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This is gorgeous and all the more reason why I need to invest in a 3D printer.

Thanks for the heads-up! I'm assuming she does 3D printed buttons? I only did a single layer of clear coat on these since I didn't wanna add too many layers between the primer+base+clear coatings since these have to fit in a specific sized hole and move smoothly. I'll definitely give her a PM...

Thank you for the kind offer but @Madmorda has offered one to me already, plus I would hate to delay your project by taking a core component from it. Again, thank you for the offer, everyone in this community has proven to be very kind and collaborative.

Ok, I've gotten the buttons all painted; I still need to bore out the ABXY button wells a bit with my dremel, as the excess paint from the body paint job coupled with the extra layer of paint+glossy clear coat on the buttons makes the button action a little stiff. Otherwise, this looks great to...

I am working on a Wii portable and have nearly everything I need but a populated Gamecube+ board to wire the controls. Not sure if/when the Bitbuilt store will reopen, and if a Gamecube+ will even be available when it does. If anybody is looking to sell one, I am looking to buy, thanks.

As stated before, I am a perfectionist and leaving the button colors black/white was really getting on my nerves. I have both the white and black sets as those were the only available colors for the Wii U gamepad and I've looked into the availability of custom molds with differing colors; no...

Thank you, the decal was applied atop the final layer of purple paint, then everything got about three coats of matte clear coat atop; it's not going anywhere. Thank you! I see @DeoNaught already cleared this up, but I'll post a link to the eBay store for this and numerous other system decals...

I am almost cripplingly a perfectionist but I believe I have finally finished the paint job on the front of the shell -- complete with Nintendo Gamecube decal in the bottom left. I'm not completely sold on the white ABXY buttons, I may leave the X/Y buttons white and use black ones for the A/B...

Looks awesome! Did you go with a countersunk screw head so that it is flush with the rear of the case? I think that would look/feel best, you could even spray them black as to hide them a bit. Great build.

Thanks Shank, that makes sense. I'll separate them and get a 2s3p setup. Update: I'm no longer using this battery option, see the first post for an updated BOM.

So I have a question: The Anker battery power bank I'm using only uses two wires, B+ & B-. I'm not using the original charging circuit, just the battery cells, because Anker, in their infinite knowledge, covers the whole thing in glue and makes their cases near impossible to open without...

The seller has other similar system decals as well. The dimensions are pretty small (the GameCube one is 1.33" x .23") which lend well to portables. I plan on sticking it to my base coat and then clear coating over everything so it won't go anywhere. Thank you, it took a lot of sanding and...

Here are some progress shots, still waiting on many parts to arrive from all around the world so I was looking at the Wii U gamepad shell and thought it looked kind of bland. Since I'm building this with primarily GameCube in mind, I decided to paint it a two-tone GameCube Indigo/Black color...

Thanks for the clarification, in reading up on batteries, charging, and the like I came across an image of the red board I had ordered and must have confused the play-and-charge setups with that board. That makes things slightly easier. Update: I'm no longer using this charging circuit, see the...

That's an interesting idea, I'll take a look at the trimming guides and see how feasible it is to reconnect all the severed traces. I have a cheap desoldering iron from Radioshak that has the little rubber balloon you squeeze to create suction through the heated tip to suck hot solder through...

In this case, it would be going back into it's original shell. Simply put, I'm trying to add the gamecube ports back to one of the late-model Wiis that shipped with those removed as a cost-saving measure; the disc drive still reads gamecube discs and the software still supports them, the only...

Do you have a recommendation for one that would be sufficient? Thanks! I have a dead board I had for another purpose, I'll practice soldering on its AVE to see how well I think my soldering skills are.

I have a variable temperature heat gun, but it does only shoot out at either high or low speeds. I agree, the hot air station looks like it can be more controlled, again, thanks for the recommendation. I'll give this a shot. ---Post Merged--- Thanks for the responses, I have a late-model Wii...

I'm posting this here so it may help others with similar projects as well as reference for myself in the future. A member on another forum (source) did some continuity readings and found the pinout for the FPC cables for the buttons on the gamepad. This thread (source) also provides some good...

Hello all, After crawling through these forums researching other member's builds and best practices, I plan on building a portable Wii, primarily for GameCube purposes. As an avid video game and horror fan, my all-time favorite game series is Resident Evil and my best memories playing those...