Beogram 4002 (5523): Some Final Touches - Replacing Plinth and Keypad

After installing the BeoloverRIAA internal preamplifier and the Commander remote control, it was time for some final touches for this Beogram 4002 (5523):

Here is an impression of its damaged plinth:

The replacement plinth I recently came across unfortunately also had some small damages. The corners were slightly banged up. Inspired by the veneer repair I recently carried out on a Beomaster 8000, I set out to do the same to this plinth:

This shows the right corner before:

and after I added a bit of veneer and colored it to match:

not perfect, but definitely much better than before. The left corner had a similar issue on the side:

I did a similar job here:

The original keypad had a big hole in the coating of the start key:

I replaced this keypad with a much better one:

Alright! This beolovely Beogram is now ready for the return trip to its owner!

Beomaster 8000: Unboxing and a First Look

A Beomaster 8000 arrived yesterday. I acquired it from ebay for a customer for a full restoration. It was promised to be pristine and with original box and documents and the Terminal remote. So I was looking forward to unboxing this behemoth. Today I had a look. As promised, the seller sent it double boxed, thank you for that!:

Here some impressions of the unboxing process:

So far so good. After I took it out of the box I found that it was quite pristine but unfortunately with one flaw:

The other corner is much better:

control and glass panels are very nice:

The key pad is also in very good condition:

And so is the back: 

The Terminal should also be quite lovely once cleaned up:

So all in all, a pretty good starting point for a restoration!