Ok, thanks. At least I know. I´ll probably wait for the next one. I mean it´s working as I expect, even if I´m still on 1.5 (me thinks)

Thanks for the nice comment. Not sure why, but wanted it to look similar to my first Gameboy. I must say, it got me hooked. So I ordered a 2ds XL yesterday. Getting older, I think I´ll benefit from the larger screen. And I read that you´re supposed to have all the access to old classics, too. So sounds great to me. As stated, I´m not the youngest any more, so I have the money to actually buy games, so I do. ....Memories. Back as a kid, it was a handful of games as they would have to be paid by mom and dad.....

After it took me a while to actually go out and get me some spray cans, I finally made it. Some things I encountered: - using primer is good, but make sure you don´t get a clear one. I didn´t see where I had sprayed and got some runs of primer. Wiping away showed that the black rim parts are a different material that got affected by the primer. - Getting some nice even coating, I sprayed about 3-4 times. In return, I had paint build up in the button holes and on the buttons. So the buttons got stuck and I had to sand down the holes (works perfectly now again). - Overall, tolerances and fitting of the parts are very tight. If you try painting your unit, I would advise to tape all areas where you don´t want to have paint. Assembling the rim parts was a pita. I also had to sand down the outside of the battery lid. Other than that, I think the result was worth the effort, althoug I have seen a unit on the dingoonity forums that was painted from the inside which I really liked. Already thinking about getting a 2nd unit. So here are the results: I have later also added the original label again, so the last picture was taken before doing that. The label is plasticky on the surface, but underneath it´s paper. No big deal, but hard to peel off in one piece.

So at least I got 7 views here. Is there anyone who´s reading this who could ask the Dingoonity mod if he could check for the account Mike_73?

Who knows. If mine turns out like I envision, I just may do that ;-) But only on special requests...

Good job, John. Looks great. I think I may stop by at my local Home improvement store to see what colors they have. I´m still going for something like a Nintendo style. Not sure though if I go with the colors I found for the revo concept or the classic Gameboy with all red buttons. @Retrogamers97: I would have loved to contact the mod, but as I cannot access the forum yet, I don´t get see his profile. So I cannot pm him and I don´t know his email. Bummer.

TV out works on mine (CFW 1.3). I have switched from PAL to NTSC as I still have an older Sony smart TV from the US, but if I leave the game the software crashes (no big deal though). Only thing I really dislike is that there is a corona around all the moving sprites. Have to try on my PAL unit (not sure though if it has RCA in). Does anyone know if those RCA to HDMI adapters is worth buying?

Yeah, good preparation is everything. I read that, too. I was planning on not sanding mine too much (as to leave the original structure, I think it looks similar to my old Gameboy), but I thought about priming. I stumbled over that blog showing a cool GBA mod, and they had 2 tamiya colors to choose from, one for PC and one for ABS. I had my unit open over the weekend to replace my 8GB class 4 with a 32GB class 10 card, but none of the plastic parts shows what material was used. Bummer. But I´m really curious about yours once it´s done. I was registering on the dingoonity boards, but that´s already 3 days since and I never received an answer nor was I admitted so far. And my Spam inbox doesn´t show anything. Any ideas?