- Pete E.
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Re: Olympia SF From 1975 Yugoslavia...
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Re: Olympia SF From 1975 Yugoslavia...
That's pretty close to the green. I'm thinking I make mask off to paint the sides and around the space bar as well as the top.
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I did use gloss paint on one of my "gifted away" machines.
It looked so cheap, I sanded it down a bit and re-painted it, again, with satin paint.
The gloss looked a bit too much like a cheap Reno casino.
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Re-paint completed. Peel & stick felt under the ribbon cover, tomorrow.
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Pete, I like it much better than the color Olympia Japan did for the Olympiette 2.
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Hi George,
Here is a paint-job that I am probably not brave enough to pull off...
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Hi Pete, The color scheme isn’t one I’d buy but it is definitely hard not to keep looking at it.
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Well, here is my green painted Traveler. It would have looked good on a machine with the white keys and trim but not enough contrast here between the dark gray and green. Oh well.
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Hi Mike, I like darker colors and the gray and green look good!
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Re: Olympia SF From 1975 Yugoslavia...
. . . but a pain in the a@# to mask off. Pete has the right idea to accent paint the tops only.
I chose to remove the logo badges with a razor blade to the underside, and reattached with small blobs of epoxy.
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