Hi Paul Yes here is a pic of mine.
FYI the original black series were made for the US Military in the late 70's. There are only a handful of those decks left but on actually seeing one in real life the finish wasn't very good. This was because of the poor quality aluminium. Back in the 70's the coating wasn't good and so you had blotches.
All the black parts you see above were all made in Germany by a really top end hifi company (of which I can't remember at this moment in time, but it will come to me). The finish was perfect in every way. The over-print on the main deck panel was pin sharp too. The supplier of these parts only had a few sets made due the cost of a low quantity run. The process of doing this was very specialised due to the base material not being very good.
The tape head block laser aligned and heads re-lapped by JRF in the U.S and a fully functioning custom made remote control was also fitted.
The RT in it's stock form is quite a clunky machine but mine had custom made updates to the brake drums and a custom made oil damper which engaged with the Solenoids that controlled tape guides. It was like using a high end Nakamichi cassette deck. Very slick. This should have been done from the start on the RT IMO, but I suppose Pioneer were looking more on cutting costs.
I was going to do the DBX II update but it wasn't meant to be.
One of the biggest undertakings I've ever done, a real labour of love but after a while I fancied moving in to other things so I sold it on.
As I said, asthetically it amazing. But once you take the panels off it's not particularly good quality compared to a Studer. For example the main fascia plate on the RT is a simple press braked bit of sheet steel which on most decks isn't very accurately done whilst on a Studer/Revox it's a cast plate. A fully serviced up Studer also sounded much better.
If I had the DBX II done I'm sure it would certainly be up there with any other semi-pro decks or maybe a Revox or something.
Would I have one again? Yes... Would I do it all again... Yes because let's face it, it's a lovely thing.