I figure this must happen fairly often, but the NeoGeo was the first arcade game I ever played back in my hometown of Burley, Idaho at the local Pizzahut. Baseball Stars: Professional, and Art of Fighting were in that cabinet. Not my favorite games, but I have had the demo music/voices stuck in my head for the past almost 20 years since then.
I picked up this cab a couple months ago from a guy in Indiana. The CPO was in rough shape visually since one of the previous owners had drilled a couple holes through the CPO, the side art was missing and had long gouges down the sides where someone had taken a box cutter to it to get the red vinyl off.
What I've done so far:
Stripped and repainted the black CPO.
Replaced the CPO Graphics with a pretty authentic looking repro.
Replaced the CPO buttons.
Stripped the damaged black vinyl off of the (top) sides and sanded down the gouges in the wood.
What I need to do:
Replace the t-molding (damaged).
Finish removing the damaged black vinyl from the rest of the cab.
I plan on painting the cab instead of replacing with vinyl. (pointers appreciated)
Re-secure the jimmy-rigged casters that were installed on the bottom by a previous owner. (Perhaps remove completely.)
Replace the headphone/memory card decal
Here are some images of the process so far (sorry bout the size):
Picture of my wife and mom-in-law playing
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/First Night.JPG
Before I started- gouges visible
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/Before1.JPG
Holes in CPO
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/CPO Damage.JPG
Cleaning and stripping 3 layers of paint off the CPO
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/CleaningCPO.JPG
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/StrippingCPO.JPG
Painting CPO
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/Painting.JPG
Finished CPO (can you tell is a repro??)
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/NewCPO1.JPG
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/NewCPO3.JPG
And... a picture of sanding... (also gluing the broken bottom corner)
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/SandingSide.JPG
I'll try to update this as I go-- but there you have it. Only started work on this last week before Thanksgiving and over the weekend.
[UPDATE]
Want vectorized NEO GEO/MVS/SNK side art? Look no further:
Adobe Illustrator CS format EPS file
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Misc NEO/MVS_Side_v3.zip
I picked up this cab a couple months ago from a guy in Indiana. The CPO was in rough shape visually since one of the previous owners had drilled a couple holes through the CPO, the side art was missing and had long gouges down the sides where someone had taken a box cutter to it to get the red vinyl off.
What I've done so far:
Stripped and repainted the black CPO.
Replaced the CPO Graphics with a pretty authentic looking repro.
Replaced the CPO buttons.
Stripped the damaged black vinyl off of the (top) sides and sanded down the gouges in the wood.
What I need to do:
Replace the t-molding (damaged).
Finish removing the damaged black vinyl from the rest of the cab.
I plan on painting the cab instead of replacing with vinyl. (pointers appreciated)
Re-secure the jimmy-rigged casters that were installed on the bottom by a previous owner. (Perhaps remove completely.)
Replace the headphone/memory card decal
Here are some images of the process so far (sorry bout the size):
Picture of my wife and mom-in-law playing
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/First Night.JPG
Before I started- gouges visible
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/Before1.JPG
Holes in CPO
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/CPO Damage.JPG
Cleaning and stripping 3 layers of paint off the CPO
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/CleaningCPO.JPG
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/StrippingCPO.JPG
Painting CPO
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/Painting.JPG
Finished CPO (can you tell is a repro??)
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/NewCPO1.JPG
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/NewCPO3.JPG
And... a picture of sanding... (also gluing the broken bottom corner)
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Neo Restore/SandingSide.JPG
I'll try to update this as I go-- but there you have it. Only started work on this last week before Thanksgiving and over the weekend.
[UPDATE]
Want vectorized NEO GEO/MVS/SNK side art? Look no further:
Adobe Illustrator CS format EPS file
http://www.hedratek.com/wp/Misc NEO/MVS_Side_v3.zip
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