Hello, I'm new here and new to the hobby and I've been finding a lot of great info in the threads to help me but could use some friendly advice. Please excuse me if I ask any dumb questions or misuse any terminology but I'm just starting out.
I recently picked up a few uprights in various conditions. One of them as it turns out was an original Robotron 2084 that someone painted black and converted to Pit Boss. When I picked up this machine the guy said it used to work perfectly until someone got upset and started beating on the machine so the video display doesn't work anymore which I will ask how to fix in the monitor threads.
The cabinet itself is in really good shape, I think, so I'd like to make an attempt to return it to it's original Robotron state. So I started chipping away at the paint and I found that I could remove quite a bit easily without doing any real damage to the original paint but I've come across some real problem areas where I can't get the paint off so I tried a couple removers like Lift Off 4 and Goo Gone but it also pulls up the original paint. So I think I'm going to have just sand it down and repaint. Also from what I've been able to tell the only mods made to the cabinet were to the control panel were the original control holes were bondod up.
I've seen threads of others restoring this cabinet but where can I get the artwork stencils, T-Molding, and control panel overlay? I also have questions about getting the actual interworkings of the game since I don't have that currently. Someone suggested that I should turn this into a multi-williams game but I'd like to keep it as just a Robotron.
I'd appreciate any helpful advice or suggestions you might have.
Thanks.
I recently picked up a few uprights in various conditions. One of them as it turns out was an original Robotron 2084 that someone painted black and converted to Pit Boss. When I picked up this machine the guy said it used to work perfectly until someone got upset and started beating on the machine so the video display doesn't work anymore which I will ask how to fix in the monitor threads.
The cabinet itself is in really good shape, I think, so I'd like to make an attempt to return it to it's original Robotron state. So I started chipping away at the paint and I found that I could remove quite a bit easily without doing any real damage to the original paint but I've come across some real problem areas where I can't get the paint off so I tried a couple removers like Lift Off 4 and Goo Gone but it also pulls up the original paint. So I think I'm going to have just sand it down and repaint. Also from what I've been able to tell the only mods made to the cabinet were to the control panel were the original control holes were bondod up.
I've seen threads of others restoring this cabinet but where can I get the artwork stencils, T-Molding, and control panel overlay? I also have questions about getting the actual interworkings of the game since I don't have that currently. Someone suggested that I should turn this into a multi-williams game but I'd like to keep it as just a Robotron.
I'd appreciate any helpful advice or suggestions you might have.
Thanks.
