Lazy susan and painting

So today is a paint day. First off, I set up a paint area in my workshop, and by paint area I mean cardboard box with newspaper. Then I lined up my paints:

I hope that's enough. Note the XTC-3D on the far right.

Now, it's time to see about aging some of this stuff. I'm scuffing up some of the chrome bits to make it look old:

That looks nice and scratch-and-denty. Now let's see about adding some rust:

The one on top is the "Before" shot, the one below has been aged and had some Testors rust applied to it here and there. Taking a light touch, but enough to make it look like it's been around a bit.

Now, it's time to start in on the blue bits. I'm using the Krider Blue method because I'm a cheapskate. To wit:

• 2 coats of Rustoleum Metallic Blue 7251
• 2 coats of Duplicolor Anodized Blue
• 3 coats of Rustoleum Crystal Clear 7701

15 minutes between each coat, and 48 hours to cure. I'm starting with the blue bits for one power coupling. If these go well, then I can go ahead and do the rest. Wanted to make sure it came out all right before I tried it something big like the radar eye.

Meanwhile, my Rockler lazy susan showed up. This is a surprisingly heavy bit of hardware, but it's good and solid:

Also, my dome should have been shipped off today, with any luck. So, off to a solid start.