Area69
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I've started what I thought would be a simple restore on a Crystal Castles. I picked this up two weeks ago from a local collector and just wanted to show it a little love.
My plan of attack (since this is a working game) was to give the cabinet a good clean up, replace the CPO, and marquee artwork, and overhaul the trackball. At this time, I don't have plans to replace the cabinet artwork, although sometime in the future this could be a priority.
Here are a few before pics.
If you are looking close, you'll see that all four bottom corners are mashed up and cruddy. I need to replace the back door and upper and lower panels, and repair a split in the front upper section above the coin door. Also the center glass piece for the large Atari logo is missing, so I'll need to source a new speaker overlay.
I started by replacing wood in three of the corners and filling in the gaps with bondo. I had to guess at the exact shape of the back corners due to the total lack of remaining wood.
I removed the steel front corner protectors, and was actually able to save one of the original front bottom corners. It sucks to have the artwork damaged, but at least the cabinet isn't leaving flaky bits all around.
My plan of attack (since this is a working game) was to give the cabinet a good clean up, replace the CPO, and marquee artwork, and overhaul the trackball. At this time, I don't have plans to replace the cabinet artwork, although sometime in the future this could be a priority.
Here are a few before pics.
If you are looking close, you'll see that all four bottom corners are mashed up and cruddy. I need to replace the back door and upper and lower panels, and repair a split in the front upper section above the coin door. Also the center glass piece for the large Atari logo is missing, so I'll need to source a new speaker overlay.
I started by replacing wood in three of the corners and filling in the gaps with bondo. I had to guess at the exact shape of the back corners due to the total lack of remaining wood.
I removed the steel front corner protectors, and was actually able to save one of the original front bottom corners. It sucks to have the artwork damaged, but at least the cabinet isn't leaving flaky bits all around.

