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From NOV 15th, 2024 in the what did you do with your games thread:
#6,003
About that extra backdrop the game came with:
So the backdrop art in my Battlezone was in pretty rough shape....something dripped on it in a few spots, stained in lots of spots(maybe mold/condensation)....spots where it looks like moths?(who knows what) ate the paper away in lots of places..It's a mystery to me because the cab is in good shape with no moisture damage...
The .good thing was when I picked the game up somehow the seller had a backup ORIGINAL BZ backdrop included in the deal...only problem with it is the side flaps were very warped...I had stacked 2 foot high of guitar mags on each of the sides(after heating them with a hair dryer) for like a month trying to flatten the sides and while it did improve it they were still warped, cardboard has a memory that's hard to break..
So I had a clothes steamer and steamed the back sides of each of the sides and ironed them until flat again(ironed/steamed the back side as to not touch the front artwork. It took about 4-5 passes but I ended up getting them good enough...also the staple holes had to be repaired with cardboard on the back side of the backdrop glued with Uhu Por contact glue(this stuff rocks)...got it hung tonight..very happy.
THe steam and iron method worked great:

The original backdrop, pretty bad!:
With the middle staple hole repaired as described above...when installing the repaired extra backdrop I was able to get the staple aimed perfectly where the the original staple was(bear in mind the placement was different on the original bezel), so it covers up the hole and looks great cosmetically! That was a huge PITA!

#6,003
About that extra backdrop the game came with:
So the backdrop art in my Battlezone was in pretty rough shape....something dripped on it in a few spots, stained in lots of spots(maybe mold/condensation)....spots where it looks like moths?(who knows what) ate the paper away in lots of places..It's a mystery to me because the cab is in good shape with no moisture damage...
The .good thing was when I picked the game up somehow the seller had a backup ORIGINAL BZ backdrop included in the deal...only problem with it is the side flaps were very warped...I had stacked 2 foot high of guitar mags on each of the sides(after heating them with a hair dryer) for like a month trying to flatten the sides and while it did improve it they were still warped, cardboard has a memory that's hard to break..
So I had a clothes steamer and steamed the back sides of each of the sides and ironed them until flat again(ironed/steamed the back side as to not touch the front artwork. It took about 4-5 passes but I ended up getting them good enough...also the staple holes had to be repaired with cardboard on the back side of the backdrop glued with Uhu Por contact glue(this stuff rocks)...got it hung tonight..very happy.
THe steam and iron method worked great:

The original backdrop, pretty bad!:

With the middle staple hole repaired as described above...when installing the repaired extra backdrop I was able to get the staple aimed perfectly where the the original staple was(bear in mind the placement was different on the original bezel), so it covers up the hole and looks great cosmetically! That was a huge PITA!

























