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Adventures with a Wonderswan

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HigashiJun
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Re: Adventures with a Wonderswan

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Well done !

Neat and clean.

Both consoles look great.

:D
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HigashiJun wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:08 Well done !

Neat and clean.

Both consoles look great.

:D
Thank you :)

One additional thing I did this evening was to polish the transparent plastics with Maguiars PlastX plastic polish and they have come up great, lovely and clear and a lot of the scratches gone :)
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rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:12 One additional thing I did this evening was to polish the transparent plastics with Maguiars PlastX plastic polish and they have come up great, lovely and clear and a lot of the scratches gone :)
Pictures please !
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HigashiJun wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:58
rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jun 2024 00:12 One additional thing I did this evening was to polish the transparent plastics with Maguiars PlastX plastic polish and they have come up great, lovely and clear and a lot of the scratches gone :)
Pictures please !
I'll try tomorrow, but it's 01:00 here in the UK and I need to try to sleep now :)
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: Adventures with a Wonderswan

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rubber_jonnie wrote: 22 Jun 2024 01:01 I'll try tomorrow, but it's 01:00 here in the UK and I need to try to sleep now :)
No worries, whenever you want.

Have a good sleep after all this work.

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They look great
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alexh wrote: 22 Jun 2024 16:32The look great
Thanks :)
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: Adventures with a Wonderswan

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OK, so @HigashiJun asked to see what the polished screens look like when done, I've done my best to capture it, but it's difficult. Here we go...

First one is the Wonderswan Colour:

IMG20240623153522.jpg

Next up is the repaired Wonderswan B&W that had the polariser replaced. It had quite a scratched plastic screen bezel, but it came up very nicely:

IMG20240623153500.jpg

Lastly is the wonderswan that @HigashiJun kindly picked me up in Japan:

IMG20240623153509.jpg

It did have some light scratches, but also came up very well.

I used Maguiars PlastX plastic polish which is designed for car headlights and auther auto plastics, it did a great job.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: Adventures with a Wonderswan

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@rubber_jonnie

I'm really impressed !

The result is stunning.

:D
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HigashiJun wrote: 24 Jun 2024 04:08 @rubber_jonnie

I'm really impressed !

The result is stunning.

:D
The Colour could do with a bit more work, but the two originals have come up great. I need to be careful with it though as being the Final Fantasy special edition, I don't want to damage the plastic as I think it would be hard to replace.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...

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