Ok the pics are up for my DC I think im gonna dub it the Green Machine. Just click the link in my sig to see it.

heres a tip when soldering to the pins, you can remove the rectangular piece of metal thats right above them. It just gives u more room to work and makes it a hell of a lot easier to solder.

ok then I'm all set because i dont use the modem at all.

Im talking about the two metal pieces that encase the modem. Not sure if they really are heat shielding, but thats what i called them.

Ok so i just did the modem LED mod, and to get it to fit in the plastic case i took out a piece of the heat shielding. Does anyone think this should matter? By the way I took off the piece thats closet to the plastic not the one thats close to the extension plug.

What in the lords name is crazy glue??!!

Its super glue or tacky glue or whatever crazy name you might use for it but it basically is super strong glue, but not as strong as apoxy.

lol speaking of the DC viper I actually just painted a DC like that and i'm just waiting for it to dry before i put it all together. I did the same vent thing that you're doing, but to make mine quasi-original i added "headlights" to it. Once its all together ill post pics of it.

I bought mine at Home Depot and the thinnest i found was 1/8" thick

If thats the case it sounds like the lid switch is loose. Take off the top of your dreamcast, and with the controller ports facing you, look at the back right hand corner. What you're looking for is a little black switch that pushes backwards. Once you find it see if it wiggles side to side if this ...

The thing with these shiny paints is the metallic flakes in the paint settle to the bottom when you spray and as the paint dries the shine works it way up to the top of the paint, maybe thats why the red wasnt shiny at first.

yeah i've found that out myself. What I did was cut two dime size holes on the front side of the system next to where the controller port is. My intention is to fill the two holes with pieces of plexi and mount LEDs behind the windows. I think my biggest mistake with all of this is is that i bought ...

only problem is i have to cut a round edge so how effective would the cutting wheel be?

I need a good, efficient way to cut plexi glass or the type of dremmel tool tip that i should use.

I keep mine because if you get rid of it you're left with an empty indent in the shape of the logo. With my friends DC i ended up painting the swirl black, it was definitely tedious but the results were nice. I used a super fine tipped brush that i bought at a hobby shop and some acrylic paint and p...

Yeah becuase the two voltages are relatively close, but in my opinion i would stay away from U/V LEDs. I bought a pack of 3mm 3.6V and when i hooked it up it wasnt too too bright. Granted it was during the day so that could play a part too it, but it is your choice plus they're cheap so you could bu...

It does say the voltage. Once you get into the LED category and it lists all the LED choices, click on the LED it will bring up a spec sheet for that LED. What you want to look at on that sheet is the "Typ" and the "Max" on the forward voltage parameter. The "Typ" is wh...

I order all mine from this place http://stores.ebay.com/LED-Store

So heres the latest on the mess that duplicolor metalcast is. I started by doing the controller, and everything came out fine, but being the impatient person i am i touched and it has two big finger marks on it that im too lazy to touch up. Besides that it came it really nice and i couldnt wait to p...

Where did you get the original last two pics of the planned DC paintjob? I have a third spare DC that i want to paint but i want to see how it would turn out using the color scheme i have planned. Also what did you use to paint in the pics? I have Adobe photoshop which is what i'll most likely use, ...

Well I live in America so Radioshack is a good bet. As for using the internet people on this site recomend http://www.lsdiodes.com/ Personally I buy mine on ebay from an ebay store known as the "LED Store" because you can get packs of 10 to 20 LEDs for about 6 or 7 dollars with s/h.