Painted Mega Drive

[JDB]

I've got some time off work over Christmas, so I'm going to spend some of it on a couple of projects I've been trying to get round to doing for a while: Building shelves for my MD games and painting a Mega Drive 2 (I already have blue vinal logo decals lined up to finish the look).

I think I'm going to aim for the same colour the Dreamcast (and Xbox360)... Does anyone know what that colour is called? It's not white, it's not gloss, it's kind of an off-whitey kind-of creamy colour... any ideas?!

I'll post some pics of my progress :)

[MrMatthews]

I actually would call it "cream," although the DC seems to have a bit more gray than the 360

[tomaitheous]

Are you going to use a primer? Maybe something that's hot enough to fuse with the plastic (catalyst based)? There are also some plastic/vinyl special paints that could also use as a primer or even top coat if you prefer a matte finish. Just through prep/break/clean the surface of the plastic first. I used this approach with my Duo to paint ti light cream white in matte finish. That was back in '93. The case has been through some rough times and it still held up.

[TmEE]

My primary use DC is light-grey, no cream tone whatsoever, some not in too good condition DCs I have, have slight creaminess though.

[Rusty Venture]

I have the Sega Sports case for my DC, so my DC and Genesis are already the same color!

[JDB]

So, the consensus is white with a bit grey-cream :).

My plan was to wash the cases (removing all soap residue), sand with fine-grit paper (rinse to remove dust), make sure it's dry, then spray with the paint.

What are the benifits of priming? If I sand it I shouldn't need to prime right? or wrong?


There are also some plastic/vinyl special paints that could also use as a primer or even top coat if you prefer a matte finish.

Yeah, I'm looking for an 'out of the factory' matte finish, what's this special top coat paint called?

[tomaitheous]

What are the benifits of priming? If I sand it I shouldn't need to prime right? or wrong?


The primer's job is to bond with the surface/material. The paint's job is to bond with the primer. Not all primers are created equal either. Some paints are 'self priming', but they'll never be as strong as a real primer. If you're going to break the plastic surface, I'd recommend something like 600-800 grit paper. Otherwise you might see some of the 'scratches' left over from the sand paper. Especially if you go with a top coat that has a higher than matte sheen.

Process:
- chemically clean the surface to remove any oils.
- break the surface so the primer has something easier to bond to
- use many light-mid coats of top coat VS few heavy coats. It builds a stronger surface. Use oil free rubber gloves and make each coat is fairly before applying the next.

Spraying to far with leave a 'rough' feel and leaves a weaker bond between coats. It's starting to 'cure' before it has a chance to bond with the previous coat. Too close will leave a heavy/uneven coat and buildup.



Yeah, I'm looking for an 'out of the factory' matte finish, what's this special top coat paint called?

I don't remember what it's called off hand, but you can find it at automotive (re)upholstery shops and stores. It comes in cans too, so no need for a special spray/gun setup. The tip produces a nice atomized fan.

[JDB]

I don't remember what it's called off hand, but you can find it at automotive (re)upholstery shops and stores. It comes in cans too, so no need for a special spray/gun setup. The tip produces a nice atomized fan.

Do you have a hint as to what does it does so I can ask the guy at the shop 'do you have any matte finishing spray brand X'?

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

I recommend using Montana paint

[tomaitheous]

Do you have a hint as to what does it does so I can ask the guy at the shop 'do you have any matte finishing spray brand X'?

I don't remember the brand offhand, but it's labeled as a vinyl and plastic 'dye'.

[Elusive]

Do you have a hint as to what does it does so I can ask the guy at the shop 'do you have any matte finishing spray brand X'?

If you're heading for a hardware shop anyway, you may as well bring the Mega Drive shell with you. The gentleman behind the counter should be able to give you a hint as to what you need (plus you can then blame him if it goes wrong and melts the plastic or something).

[nathanallan]

There's a brand of Krylon (http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/) that bonds to plastic really well, but you may have a hard time matching the colors.

And I think you're asking about a Satin finish that has the sheen to it.

Nathan

[johnnyb]

Don`t forget to post some pics when you`re done JDB1983!:D

[MN12BIRD]

Just don't bake the thing too long...

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5857

[JDB]

Don`t forget to post some pics when you`re done JDB1983!:D

I won't forget! I'll post pics at each stage!

Project 'DreamerDrive' is due to commence is due to commence at 1400 (GMT) this Saturday.

[JDB]

OK chaps, here's the first batch of photos!

I forgot to take a pic of before I started, so here's one of the MD taking a nice hot soapy bath.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/3122862595_5661343dac.jpg?v=0


Here there MD is taking a shower and rinsing off the soap just before sanding.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/3123692760_70d9183322.jpg?v=0


This is one for MN12BIRD... THIS is how you dry a Mega Drive ;)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/3122864235_191223ed8b.jpg?v=0


All dry! :)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3123691746_21b14dcd1a.jpg?v=0


After the first coat.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/3123686596_462ebbd80f.jpg?v=0

Now I'm waitig for the second coat to dry. Stand-by for action!

[johnnyb]

I hope you didn`t join it in the hot soapy bath! lol:D

Looking good so far, we await the next pics with much anticipation.

[nathanallan]

I hope you didn`t join it in the hot soapy bath! lol:D

Looking good so far, we await the next pics with much anticipation.
Bathe with it? You mean you guys don't keep one in the bed with you??

[johnnyb]

Bathe with it? You mean you guys don't keep one in the bed with you??

lol, the Mrs made me kick mine out because it was getting too much attention!:)

[edojapan76]

Hey I just did that to my model 1. Now I'm just waitin for my "super white" LED to come in.
http://i41.tinypic.com/2yu0ihh.jpg
Now I just need to find a small vinal Sega logo, Then it will be perfect....

wow is that time stamp on my cammera ever wrong

[Iron Lizard]

Interesting. Looks good.I have been thinking bout doing an old school looking model one. I want paint it with a black wrinkle paint used on old radios and valve covers. I have been using it a bit on my Mg Midget resto. The old Sega logo from the 60s would be easy enough to paint. I am thinking if I could find a good metal paint I could paint the fins/air intake like an old valve cover. The power light could be replaced by old school looking light. Does anyone think I'm crazy.

[KenshiroX]

Looking good.

[johnnyb]

Interesting. Looks good.I have been thinking bout doing an old school looking model one. I want paint it with a black wrinkle paint used on old radios and valve covers. I have been using it a bit on my Mg Midget resto. The old Sega logo from the 60s would be easy enough to paint. I am thinking if I could find a good metal paint I could paint the fins/air intake like an old valve cover. The power light could be replaced by old school looking light. Does anyone think I'm crazy.

Old school all the way... the majority of people try to modernise them so going further in the opposite direction will be a 2 thumbs up.

.... there`s a little crazy in all of us...:D


Hey I just did that to my model 1. Now I'm just waitin for my "super white" LED to come in.

Looks like you have done a bloody good job there... just a hint more of sega blue and you`re there!:D

[MrMatthews]

Interesting. Looks good.I have been thinking bout doing an old school looking model one. I want paint it with a black wrinkle paint used on old radios and valve covers. I have been using it a bit on my Mg Midget resto. The old Sega logo from the 60s would be easy enough to paint. I am thinking if I could find a good metal paint I could paint the fins/air intake like an old valve cover. The power light could be replaced by old school looking light. Does anyone think I'm crazy.

Are you kidding? That sounds fantastic. Do it and post some pics!

[TmEE]

White is not the color of MD.... nice job though

[edojapan76]

But it looks good sitting with the white DC & Saturn. Now I just need to pick up an extra SMS.

[Flygon]

It looks like you used toothpaste and bathed the Mega Drive in it =P

But yeah, the whiteness of it all is nearly blinding, I'm not sure if it will help when playing Mega Drive games but still, it definitly looks impressive.

[nathanallan]

edo, hang on to that plastic extension under your CD on the right/rear, they're extremely rare.

Great job! It's all very... white. If it were me, I'd be doing what a certain radio repair man does and paint the different sections Jetsons colors, make them look quasi-futuristic. Just me, looks great!

Nathan

[MN12BIRD]

^thats the left side lol.

But yeah that thing looks great. Nice job on the white paint.

[Iron Lizard]

Old school all the way... the majority of people try to modernise them so going further in the opposite direction will be a 2 thumbs up.

.... there`s a little crazy in all of us...:D



Looks like you have done a bloody good job there... just a hint more of sega blue and you`re there!:D


Are you kidding? That sounds fantastic. Do it and post some pics!


Ok as soon as find a beat up Model 1 and finish up with dashboard on that Midget I'll get to work on it.

[acdc]

here is mine after the painting credits for my friend cause he did the job for me he paints cars and others so all credits to him and he did it for free
i think he used paint that he also used on cars

but only needs to get the drawings on it but i don t now what to use on it
pencil or markers any suggestion
and after the drawings it get s a special coating so the paintings can not be damaged also done by my friend

[Zebbe]

Looks cool, however, you need to drop that anarchy symbol in your sig. Anarchy doesn't work, everywhere it's been tested it has failed.

[acdc]

Looks cool, however, you need to drop that anarchy symbol in your sig. Anarchy doesn't work, everywhere it's been tested it has failed.

i don t know i rather be with a group off poeple who has their own ideas than with a bunch off people looking like sheep s following one person and his ideas

nah it works for me

ooh and does anybody knows what to use when drawing the pictures

[Christuserloeser]

Anarchy is democracy at the highest possible level. Everyone who told you something else is a liar, Zebbe. It never has been tried anywhere afaik.

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

Looks pretty good. Is it really that bright white or is that just in the pic bc DC is kinda off whitish. If it were me I'd give it an orange LED also.
This is pretty silly but if I were to paint one of my model 1 units I would like to just paint it Black and Red exactly like it originally looked but it would be nice if it were very shiny and vibrant looking, and maybe give it a clear coat:). Either that or like a really dark Blue with metalic tinge like I have seen before and maybe instead of red use chrome or gunmetal color:).

[TmEE]

There's too much paint in one spot where the Sega logo was, but other than that it looks fine. Not my kind of color though, pearlmutter black would have been more awesome :P

[Zebbe]

Anarchy is democracy at the highest possible level. Everyone who told you something else is a liar, Zebbe. It never has been tried anywhere afaik.

There is anarchy in nature. Humans were once part of it, but moved away from it because it is inferior to fascism and liberalism, for example.

[AD2101]

here is mine after the painting credits for my friend cause he did the job for me he paints cars and others so all credits to him and he did it for free
i think he used paint that he also used on cars

but only needs to get the drawings on it but i don t now what to use on it
pencil or markers any suggestion
and after the drawings it get s a special coating so the paintings can not be damaged also done by my friend

Looks like he did a good job on it, although the plastic now reminds me of some cheap trinket you get out of one of those claw machines. Not trying to knock it I just think that the Genesis was the perfect color right out of the gate. I'm still pissed I have a cream or off white Dreamcast, it throws off my color scheme I keep up with all of my other consoles :| I still intend to fix that one day.

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

Looks like he did a good job on it, although the plastic now reminds me of some cheap trinket you get out of one of those claw machines. Not trying to knock it I just think that the Genesis was the perfect color right out of the gate. I'm still pissed I have a cream or off white Dreamcast, it throws off my color scheme I keep up with all of my other consoles :| I still intend to fix that one day.

A black n red dreamcast with red LED that says 128 bit High definition graphics would be pretty sick sitting next to model one genny

[JDB]

A black n red dreamcast with red LED that says 128 bit High definition graphics would be pretty sick sitting next to model one genny

OMGF WOW

[AD2101]

A black n red dreamcast with red LED that says 128 bit High definition graphics would be pretty sick sitting next to model one genny

Holy shit yea it would. Does anyone still know if DC shells are still abundant on ebay? I know I could just check but last I saw they had shells in all sorts of colors, even translucent ones, which I wouldn't mind looking at everyday myself ;)

[Ace]

A black n red dreamcast with red LED that says 128 bit High definition graphics would be pretty sick sitting next to model one genny

!

That would be perfect for my discolored Dreamcast.

[chinitosoccer]

nice, now your megadrive will need a pair o this...

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6002/megadrivepc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/megadrivepc0.jpg/1/w432.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img170/megadrivepc0.jpg/1/)http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6002/megadrivepc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/megadrivepc0.jpg/1/w432.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img170/megadrivepc0.jpg/1/)

[Rusty Venture]

If only I could find a 6-button pad that didn't have a shitty d-pad...

[chinitosoccer]

what do you mean with 'shitty'd-pad? low quality materials or just unresponsive?

[Rusty Venture]

All the ones I've ever used (even the one in my private collection) are kinda sloppy and unresponsive.

[chinitosoccer]

All the ones I've ever used (even the one in my private collection) are kinda sloppy and unresponsive.

thats weird, i find the megadrive 6 button pad very comfortable and responsive. imo is the best pad ever 2nd to the saturn pad, especially for shooters and fighting games.
you have pictures of your collection?

[Rusty Venture]

No.

I don't have space to display my collection.

[Smii]

You're supposed to do the nerdy thing and spend a decade taking the games out/into storage, like I've been doing since forever :p

I like the 6-btn pad.

[Rusty Venture]

Well, I seriously have no room to display my collection.

[chinitosoccer]

Well, I seriously have no room to display my collection.

then just put some stuff on a table, take a photo and put it again on his place,then put some more things>take more pics, repeat.
it will take some time but atleast we'll be able to see watchagot :p

[Smii]

Yep. That's how I photographed all this stuff (http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii254/aasv0gel/collection%20-%20pt%201/). (Any excuse to show off again :roll:)

Shortly after, my camera died, impeding my progress. Perhaps it couldn't cope with seeing any more SEGA logos. Maybe it was just shoddy. Either way, don't buy a Samsung camera.

[johnnyb]

Yep. That's how I photographed all this stuff (http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii254/aasv0gel/collection%20-%20pt%201/). (Any excuse to show off again :roll:)

Shortly after, my camera died, impeding my progress. Perhaps it couldn't cope with seeing any more SEGA logos. Maybe it was just shoddy. Either way, don't buy a Samsung camera.

Very impressive Smii, do you have any pics with everything together in the one shot?:)

[Smii]

That... isn't going to happen. At least not soon :)

[johnnyb]

.... I will not forget!;)

[JDB]

Behold... the 'SEGA Dreamer Drive' is finally painted!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3281768314_209cb46134_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/3281768436_e8e512a8c9_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3281768558_9496dd0c23_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3281768650_c11373f4a1_o.jpg

Overall, I'm pleased with the result, the paint is just the right thickness to show off the detail in the plastic mould and it has a nice texture too. I'm just waiting for the 'SEGA' and 'Mega Drive' vinyl stickers to arrive. I need to restick the sticker on the bottom a bit better. But yeah, I'm happy :)

[TmEE]

Really nice job :chewie:

[Ace]

I would have never thought the MegaDrive II would actually look GOOD in white. Nice job!:ok:

[Exolen]

With that white paint it looks like a brand new system, very nice. I had a model 2 laying around here somewhere... ;)

[TheEdge]

Looks great. I always wondered why Sega never made Megadrives in different colors?

The master system had black and white featured consoles. Saturn and Dreamcast had different colored consoles but Megadrive had 3 incarnations and all of which were black. Thats so weird.

[TmEE]

I only want black or transparent...

[Exolen]

What happened to the transparent plastic? I miss it so.

[Elusive]

It looks like a piece of Amiga hardware :P

[Youngie]

Looks good...