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Offline kilogeek

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Good deal ? :)
« on: Wed, 05 February 2014, 04:16:46 »
Gonna have this for 55 euro + shipping :

- IBM Model M clicky 1391402 100% functionnal
- IBM looking like M but dome 100% functionnal (still high-end domes)
- IBM model M shell
- Set of model M keycaps (azerty)
- model M electronic card
- 1 model m spare cable

Patience rewards, no ? :p

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 05 February 2014, 13:01:38 »
I'd say the price is about right.
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Offline HPE1000

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 05 February 2014, 13:09:41 »
I would say that is a good deal

I need to get me an ibm model m shell so I can paint it something crazy like green or purple.

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Offline tricheboars

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 05 February 2014, 14:07:38 »
do it. especially if you are in europe. 
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Offline kilogeek

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 03:39:19 »
It's paid and sent :)

For the shell, sorry, I have the same goal, want to make a camouflage (Desert) on it with brush paint and epoxy crystal protection :)
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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 08:15:59 »
the dome M uses many of the same parts as the normal model M. You can even convert it without too much trouble.

The case, controller, plate, membranes are all the same. I think the barrel frame is as well. So if you bolt mod, you can replace the dome sheet with hammers and replace the keycaps with spares from an M. Or use it as parts.

or just type on it, plate mounted domes aren't that bad, imo.
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Offline kilogeek

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 08:28:44 »
Thx for your infos... I'm currently in a bad mood (depressed) but working on these vintage keyboards helps me...
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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 11:43:46 »
i would use the dome board as parts myself rather than build it to mech standard.
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Offline kilogeek

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 20:43:05 »
thx for the advice, it will stay in a safe place, but I may give it to the man who bought this package for me, to pay my debt^^
He is not a noob, a Doctor, but I already sold him a good WYSE kb for 15 euro, and he is a geek doctor, and the best psy I've ever met, I'm a catholic, he is jewish, but we have many common points and he helps me a lot :)
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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 20:47:28 »
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Quote from: kilogeek on Thu, 06 February 2014, 03:39:19
want to make a camouflage (Desert) on it

My teenage son and I made these two a couple of years ago. It was a fun experiment, but not completely successful.
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Offline kilogeek

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 20:50:33 »
Nice !!!!

but I will do something more "army" less saturation, and using the real french ground forces camouflage used in desert operations (I'm an ex-Officicer) ^^
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Offline kilogeek

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 20:56:42 »
I'll send pics once done^^

My Bull Micral kb is also a work in progress, dark green paint with an epoxy layer on it, mate finish and I'll probably ad the french aircraft 'logo' which is very close to the british one :

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Offline kilogeek

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Re: Good deal ? :)
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 21:01:03 »
I use a very strong paint, but even that and clear is not strong enough when you use a keyboard and your hands touches the bottom of it, epoxy resin is IMO the strongest way to have it tough. Clears are not strong enough...
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Offline kilogeek

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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 06 February 2014, 21:04:26 »
also I'm an artist and love to paint with brushes, not spray... when I was a teenager I did a lot of aircraft mockups (Heller, Airfix... etc) and painting these planes was the best part of the 'job' ^^
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