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Old 21-09-2019, 01:51 PM
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Pimped Astro Toys

I love my Tak NJP & Big 10" CF newt - but couldn't live with the baby green mount colour anymore - so had it stripped down & powdercoated in Apollo 11 colours.

Also changed the colour of the Skywatcher white tube rings & mirror cells from the 'scope Jet black, and also powder coated the white Ioptron tripier legs silver to match it all.

There were a few minor gremlins with performance post mods due to slipping locknuts on powdercoated surfaces, but that's all sorted now.

The project took about 2 months and only cost me around $750

Must be the result of watching all the episodes of "Wheeler Dealers"
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