Anyone make Opaque repro marquees?

ArcadeKO

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I bought some repro marquees on ebay and was pretty disappointed to find that the blacks were not at all opaque - they dont look so good lit up. (I got a centipede, DK and 2 galagas - the centipede looks great but the galga's were low-res and the colors were flat)

I was considering trying MAME Marquees - I am looking for an ALIENS marquee for a custom machine i am building. Has anyone ordered a marquee from Mame Marquees? Are the blacks Opaque - or maybe you have a suggestion of where I could find an original
 
Blacks on original marquees were not opaque (like on that Galaga) and that's why repro's are made like that. I'm sure it's possible, but you may have better luck just masking off what you want to be opaque and painting the backside. that'll make it opaque...
 
Well the opaque look much better than the crap-brown color that comes through the black ink so I would prefer to stick with opaque blacks.

I have also found repro marquees that have good solid opaque blacks (but the people have a limited supply, not custom and not the aliens header)

So maybe I should rephrase the question.

Does anyone know if mame marquees blacks are opaque AND/OR is there somewhere else i might find an opaque ALIENS marquee?

- muchos gracias in advance
 
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