Texas Tandy restorations Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I wanted to show you all that with a little patience, a lot of elbow grease and cleaning, standing, priming wet sanding, and painting that you can restore the worst skinned computer to its original glory with the right paint. BEFORE AFTER 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Wow, that looks great! How long did it take to prep the case and paint it? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Texas Tandy restorations said: I'm impressed so far. You're doing a great job. Please let us see more of these as you go along... ESPECIALLY THE FINISHED VIEW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhataKowinkydink Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 You're going to have to keep us posted on the progress of this project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Tandy restorations Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) On 11/6/2020 at 2:47 PM, WhataKowinkydink said: You're going to have to keep us posted on the progress of this project On 11/6/2020 at 12:52 PM, Omega-TI said: I'm impressed so far. You're doing a great job. Please let us see more of these as you go along... ESPECIALLY THE FINISHED VIEW! To you both, I think your expecting a restored computer image and I will provide you one I did before (see below), as this skin (above) set if for a client that brought me "cores" aka his used skins, for his restoration. On 11/6/2020 at 7:10 AM, Albert said: Wow, that looks great! How long did it take to prep the case and paint it? ..Al prep work varies a little, but on average, full sanding cleaning and primer (3 coats) will take 2-3 days, depends on temperature an humidity of the surrounding air. then I wait 1 hours between each coat of paint x3, then cure for 48 hours. then final polishing happens. on average since this is a Hobby no a job, say 4-5 days. Edited November 9, 2020 by Texas Tandy restorations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHaensel Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Great work. What an improvement! Thanks for reminding people that these were new and nice at one time, and can be again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Out of curiosity, how do you polish the paint job? Hey, hold the phone! That's a Model 4, they are supposed to be WHITE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo-Torch Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) That's an interesting one. Model 4 keyboard and badge, yet battleship gray and shown booted with trsdos 1.3. Memory badge missing to add more to the mystery Being disk based, it would be 64K or 128K for Model 4, 32K or 48K Model III. I'm guessing it's a III with the rare Model 4 upgrade kit. Definitely modified with an awesome amber monitor. Edited November 10, 2020 by Turbo-Torch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Yeah, they were rare alright because it was nearly as much as a full priced Mod IV (with installation). If you waited for a sale it could be the same price or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Tandy restorations Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) correct, model 4 upgrade kits where available to model 3 owners, which this is one of those systems, why its gray. this system has 128K in it, Updated FREHD Autoboot Eeprom, 2x360K drives , st-clair amber screen, internal sound (2w amp/speaker) with volume control at the back, and updated rat tail to modern power connector/cable. And yes I took out the cassette port out for this for the simple reason, it has the FREHD EEPROM chip in it, this removed the cassette abilities to auto boot sd-harddrive. how the sound is Edited November 11, 2020 by Texas Tandy restorations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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