brigadier.vytas - 2011-01-05 12:52
Nothing special for many members, but very spacial for me - this is my first Sharp! A Sharp 8989. A month ago one of my colleagues called me very early, it was sunday and i thought like "c'mon, what a..", but soon i heard this: "yo, i'm at flea market (in the city, which was 150 km away from me), i've found a oldskool Sharp for you, it is..wait a second.. a GF 9898. Is it good? I can pick it up for ya, if u want. Price - 30 bucks". Wow, that was a really nice surprise from a guy, who knows only, that such things like bbxes are existing, and he knew, i'm collecting them. "Yes, please pick it up, mate, thanks allot!!!- i said..
Actualy, Sharp was in fully working order,i was suprised by its nice sound, but it had lot's of scratches, carrying handle was missing, no antenna..Anyway, i was happy with my first Sharp and next day i decided to work with it a bit. I've tryed to check a carrying handle from one poor Philips donnor - what a lucky bastard i am:
No good pic of the front before sanding..
After sanding, ready for painting:
Finnished:
Big SHARP logo on top and that Plasmacluster are 2 pieces of 1 sticker, i've found it once on the big industrial air conditioner
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New antenna!
For better aesthetics - DIY reel cassette. Paper discs spraypainted with same silver spray i used for Sharp painting. No Sharp sticker unfortunately, but GS looks ok too, i think:
wow, nice work! That 8989 looks great now
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Beautiful work. Well done.
great story, great box, and great work, congrats BRIGADIER,
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Great Job. Great match. What paint did you use? Do you have a color code?
brigadier.vytas - 2011-01-05 22:39
hehe thanks! Im using german made Multona car spraypaints only. Lots of colours, dryes in seconds, very "user friendly" sprays. This one's code - 0691.
You really have imagination man, with that GS cassette!
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Unfortunately the "reels" are not moving for the time being,right?.
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Originally posted by Brigadier Vytas:
Is this the button on the back (red one, close to the battery door)?
brigadier.vytas - 2011-01-06 11:02
Thank's, man. I don't really need them to spin, but it is possible and easy to do - glue that "reel" onto tape's roll, add some clear round plastic to avoid friction and scratching - that's all, it will spin like a real one.
brigadier.vytas - 2011-01-06 11:09
ooops.. yes it is, Torres. This is for my "line in for dummies" - on/off for cassette motor. I'm connecting mp3 via Mix Mic socket - it works only, if cassettes "play" is "on". For saving batteries i can switch the motor off
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Btw, a little offtopic - unusual cassette with some nice arab writings (sorry to all G.W.Bush & T.Blair fans if it is insulting u)
Actually, cassette is from Lebanon, my gf's sister was visiting this country about 10 years ago.
YOU did a great job man, and the cassettes look very cool too.
awesome work...nice sharp sticker...
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brigadier.vytas - 2011-01-06 23:04
Thanks, mates:]
Nice Box and great job as always'B.V.
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and those casettes you do kickin man.....
fresh.produce - 2011-01-17 15:23
Love the work you did that was my first sharp too
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well done B V ....a triumph
brigadier.vytas - 2011-01-18 10:22
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very very good!!
Very nice paint job . Congratz with your first Sharp
I hope it's not the last ;-)