OK so operation 'Piss about with a bust box' continues...as a reminder this is the general state of the box when I got it

So the back has been rebuilt and resprayed (see http://REPLACEMENT ERROR/topic...1#360880846111362071)

Something blew (possibly the amp chip) when I put it back together so I saw this as an opportunity to do something different and use a nice new amp I had knocking around.  So I whipped all the innards out and we're aiming for a loud cool looking but completely non-standard box (all the parts are being kept for spares tho!)

So I then moved on to the front casing.

Its taken a lot of hours to rebuild the missing sections, repair all the broken parts (soooo many!), strengthen it where it was full of hairline cracks, remove the corroded chrome on the speaker rings, blank off the control holes, sand it then prime it.

Amp is fitted and tested with the original speakers using just good old line in which is what I use most of the time anyway and even with an open case it sounded good...hopefully it will sound even better when its all sealed.

I was thinking of putting an ipod dock in the front but it was so heavily cracked across all the thinner parts of the case around there that I just blanked it off.  I also didn't want to limit it to the iphone/ipod I have now so didn't want a tailored dock.  The other advantage is that it gives a bit more acreage for when I paint it!

Anyway, this is what it looks like now before it gets its full paint job

Missing corner rebuilt from scratch:

 Other angles:

Just need to decide on a theme for the paint job, fit the sound reactive leds (obviously thats what all the holes are for!) and put it all together again.  Hope you like it

looks bloody awful stick to citizens advice dear me   

Thats shaping up nicely Si. Really impressed with the repair job on the top pannel.

thanks mate lol

i could not resist si  

ha ha no bother...I'm just having fun with it...gonna paint something on the front just to make it even more crap lol

Cheers Seb, took some work that corner...its not just a blob of filler whittled down...its several pieces of plastic cut and trimmed to fit so that each edge is strong plastic rather than weaker filler...the filler is just a smoothing top coat.  And of course it all has to match up with the side and the back where it slots in...no quick fix lol  

Yeah I could tell it was a b******* of a job from the picture of the origanal damage. What you have done is top notch!  Wish I could patch things up that well!

In my opinion, it would be better to cover all of those holes for controls, to cover them from the top, to make it flat, but to leave those grooves, which separate the groups of the switches. Now it looks like an abandoned house. There is nothing wrong with the paint job all over the whole radio, but those "boarded-up" holes look bad, and ruin the perception of the whole object. To place the LEDs behind the clear tuner window would be better solution, but unfortunately it's too late.

nice work with the filler Si,

it looks like its in primer..are you gonna change the colour?

Filler job, WOW...

Cant wait to see the finished article.

...just a bit of fun to see what I can do

a masterpiece, as usual

...just a bit of fun to see what I can do

Even so, polished window would look better in this case, than painted one.

No matter it was a scrap box, you could do it better, cause you're able to, and in the end get more fun  

Wish i had you're mad skills si....good luck what ever the outcome...least it gives you something to do

All that matters is you're pleased with the result and you had fun doing it! I'm sure it will look the business

I agree with Metad, the top holes would look better filled but the dividers can stay. You can also apply some rub-on lettering to go under a matte clear coat. Excellent job by the way.

Stupid question alert...

what chemical, if any, do you use to clean the outer plastic casings on the sharp?

or is it warm soapy water and the wife's toothbrush? 

cheers

Thanks. Still working on the GF500, see how it goes!!!

my 9191 will have to wait till next year I do believe, too busy working down South at mo...

Great job! So nice to see that mising corner be back again!

I wonder how to you plan (if you do) to replace the text around buttons.

Northerner it comes out nice until now

 pushing your own limits and see

how far you can go with your imagination

is always good oh and

i like the change of the title of the topic too !!

Btw do you remember that ''Wall'' theme

Sharp bbox we did see some time ago ?

http://REPLACEMENT ERROR/topic...7-pink-floyd-artwork

How cool was that box??

That is cool deech!

Hi Si - did you ever complete this project - would love to see the end result :-)

Cool (...well, cold in your shed ;-)  ... just thought I'd ask after looking through some old threads for something else and stumbled upon this one again