This thread caught my interest so I gave it a shot.SneakyRobb wrote: 05 Apr 2020, 19:52 I was trying to make this Red Selectric on a wheelwriter. The only issue I had is that the keys are very flat white and thus its hard to make them look good in a gray/black colour given my skills.
This is what I might be in for
How you do dis?
Wow looks nice!
xxhellfirexx wrote: 06 Apr 2020, 03:31This thread caught my interest so I gave it a shot.SneakyRobb wrote: 05 Apr 2020, 19:52 I was trying to make this Red Selectric on a wheelwriter. The only issue I had is that the keys are very flat white and thus its hard to make them look good in a gray/black colour given my skills.
Did you make that black square badge yourself? You have a very good taste for mods.ddfraser1 wrote: 08 Apr 2020, 20:27 Dang. Now I need a sapphire blue F 122. Here's an F 122 and M 122 that I did.
Thanks! Yes, it's a sticker that I bought off a guy on eBay who makes them. It was slightly too small so it showed the silver badge underneath so I put two strips of electric tape under it to hide it. The sticker itself is very high quality. I'm pretty pleased with it.zippolupan wrote: 08 Apr 2020, 21:08Did you make that black square badge yourself? You have a very good taste for mods.ddfraser1 wrote: 08 Apr 2020, 20:27 Dang. Now I need a sapphire blue F 122. Here's an F 122 and M 122 that I did.
WOW Your AT looks amazing where did you get the keys?
It's just a photo edit I made for myself, thread about making it real soon
I know what you mean. When I did mine, I sort of took a big gulp, crossed my fingers and started painting. I actually used a shitty paint on my first go around on the white one and it looked awful. I had to sand it and start over but now I'm satisfied with it. I just spent loads of time on google images seeing what other people did. You kind of have to get a vision of what you want and then take a stab at it. I think where a lot of people go wrong is when they try to mix too many colors. I like to keep it simple. There's a lot of good inspiration to be found with newer boards too, especially in key cap rendersInvisius wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 13:02 These all look so good, I wish we had a better idea of what kinds of dyes and shades would actually work for cases like this.
I may grab some cheap IBM mice from that era and try using them as guinea pigs. They can be had for around 5 bucks a piece, use similar materials (with the M cases at least), and are easy enough to disassemble to test a couple dyes on each.
I think the whole community is chomping at the bit for them to make industrial grey.__red__ wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 19:50 Two thoughts spring to mind:
1. You can already buy black cases from unicomp
2. I wonder if we approached them with an MOQ they'd be willing to stamp out some of these in custom colours.
I'd love the yellow
Oh wow, looks great. I thought it was real at first. Now that I look again, I can see some of that good old IBM beige peeking out.Neonkyle wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 14:41 It's just a photo edit I made for myself, thread about making it real soon
The IBM A.T. (Acid Trip)SnoepGames wrote: 15 Apr 2020, 23:10 I saw your post, all those nice variations and I just had to do this, all 121 keys
I don't know much about keyboard, but I do know about obsession.
Have a good one.
Let's get a Corsair Model M going!SnoepGames wrote: 15 Apr 2020, 23:10 I saw your post, all those nice variations and I just had to do this, all 121 keys
I don't know much about keyboard, but I do know about obsession.
Have a good one.
