Battlezone Control Panel Resto Question

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So as you can see the control panel has a lot of surface rust, but the surface rust has only really affected the black portion, not the color portion.

Curious what my options are for restoration. I don't really want to put on an overlay. Thoughts? Thanks!

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Careful masking, sanding carefully to remove / level, then spraying.

Or wait for @Takeman to do repros.
 
It's on the non-black portions in a lot of spots too and will continue to get worse, nothing you can really do about it. It will eventually eat away and have pitting that you won't be able to hide....The few games that have these painted panels, IMO is one of the few instances in the hobby where a non original option/overlay is warranted and OK, otherwise you'll lose the panel. You can try the suggestion above, but it will be a lot of work for likely subpar results and the panel will continue to get worse. I messaged takeman about it very recently, no plans for another run. I went with an overlay from arcadeartshop...very happy with the results(my panel was much worse than yours, and I have a spare). Good luck with whatever you decide!
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Not to highjack this thread but I have a control panel if anyone could use it. I grabbed it from a guy that was about to throw it in the trash and it's taking up room in my storage area. Just pay the shipping cost.
 

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Thanks guys. Still trying to decide what to do. May just get an extra panel and throw an overlay on it. One restored, one unrestored. Wish takeman would do another but understand the situation.
 
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To this and couldn't be happier, in my case the panel being further gone to made the decision easier. I mean, no way the game will be presentable with a rusty panel IMO....like I said....this is one of those cases where it's warranted.
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Well damn. The 2 speakers in the shroud are blown and while removing them I scratched the marquee. Really pissed. I guess I'll be looking for a CPO and a marquee. :)

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Well damn. The 2 speakers in the shroud are blown and while removing them I scratched the marquee. Really pissed. I guess I'll be looking for a CPO and a marquee. :)

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OH NO :oops2: Man there was multiple whole periscope shrouds for sale here recently....check in with them and see if they're still available...they could have the speakers and Marquee....bummer man

@purpleibby super nice! like the texture. mimics the original silk screened cp.
Definitely, I dig it for sure....came out great....Man I've been so slow on this restore...I'm just about done with it and have been posting bits and pieces on the forum from time to time for a while now....I'd be done with it and posted it before now but we've actually been recovering from our house getting hit by a damn tornado last May...lol. I'm hyped to post it very soon...last bits and testing happening now.
 
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Does anybody here have experience with Escape Pod Online? They sell both the marquee and cpo for Battlezone.


 
Does anybody here have experience with Escape Pod Online? They sell both the marquee and cpo for Battlezone.


I have ordered from them before and been happy. I believe shipping may have taken forever but YMMV. Its been years so seek more recent feedback.
 
Just to save you some disappointment on ordering that CPO(looks like it from the pic).....Be aware that specific CPO looks like it might have been the one that didn't have enough overhang to completely cover the entire CP(that's why I mentioned Olly's had enough overhang to cover the entire panel above). You can hear this guy eluding to that fact and not wanting to wait for the one I got..... I did my homework on this, it would have been unacceptable to me....:

 
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