Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/16
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literally be ground off and it comes in a zillion colors and semi-gloss. The
only drawback is you can't paint mating surfaces--too thick.
Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote:I could always have it
anodized in black.
I once ordered a part for a Rollei SL66, which unbeknownest to me at
the time of order, came in plain aluminium.
Wound up having it done at a local plating shop, which did a really
fine job.
S. Dimitrov
On Jan 16, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Dan C wrote:
> The chopper was protected by some kind of clear enamel; I assume it was
> baked on like normal auto paint. But they did something else which
> might
> appeal to a M user. After the copper plating, they dipped the parts
> into
> a bath which turned everything black. Then by selecting rubbing the
> finish
> the gleaming copper could be recovered, to give an "antique" look. It
> looks better then it sounds.
>
> On the Jay leno show, Paul Sr. (those of you who have watched the
> series
> know about Paul and Paul jr.) let slip the fact that the bike was
> worth 1/2
> a million bucks.
>
> -dan c.
>
> At 04:18 PM 16-01-05 -0500, David Mason wrote:
>> Oooh - you could leave it out in the rain and get a really nice
>> patina on it!
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:01:46 -0500, Dan C wrote:
>>> How about taking the camera to a decent auto body shop? If you can
>>> remove
>>> all the innards before hand, it should be easy to get just about any
>>> finish
>>> you want baked onto the body.
>>>
>>> A recent episode of "American Chopper" (shown in North America)
>>> shows them
>>> building a bike with copper plated parts (based on the Statue of
>>> Liberty).
>>> Imagine a Leica M copper plated with a protective clear coat. Now
>>> that
>>> would be a beautiful camera!
>>>
>>> -dan c.
>>>
>>> At 10:17 AM 16-01-05 -0800, Stephen Gandy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm much more interested about getting the M3 painted in black
>>>>> enamel,
>>>>> but without having to deal with sending the camera overseas.
>>>>
>>>> real world, it's not a worry. Shintaro does a great job dependably--
>>>> actually inexpensive considering that his cameras turn out better
>>>> than the
>>>> original black M3's or M2's easy to wear off finish. not fast,
>>>> takes an
>>>> average of 4 months to get a camera back
>>>>
>>>> Shintaro will also paint your M3 a silver hammertone which is much
>>>> much
>>>> better than the hammertone finish of the LHSA MP. better color,
>>>> prettier,
>>>> much tougher finish.
>>>>
>>>> Shintaro's email is mp-3.shintaro@nifty.com
>>>>
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
>>>>
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