A wounded keyboard has arrived!!

[stephen_usher]

I know that Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Stone Grey Satin Finish is a very close match, though *very*, *very* slightly too light.

[rubber_jonnie]

Don't forget the sealant spray on top. :-)

Not ordered yet, thanks for the advice 😁

[rubber_jonnie]

Note to self for later, paint code of RAL7030 stone gray looks very good!

I'll be interested to see how close a match that is.

Will do sir

[rubber_jonnie]

As an aside whilst repairing the case, I finally got round to testing the keyboard, which is incredibly robustly made.

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Given the amount of damage to the case, the rest of the assembly is in really good condition and works 100% in terms of the keys.

Mouse port works, so I have no reason to believe the joystick port won't :)

Just got to finish the bloody case, which is taking a long time!!

[rubber_jonnie]

Ok, so having had other stuff get in the way, I decided that I needed to get back to this case. Mostly now it is some tiny pieces of plastic that I don't think will ever find a home again, but I can live with that.

Overall I'm pretty pleased with it:

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Next up will be a bit of fettling and filling some holes that I just don't have the parts for and a bit of light sanding to get rid of any glue runs.

Then it'll be ready for a coat of grey primer, see how it looks.

[rubber_jonnie]

I was originally going to leave this:

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But I had some pieces of a broken ST case, so I decided it was going to get fixed too, as I have a piece of plastic the same thickness.

The texture ins't the same, but it should be fine once it's painted :)

[alexh]

Looks hard work. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

[rubber_jonnie]

Looks hard work. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

It's taken a while, but some of it has been me being patient to ensure glue and joints harden.

Looking forward to the finished article myself :)

[rubber_jonnie]

So, quick bit of finishing off after I glued the piece on at lunchtime, and we're looking good.

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Then a final shaping and sanding:

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And we are looking good for a coat of primer this weekend :)

Last couple of bits are to drill a hole into a repaired standoff for a screw, and through the bottom where I repaired a shattered screw hole.

Other than that, very nearly done :)

[stephen_usher]

:dualthumbup:

You may need some filler in the crack if you want it to be an invisible mend.