Recycled Dish Antenna : Beyblade Stadium
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Recycled Dish Antenna : Beyblade Stadium
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Beyblades are pretty popular with kids, these days. I have bought few beyblades and stadiums for my son. The beyblade stadiums are usually made of cheap plastic which break easily. Or good quality ones are way expensive... So I decided to make one using an old Dish Antenna
What Do We Need ?
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Material
- Old Dish Antenna
- Black Spray Paint
- Masking tapes
- Blue paint
- MSeal Sand paper - 80 and 180 grit
Prep
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- Remove any screw/nuts from the dish
- Wash it with water and soap, let it dry
- Fill M-seal in all holes and leave for 2 hrs
- Using Sandpaper, level surface flat
Paint Job
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- Cover all the walls before you begin spraying
- Spray paint black and leave it to dry for 1 or 2 hrs
- Then using masking tape and paper create a "+" template and paint blue as shown
- Let it dry for 1 or 2 days
Battle Time
![Beyblade battle](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FUY/HLMA/JEOIQAF7/FUYHLMAJEOIQAF7.jpg&filename=Beyblade battle)
Play time
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