AA3000+ Nearly finished

[FastRobPlus]

I wanted to make my AA3000+ look and feel a little more period correct and I had a badly rusted A3000 case to work with.
So I had the case sandblasted and the top half powder-coated in black, and the front panel cracks and chips filled, then primed and painted with layers of gloss black and clear coated with a matte pearl to give it a durable non-painted look.
The power and drive eject buttons were printed in translucent smoke resin and the LEDs replaced with Sordan's 4-color reproduction to allow more drive activity options.
The PSU was recapped and the fan and grill was upgraded and all other plastics internally were replaced with black PETG reproductions.
BadgeGuy sold me the front and back AA3000+ Badges.

 

[a4Kuse]

WOW! Looks absolutly awesome!

 

[celso]

Amazing!

 

[Watson]

Looks great!

 

[rigardie]

Very beautiful i have something like yours

 

[FastRobPlus]

Very beautiful i have something like yours

I'd be interested in hearing what steps you might've taken to avoid it looking like it's painted, and what you've done to ensure durability of the finish.
I used clear coating and the enclosure of a giant 3D printer's heated chamber to keep everything hot and eliminate moisture during drying, but I don't actually know how durable it is. I tested the process on this old broken Golden Image external disk drive - you can kind of see where I've scratched the finish to see how much it can withstand, but I think the Amiga's plastics don't hold paint as well.