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This thing took a while, the screen had about 15 lines of dead pxels so it took about an hour alone to fix that, not ti mention it was horribly beat up.  I put in an inverted tri smd led backlight from kitsh-bent, neon green buttons from kitsch bent, and I installed a pro sound mod.

http://youtu.be/2JMFQqzA4LY

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BK

looks really nice, well done!

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Good job! I like the color scheme.

If you can track down one of those old green third party screen covers, they match the buttons really well. Here's and older one I did:

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uk

That's cool man, like how it looks. Did you paint it yourself, if so, what did you use? smile

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platforma wrote:

That's cool man, like how it looks. Did you paint it yourself, if so, what did you use? smile

Yup, I used Gloss Black Dupli-Color Premium Enamel and clear coat, gives it a really nice finish, I used the same paint for my computer, only problem is that it takes a couple of days to fully cure.

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Kris k wrote:

looks really nice, well done!

Thanks

Apeshit wrote:

if you can track down one of those old green third party screen covers, they match the buttons really well.

Do you know who made them or what they were called? I would really like to get my hands on one

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asneakyfatcat wrote:

Do you know who made them or what they were called? I would really like to get my hands on one

I don't know much information about them unfortunately enough. I found a guy that had a bunch stored and bought them off him at a hefty price, but they're mostly all gone now.

They didn't appear to come in any sort of real packaging, and I haven't been able to figure out the manufacturer.

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Apeshit wrote:

Good job! I like the color scheme.

If you can track down one of those old green third party screen covers, they match the buttons really well. Here's and older one I did:

Also, for your labels did you buy the stickers pre-made or did you just print them off? (or are they painted on?)

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Digging the black. I'll have to track the paint you mentioned above for my next mod. I'm planning on doing the same thing, but with a red backlight and red translucent buttons, although I might paint the inside of the buttons black to make it pop more.

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asneakyfatcat wrote:

Also, for your labels did you buy the stickers pre-made or did you just print them off? (or are they painted on?)

They're DIY decals. I actually have some made that I don't plan on using if you'd like some.

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Apeshit wrote:
asneakyfatcat wrote:

Also, for your labels did you buy the stickers pre-made or did you just print them off? (or are they painted on?)

They're DIY decals. I actually have some made that I don't plan on using if you'd like some.

sure, pm me about them

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Moriokun wrote:

Digging the black. I'll have to track the paint you mentioned above for my next mod. I'm planning on doing the same thing, but with a red backlight and red translucent buttons, although I might paint the inside of the buttons black to make it pop more.


Have you ever seen the clear cases that people paint from the inside? They look sick!

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I did that to my rhythm gameboy! It's a clear case painted white from the inside. I gotta do another coat and fix the screen though tongue

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Frostbyte wrote:

I did that to my rhythm gameboy! It's a clear case painted white from the inside. I gotta do another coat and fix the screen though tongue

Post pictures when you finish it!

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Sure! My lead gameboy is awesome as well...it's a remake of Thretris' super mod or whatever...the blue one

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asneakyfatcat wrote:
Moriokun wrote:

Digging the black. I'll have to track the paint you mentioned above for my next mod. I'm planning on doing the same thing, but with a red backlight and red translucent buttons, although I might paint the inside of the buttons black to make it pop more.

Have you ever seen the clear cases that people paint from the inside? They look sick!

yeah I have, they're just a pain to track down.