The belt should be assemble and all the resin boxes should be cleaned up and ready for paint.
I use the same paint for the belt as I do for the rest of the suit. Gloss White Krylon Fusion for Plastic.
The boxes should be primered before painting. The rubber belt does not need primer.
Tape off the rubber belt. You don't need to worry about the rubber exposed below the resin boxes, as long
as you dont go crazy with the white paint those small areas should be fine.
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Primer the resin boxes. Sorry, I forgot to take a photo here.
Paint the primered resin boxes white.
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Remove the tape and paint the back of the belt white.
* It is important here to only use a couple of light coats. To much paint on the rubber will cause cracking
when the rubber flexes. If done correctly it should look like this. Try painting the back first to get a good feel of how much paint to use.
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Once dried, move onto painting the front.
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When completely dry, we will move onto adding the back boxes. I use two screws and washers for each box.
Make sure to use screws that are not too long. You don't want them going all the way through the resin boxes
and coming out the front. If you are using pointed screw there is no need to pre drill any holes. Just go slowly
and make sure to use washers.
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Well, your belt should be done and your finished version should look like the photo’s below.
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