Painting my Dreamcast Amateurly

[MrPopo]

Hmmm... now I'm seriously considering picking up a few broken consoles and breaking out the Testors paints again. Although mine are probably old enough that they won't turn out well.

[fast]

Aslong as they were screwed all the wa yshut they should be fine. They will need some shaking though. I have a bottle of Testors OD Green my old man had when he was a kid that is still good.

If you did not know, the reason most acrylic paints go bad is that they evaporate.

Edit - if they are enamels you might want to make a trip to the hobby store. Enamels, in my experience just dont take the test of time.

The best part of using acrylics is that if you dont like the outcome, or want to revert back to the original - its light scrub pad dipped in Pinesol/fake pinesol, and some time and you have the console back. Let it air out for atleast 24 hours afterwards though. Another method is Dot 3 Brakefulid but I dont trust it.

[Tudd Fudders]

I did take the modem out btw, and stuck some paper in it, but the paint just got around the edges.

Also I ran out of red paint too at the time of the second paint.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I did take the modem out btw, and stuck some paper in it, but the paint just got around the edges.

Also I ran out of red paint too at the time of the second paint.

Try taking the modem itself apart next time.

[Turnerp561]

Don't Give Up. Buy another Dreamcast and try again!
Couple tips...

-Masking, masking, masking!!
Masking is everthing, if you do it right and take your time you can end up with a nice neat look, obviously you gotta use masking tape

-NEVER, EVER! paint over the Dreamcast logo, you want your final product to look like Sega themselves made it, nobody wants a Dreamcast that doesn't say Dreamcast

-That chipped paint was uncalled for, next time prime that shit homie
if the paint is not specifically for plastic then you need to prime the plastic so the paint has something to stick too

-Take your sweet time, the more time you put into it the better. Go slow, I mean painfully slow, I took like a week just to paint the first few parts

Check out this Mega Man-themed Dreamcast I made. It's all spray painted. Msg me for purchase details.

[jfrost]

I would've liked it better without the Mega Man picture, but it is very nice nonetheless.

[Tudd Fudders]

I did take the modem out btw, and stuck some paper in it, but the paint just got around the edges.

Also I ran out of red paint too at the time of the second paint.

Try taking the modem itself apart next time.

It's not like I will need that 56k modem or someone will want to buy it for a high price...

I have to honestly say it looks better in person. Lol, theres no way i'm going to buy another one. hehe I do play it alot, typing of the dead with two keyboards owns.

[fast]

But are you good enough to type on both keyboards at once?

[chipperkwah]

But are you good enough to type on both keyboards at once?

I think that would classify him as a superhuman...

[corn619]

I think Dreamcasts look good in 2 colors, grey and black. But to each his own I guess.