Browning plastic cases

On 13 Jan 2007 at 12:19, John Foust wrote: When I saw the photo of the SNES case, I said to myself, "That looks just like the old high-density foam cases look like before they're painted." Why not paint the darned things? I'd rather have a somewhat un- authentic finish that looked good than a cruddy yellow half-and-half case. If done right, I doubt that anyone could tell at a distance of more than 6 inches. I remember the model shop guy at Durango making his prototype cases-- out of clear polycarbonate. I thought they looked pretty nifty as they were--but then he had to go and have them painted. He made the 14" hard disk case out of sheet ABS and said he'd never do that again- -he said it was like machining rubber. All production was of high- density foam, however--and painted. In any case, paint good--plastic colorants bad. Cheers, Chuck