Bill58
Native Texan
If you look here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrs111445/, you can see a Model P I bought from member David Murphy and had it painted olive drab (OD) by a guy in Seoul. He did a beautiful job and my new repair guy did a CLA on it. It's now buttery smooth too. I'm a happy guy.
Solinar
Analog Preferred
Bill, the P looks awesome in OD green with black trim. The Gossen Luna-Pro meter in the foreground on the third image looks larger than the camera.
dexdog
Mentor
Hey Bill, the camera looks great! Do you think that the guy that painted it would do one for me? 
Andrew Sowerby
Well-known
That's pretty cool looking ... reminds me of G.I. Joe (in a good way).
squirrel$$$bandit
Mentor
Very nice!
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
I agree, even if olive wouldn't be my first choice, this looks very good.
wallace
Well-known
Tell me why??
Wallace
Wallace
Argenticien
Dave
Rather than replacing the leatherette with new OD material and matching the paint color exactly to it(!), I assume that he repainted the leatherette along with everything else. If so, does that really work, or is there risk of the paint flaking off the leatherette with wear, more so than the leatherette's original dyed color would do?
--Dave
--Dave
JTK
Established
That viewfinder retention leash makes sense...easy to make...what material did you / somebody use? I'll try braided bowstring serving thread (almost like kevlar)...
Bill58
Native Texan
Hey Bill, the camera looks great! Do you think that the guy that painted it would do one for me?
Yep--$300 plus postal to/ from Korea. NO markup by me.
raid
Dad Photographer
You have a beautiful P, Bill.
Did the "painter" first remove the chrome before applying the new color?
$300 falls between a $600 Shintaro job and a $150 Texas job.
Did the "painter" first remove the chrome before applying the new color?
$300 falls between a $600 Shintaro job and a $150 Texas job.
Bill58
Native Texan
Well you spotted the only flaw-through my (volunteer) translator, I asked that the vinyl be left black, but somehow it came back painted OD. I guess if it starts to flake, I'll just send it to Morgan to recover in black.
Bill58
Native Texan
Just because I wanted something different.
Bill58
Native Texan
Yes--he did, except the lugs, which I easily and deliberately scraped the paint off before I used it the 1st time.
BTW-I took these pics of the P on a coffee shop table at the Korean War Museum w/ my Fuji F30. One of these days, I'm gonna get/ build a lightbox and take some better photos of the P and all my cameras/ lenses.
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aizan
Mentor
who did it? it looks great.
Bill58
Native Texan
Sorry, I don't know who did it. Just a guy in Seoul who mainly does Leicas. I "discovered" him thru my ace and super-nice repair guy. Black and OD are standard colors--other colors are extra, but he can do them too.
Thanks for all the kudos!
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
There's a guy in TX who would do it for $150? Could you give more details? It's something I might actually be able to afford.