N64P update update!! PICS NOW!!!

Post by **Triton** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:56 pm

vac formed cases are usually polystyrene or ABS plastic

Post by **Triton** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:05 pm

UPDATE: more work done, some sanding of bondo and adding of case components (controller ports and speaker grilles) and a test fit, i am amazed to say it is going together beautifully! this is BY FAR the best portable case i ahve ever done, course i have many hours invested now, will post more as it happens lol

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:12 pm

Hey thats neat! Bondo owns... I really would like to see it once you get paint on there. It'll look great.
BTW, when i painted my N64p case, i had trouble with hte paint not going on well over bondo. If you have this trouble do what I did, use a couple coats of primer (Krylon is a good brand) and use a very fine sandpaper to sand the spots with bondo smooth. Then just use a color coat (and then a clear coat if you want extra shiny!)

Ghost2520 · Post by **Ghost2520** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:06 pm

That is lookin really awesome dude! Kinda brings my self esteem down when I see how much better that is looking than my first build that I'm working on right now!

Maybe I'll try using all that bondo junk on my next build to have more of a round case rather then the square brick I'm building right now.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:55 pm

That really is a nice little frankenmod, Triton

That's what I did with my SNESp only with internal control board and no bondo. Are you gonna paint it black like the controllers or another cool color? Paint it Chrono Trigger RED!!!!!!!!

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:56 pm

dont know if Chrono trigger red is a real color

it is a female of the dog species game though

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:00 pm

True 'dat!!! Even tho the color chrono trigger red is just about as real as totokan's xbox360p

Post by **Triton** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:14 pm

i think i will paint it matte black to match original n64 and i have more updates, i am basically done with plasticwork and just have lots of finishing bondoing to do and other misc stuff i should have the case built and basically finished by mid next week if i work on it a lot

then lots more fine sanding and primer sand primer paint etc to get a nice finish, it will look GOOD man

Post by **Triton** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:29 pm

nother update: got more of the plastick work done, about 90% fin on that, great deal more bondo to do but getting there, might have a preview pic or somesuch to post pre final paint this weekend or next week! lookin hawt guys! lots of neat features

Post by **Triton** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:47 pm

update: no real progress. more bondo and sanding done, got a n46! may ave a working portable in a few weeks time!

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:51 pm

sounds like its movin along pretty quickly. o and i will try and get off my lazy arse sometime soon and send the screen

Post by **Triton** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:15 pm

thanks, good to hear! lol, i have been workin on my snes a bit too, salvaging parts of the old case, the n64 shouldnt be much longer yet!

Post by **Triton** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:12 pm

nother update, got the last big bit of bondo-ing done, now let it set and then rough sand for shape then final sanding and touchup bondo and then on to primer and paint, ive been working a bit on the internals so it should be done quite soon! i extimate less than 2 weeks definate!

Post by **Triton** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:20 pm

not a whole lot of case progress (most of the sanding is done and just a wee bit of final bondoing to do before primer) but internal progress aplenty! my cut up and hacked to bits lcd still works! no sound output but crisp clean video! i have the controller (thanks gamer2) hacked up and fits, just need to wire it up and test it, the n64 is hacked and fits as it should, but most of the work will have to wait till the case is finished, i still have to cut heatsinks to fit and all the major wiring but its coming together quite well!

on another note i am starting to work on my snes portable again, with a beast of a frankencase, these take tons of time but can look fantastic (as you may see with my n64 soon) i really do need the lcd sometime in the next few weeks (ahem TT 1.0 lol) but it should be a very! nice looking portable when finished, and pretty damn small too! just need a controller to hack

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:55 pm

Are you running the N64 and LCD off the same battery yet? If so, I'd like to know if you were able to solve the interference problem.

Keep us posted, I want to know how this turns out