Spraying my GameCube (lots of pics inside)

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Fantastic job RetroEd. I've been really tempted to do summat similar as GC's are cheap as chips to pick up these days.

[wheelaa]

Looks great. Even the cube is smiling.

[RetroEd]

Thanks for the replies all.

I haven't put it all back together yet, but once I have I'll check everything's working ok and then get the LED swapped over. Here is another cheeky pic.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3442/gc24ks0.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5327/gc25oc9.jpg

[Ouenben]

is that a fake miyamoto sig?

[Crisp_Rapper]

nice work ed! i am a fan of spraying things just for the f**k of it. on my to do list this week:

bike frame

[RetroEd]

is that a fake miyamoto sig?

It's a decal I got with issue one of the new ONM, carefully cut and stuck on.

Anyway, it works! Here's a couple pics before I try putting the LED in. I've put the handle back on as it looked a bit odd without it.

[RetroEd]

I have now done the LED. I ended up gluing it in place, after carefully pulling out the orange LED using pliers. The end result is just what I was looking for.













What do you reckon, better than before?

[wakka]

Absolutely brilliant. I love it, well done!

[Distant Cousin]

Doesn't match the LEDs in the WaveBird now though

[smouty]

I have now done the LED. I ended up gluing it in place, after carefully pulling out the orange LED using pliers.

Have you not got a soldering iron?
The result is great though

[thebuddahman]

That is a seriously sexy looking cube. Colour me jealous.

[RetroEd]

Have you not got a soldering iron?
The result is great though

I don't own one myself, but I was going to use my dad's. I had a little look, and glue was more than sufficient. I pulled the orange LED's prongs through the two holes, put the blue one in, bent the two prongs down a bit, and glued them. Worked a treat.

I may have a go at swapping the orange LED's in the two WaveBird's I have soon. They'll go nicely with the Wii then, aswell.

[smouty]

I may have a go at swapping the orange LED's in the two WaveBird's I have soon. They'll go nicely with the Wii then, aswell.

You will need a seriously small tipped soldering iron and great skills
The LEDs are very small SMT types about 1.5mm x 1mm.
It's more important to change to receiver LEDs imo.

You could always replace the SMT ones with standard 3mm ones.

[RobDimmock]

Wow that is a brilliant job mate! Best custom jobby ive seen in a long time! Good work

[JP]

Nice!!

Most mods are just crap because they overdo it but yours is subtle which I always like.

What type of paint did you use? I's recommend using spray dye (http://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html) that you buy for the plastic bits inside your car. It chemically alters the colour of the plastic rather than just putting a different coloured layer on top so is permanent and won't rub off with use.

Were you tempted to move the Wavebird dongle inside the case? I believe that it can be done, has anybody here tried it?