Not much progress in the last week due to recovering from the cold and work catch-up. Too windy yesterday to do any painting, but today was better.
The quest for chrome shine finish wasn't worth the expense in the end as the results were lacklustre as... well...they lacked lustre! The finishes in the photos below are:
- Modified the stand to hold the upper assembly of the Darts + Dart Carrier + Fwd Transition + AV Bay while I prep it or work on it.
- Masked and then sprayed some chrome-like paint onto the top end of the tube launch motor.
- Gave each of the three Darts 2 light coats and then a heavier final coat of the Spaz-Stix Mirror Chrome spray paint I'd purchased.
The quest for chrome shine finish wasn't worth the expense in the end as the results were lacklustre as... well...they lacked lustre! The finishes in the photos below are:
- The Dart Carrier and Fwd Transition have 3 coats of A$25 "White Knight Super Chrome" chrome-like paint + a gloss clear coat, which actually seemed to dull the shiny aluminium-like finish.
- The 3 Darts have Spaz-Stix Ultimate Mirror Chrome spray paint on their exterior surfaces. Definitively a brighter, shinier silver, but defo not mirror chrome. Required 2 spray cans for all three Darts (3.5oz/99gm paint in each), total A$62 incl shipping.
- The top of the tube launch motor have 1 good coat of the the same "White Knight Super Chrome" chrome-like paint as the carrier and transition BUT NO gloss clear coat (yet).