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I visited Kanto Camera Service last weekend and was rightfully "scolded" for not realising that I should paint the inner regions of the SNHOO copy [1] that I use for a Summitar on my Leica IIIf. This is, of course, done properly on the original from Wetzlar [2] that has eluded me and many others for years.
Right, so off I went to the store to buy some paint and ended up in the hobby section. What followed was a lot of confusion and not many recommendations since I did not intend to paint a plastic figurine. Thus, I turn to you, what recommendations would you have when it comes to the paint for a piece of aluminium that goes, for me, scarily close to the precious optics?
I have never done any work on any camera equipment before, apart from some very light sensor cleaning, so this would be my first do-it-yourself project. In my childhood I painted Warhammer figures, badly though, but I believe I can get the paint where it is supposed to be as long as I can select the right kind of matte black paint for the job.
[1]: http://www.heavystar.com/servlet/the-15114/New-Adapter-Ring-Leica/Detail
[2]: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacharylee/3089222404/
Right, so off I went to the store to buy some paint and ended up in the hobby section. What followed was a lot of confusion and not many recommendations since I did not intend to paint a plastic figurine. Thus, I turn to you, what recommendations would you have when it comes to the paint for a piece of aluminium that goes, for me, scarily close to the precious optics?
I have never done any work on any camera equipment before, apart from some very light sensor cleaning, so this would be my first do-it-yourself project. In my childhood I painted Warhammer figures, badly though, but I believe I can get the paint where it is supposed to be as long as I can select the right kind of matte black paint for the job.
[1]: http://www.heavystar.com/servlet/the-15114/New-Adapter-Ring-Leica/Detail
[2]: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacharylee/3089222404/