be an issue so I'm looking for the right one.
Hope to get started on this at the weekend. I'll post up pics as I progress.
H.