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Aero City - flooded, forgotten, found.

Nice job! I always appreciate the minty restores. I prefer a little patina on my cabs but minty restores are so beautiful to look at.
I like that you put on all the finishing touches like the decals for the headphones and volume control. I still gotta do that for my Aeros.
 
PASTBLASTER said:
Absolutely beautiful work!
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Cheers @PASTBLASTER
opt2not said:
Nice job! I always appreciate the minty restores. I prefer a little patina on my cabs but minty restores are so beautiful to look at.
I like that you put on all the finishing touches like the decals for the headphones and volume control. I still gotta do that for my Aeros.
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Thanks, yes agreed. I’ve got a good mix now of machines that were in need of a resto and ones that just need a tidy up and clean.
 
Here’s the control panel area tidied up and a before and after shot of the screws holding on the glass. I wished the Torx ones recessed properly into the washers - but they didn’t so I found some glossy PH ones instead. I also have four castors on the bottom now so I can roll it around.
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Ziggy Cheetos Dust said:
Alright, finally some progress today after coming home to some long awaited items. The new castors and leg levellers arrived from DeJapan. Both bought from Rakuten. A big thanks to @erzane for guiding me in the right direction and knowing the part numbers for these items. These are identical to the originals.
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Can you share the part number.
 
I’ve got the machine inside now out of the winter cold garage. I took a quick pic here but have had to move it into a bedroom because there’s no room left 😓
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I previously had permission from my wife to block the lounge room door - as below, but not any more. I tried it on but it didn’t fly this time. 🤭
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One last thing I wanted to do was make a little plaque with the original stickers that survived removal. I just sandwiched them between some pre-cut acrylic sheet from Amazon and some threaded rivets from Temu. I melted the holes with a soldering iron but still managed to crack one of the corners. Looks decent though.
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Just a little update. The Raiden Fighters (stereo) PCB was playing up so I swapped it for a mono Raiden Fighters 2. I can confirm the little speaker to line converter works fine - and running into the little amp I have external volume control.
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Very cool. Line level audio breakout is on my Aero to do list. Along with trying to find a 5v powered stereo amp (using the Aero's aux 5v 4 pin plug).
 
Ziggy Cheetos Dust said:
I’ve got the machine inside now out of the winter cold garage. I took a quick pic here but have had to move it into a bedroom because there’s no room left 😓
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I previously had permission from my wife to block the lounge room door - as below, but not any more. I tried it on but it didn’t fly this time. 🤭
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Oh man! It came out beautiful! Great work, my friend and as someone about to attempt the same thing on an Aero City, thank you for the inspiration!
 
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