Just thought I'd throw this up. I bought a heavily-routed Donkey Kong cabinet off of mjenks, going to clean it up and considering painting it red because I already have a blue cab and I'd like to mix it up. Someday have a Red Blue and Orange all next to each other.
The cabinet has a bunch of security screws on the side and extra bolt holes in the cab so I'm going to bondo all the holes shut, then do some touch-up paint or repaint it red. Might be easier just to do a list so here's my total to do on this:
- Dust the cabinet and parts
- Fill some holes and fill a chip in the back right side of the cab - smooth out any dings in the cab.
- New CP overlay and new buttons.
- T-molding
- Acquire a DK board - I may trade the DKjr. I got with the cab - on the fence on that as well.
- Front board on the base is missing. Going to rebuild the whole base. (What do you guys think about making the base taller? I think I'd like the machine like an inch or two higher, anyone ever do this?)
- Maybe some side-art (If I can find a good deal on some
)
- Paint - not positive how to do this - I have access to a paint booth and spray guns etc, not sure if I want pull all the strings necessary Vs. just roll painting it or something at home.
- Cut a back door for the cabinet
Just brought it home.
Disassembling the cabinet - I'm surprised how sturdy these are considering they're 1/2" (?) ply-wood. The inside of the cab is dusty but not a trace of any water damage or funny residues - VERY CLEAN!
Cracks in the CP from someone putting some non-nintendo leaf buttons on the CP...A little funky as well.
Thanks for looking, I'll keep this updated as the project progresses.
The cabinet has a bunch of security screws on the side and extra bolt holes in the cab so I'm going to bondo all the holes shut, then do some touch-up paint or repaint it red. Might be easier just to do a list so here's my total to do on this:
- Dust the cabinet and parts
- Fill some holes and fill a chip in the back right side of the cab - smooth out any dings in the cab.
- New CP overlay and new buttons.
- T-molding
- Acquire a DK board - I may trade the DKjr. I got with the cab - on the fence on that as well.
- Front board on the base is missing. Going to rebuild the whole base. (What do you guys think about making the base taller? I think I'd like the machine like an inch or two higher, anyone ever do this?)
- Maybe some side-art (If I can find a good deal on some
- Paint - not positive how to do this - I have access to a paint booth and spray guns etc, not sure if I want pull all the strings necessary Vs. just roll painting it or something at home.
- Cut a back door for the cabinet
Just brought it home.
Disassembling the cabinet - I'm surprised how sturdy these are considering they're 1/2" (?) ply-wood. The inside of the cab is dusty but not a trace of any water damage or funny residues - VERY CLEAN!
Cracks in the CP from someone putting some non-nintendo leaf buttons on the CP...A little funky as well.
Thanks for looking, I'll keep this updated as the project progresses.
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