Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Flashlight progress

I didn't do the blog posts for the flashlight progress, but I'll describe my process.
First I sketched up the shape of the flashlight on paper. A unique feature in my design was an inside groove for the front of the handle. I then lathed the shape in yellow foam and used glazing/spot putty give it a smooth surface. I also made a styrene button. Then I sprayed it with primer, which revealed some imperfections in the surface. I went back and spot-puttied it again and primed it again until the surface quality was good. Then I masked off part of the flashlight and painted the front gloss white. The rest of it i mainted flat/satin black. I used an existing plastic lens from another project of mine for the lans of the flashlight.
I now like spot putty a lot better than spackel because it's more durable and gives a better surface finish.

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