Last step was to get a clear coat on this puppy. I normally try to use the same clear coat as undercoat, but I was out of Krylon clear, and I didn’t have the energy to run to the store. I decided to go with Duplicolor’s clear coat. Duplicolor is an automotive-brand paint. The clear coat work out very…
Well I found some paint for the buttons. Rodd.com’s instructions call for antique white or beige…neither of which I could locate in my area. So I went with Krylon’s Dover White (#2322). It’s an off-white color that captured, what I felt, was the same effect as an antique white. I gave the buttons three coats of Dover White and…
One of the last things to do is to fabricate some buttons for the control pad. The Rodd.com kit comes with a small piece of styrene along with a template to make the buttons. However, I bought this particular kit from a reseller, and the styrene and template were missing. I purchased some 0.125″ thick styrene plastic (as noted…
The main body took a bit more body work to get the setting indicator and back panel blended in to where I was happy with it. After that, (as with the other components) I sprayed the main body with three coats of Krylon’s gray primer. Following that, the body got a wet-sanding with 1000 grit paper. Then it was…