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Phantom
16th March 2010, 22:46
Black is my favourite color, so I decided to paint my A1200 first (A4000 will follow). :whistle:

The "flash" on the photos taken by the camera, reduces the quality more than the real thing. :(

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00242.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00243.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00244.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00245.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00246.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00247.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00248.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00249.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo44/AmigaPhantom/DSC00250.jpg

Next step is to find those blue LEDs, if they exist somewhere.

Also, the keys are taken from a CDTV keyboard. :rolleyes:

Bloodwych
16th March 2010, 22:53
A1200's look so freakin' sexy in black!

Comodore made the CDTV black, they should have done the same with the A1200. Black plastic doesn't discolour as far as I know, not that they knew that back then.

Great job and good skills!

Harrison
17th March 2010, 10:08
Looks great.

BTW, how easy is it to find CDTV keyboards? I've seen quite a few people use them to obtain black keys for A1200 projects, but not seen many for sale myself.

Phantom
17th March 2010, 13:16
I think CDTV keyboards aren't so rare as they seem to be.:)

Harrison
17th March 2010, 13:18
What black paint did you use? And did you add any layers of lacquer to protect it?

Phantom
17th March 2010, 14:25
The paint is a spray for car's bumpers. You don't need to use something else.

J T
19th March 2010, 13:37
I do like that. Is there anything you can do about the flap of the floppy drive?

Harrison
19th March 2010, 14:41
There isn't a flap on Amiga internal drives so that picture is just showing the internals of the drive.

Phantom
19th March 2010, 16:34
There isn't a flap on Amiga internal drives so that picture is just showing the internals of the drive.

Exactly. Thanks. :)

J T
19th March 2010, 19:40
Ohhh.... yeah. I'd forgotten that:oops:. Been a long time since I looked at my amiga. Still, a shame it can't be made a little less conspicuous.

PanTheMan
30th June 2010, 01:59
looks very nice black is better

Puni/Void
7th July 2010, 09:29
Good job on that Amiga 1200, Phantom. Looks awesome. Would love to try this on my 1200. Do you have any tips for spraycan-newbie?

Harrison
7th July 2010, 12:48
For the best result on spray painting, apply very thin layers, let each dry for 3 hours before applying the next.

And for the best finish you could go further and use a very fine wet and dry sand paper. Apply 3 coats of paint, waiting between each, then leave for 24 hours to harden. Then lightly wet sand the paint to remove any spray imperfections, and apply another final coat. Repeat as needed. If you wanted a shiny gloss finish you could then use a clear car paint lacquer as the final top coat.

Tiago
7th July 2010, 22:38
There is also some tips with photos on wiki:
http://www.classicamiga.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,228/

chrispy
16th September 2010, 23:48
When you say you used a CDTV keyboard, did you swap the internals over with any modifications or just pop the keys off and replace?