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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk
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      Famicom restorations at your service. How can I help you today? Hehehe...

      Those decals were inkjet printed on a special for inkjet made transparent label paper.
      They should hold pretty good for a while.

      Here you can see a finished result from a guy that has done it already.

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      • obsidianspiderO
        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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        @FlyingTomahawk Wow, that looks fantastic!

        📷 @obsidianspider

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        • MadRikXIVM
          MadRikXIV
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          Looks good, my peeled off ones are yellowed underneath them, so looks like another Amazon purchase, seen the sheets, be a lot of spares, or, I shall be thinking of of some stickers to print up...

          So close to finishing this, waiting on my Mausberry that I ordered on the 6th March.

          I blame it all on @FlyingTomahawk

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          • FlyingTomahawkF
            FlyingTomahawk @MadRikXIV
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            @MadRikXIV

            lol

            Funny we are waiting for the same item which was ordered at the same time.

            Send me your address and I'll cut you one row of my printed stickers and send it over to you. You can find my e-mail address in my profile.

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            • MadRikXIVM
              MadRikXIV @FlyingTomahawk
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              @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

              @MadRikXIV

              lol

              Funny we are waiting for the same item which was ordered at the same time.

              Send me your address and I'll cut you one row of my printed stickers and send it over to you. You can find my e-mail address in my profile.

              You sir are a gentleman.

              I have emailed Mausberry about my order, but are yet to hear anything back.

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              • FlyingTomahawkF
                FlyingTomahawk @MadRikXIV
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                @MadRikXIV

                Forget about getting an answer from him/them. I send 3 e-mails, all unanswered.
                I read that it might take up to 1 month for the Mausberry to arrive. I don't care about the lost money if it doesn't arrive at all, (Well I do care a tiny bit.), it's more annoying that I cannot continue my Famicom build because of that. And I am a bit busy with work at the moment so not a big deal yet but if I don't get anything by first week April I will have to figure out a different way to power up the Famicom even if it means that I won't be able to use the original button.

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                • MadRikXIVM
                  MadRikXIV @FlyingTomahawk
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                  @FlyingTomahawk

                  Yeah, the switch is my final piece (well, Roms are a never ending job, but I'm making a very very short lead to plug inside so I can sit the USB stick just inside the cartridge slot), with that bit of board, and working out how to get the reset button on the pins as an 'Escape' key which I just thought about, I can finally get it all in the case, and put the screws back in.

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                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                    FlyingTomahawk
                    last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                    @MadRikXIV
                    Did you take pics of your painted Famicom already?

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                    • MadRikXIVM
                      MadRikXIV @FlyingTomahawk
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                      @FlyingTomahawk I haven't taken them yet, shall try and find time tonight, got a fair few build pics and updates as it's nearly complete.

                      Slacking as I can't just email the lot from my phone to myself as they are large, and not got round to bluetooth, drop box, or cropping them to myself.

                      Will say, the Matt White Plastikote did a good job with 3 light coats.

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                      • MadRikXIVM
                        MadRikXIV
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                        Here's a couple of pics of my spray painted Fami, i shall clean the slight bleed on the front label with a blade, will look great with Tomahawks stickers on it.

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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk @MadRikXIV
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                          @MadRikXIV

                          That looks very good!

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                          • obsidianspiderO
                            obsidianspider @MadRikXIV
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                            @MadRikXIV VERY well done. Any tips for painting the plastic? I always worry about adhesion, or that it will be tacky/retain finger prints when you touch it. Spray paint tends to be "soft".

                            📷 @obsidianspider

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                            • MadRikXIVM
                              MadRikXIV @obsidianspider
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                              @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                              @MadRikXIV VERY well done. Any tips for painting the plastic? I always worry about adhesion, or that it will be tacky/retain finger prints when you touch it. Spray paint tends to be "soft".

                              I use PlastiKote, discovered it when I was painting a toy chainsaw for an Evil Costume, suitable for wood, metal, plastic, stone, wicker and crafts.

                              I find once dry its very durable, my toy chainsaw has survived a few nights out as 'Ash'.

                              I use the standard paint they sell, it's suitable for plastics, the the usual guidelines, several light coats, usually 3 is enough, sprayed from around 20cm, then leave it, dont be tempted to touch an area till dry.

                              I find it's a lot finer than other paints when sprayed.

                              Unlike car paint, there isn't that kinda shiny smooth dig a nail into it and peel it shell when it dries.

                              I dare say it's available as other brands as well.

                              http://plasti-kote.co.uk/

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider @MadRikXIV
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                                @MadRikXIV I'll give it a try. I've seen that brand here in the US, and I've been looking for a good paint to use on my GBA project that won't cost me what car paint would.

                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                • obsidianspiderO
                                  obsidianspider
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                                  @FlyingTomahawk How are things going in the chemistry lab? Did the Famicoms dissolve? ;)

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                    drake999 @FlyingTomahawk
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                                    @FlyingTomahawk There is some really tantalizing and mouth watering gear in these pics.

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                                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                                      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                      @obsidianspider

                                      lol
                                      The one that is currently in there is doing just fine.
                                      I haven't seen any difference since the 5th day but I am patient and will wait another two weeks.
                                      I wanna see the result after 1 month.

                                      Weather sucks over here weather forecast says rain for the next 4 days. So another 4 to the past 2 days. Great. :( No bike riding then. Instead I'll work on my theme to get the video stuff done.

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                                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                                        FlyingTomahawk @MadRikXIV
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                                        @MadRikXIV

                                        How did the labels turn out?

                                        I took out the Famicom from its bath yesterday.
                                        The bleach started to become kinda milky and thick. And besides I could not see any further improvement.
                                        Now it is drying and then I'll assemble it back together.

                                        @edmaul69

                                        So what's up ed? Are you still up for it? You still want one Famicom and extra pair of controllers?

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                                        • edmaul69E
                                          edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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                                          @FlyingTomahawk yes i do still want it. I only get paid on the first of every month. Can i pay for it then? Feel free to sell that one and i will get one of the next ones since i cant pay for it until then.

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                                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                                            FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
                                            last edited by

                                            @edmaul69

                                            No hurry here.
                                            I will assemble it and take some pics and prep the package to get the total weight for shipping calculation.
                                            Do you want the Famicom internals? Or just the outer case?

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