Dynamo HS-5 *Street Fighter II' CE Restore*

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Here goes another Street Fighter II' Champion Edition Restore thread. My attempt at one anyways, and it's also my first arcade restoration at that. But thanks to all the threads started on here at KLOV, I am able to have more how to resources than I could ever get out of my other mame etc etc books that I have.

History:

A couple of years ago my brother found a Mortal Kombat arcade machine on ebay for cheap and had it shipped over on a deal. When the machine first arrived it seemed in decent condition with a very strange control panel. The buttons were still laid out in the SF 6 button layout. The joysticks were really good and stayed really good, until I removed them during the restoration.
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The Control Panel

The only strange/bad part about the whole cab was the CPO. Who...why or WTF ever decided to put something like this on a CP is beyond us. It felt like a wore out 40 grit sandpaper type layout. It was like this nonskid stuff you would put onto a floor, and it was HELL to take off. I hope I never have to do a CP like this again.

Before: Here is this horrible CPO that was installed on this poor machine.
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The picture actually makes it appear a lot better looking than it really was.

During: A heat gun just wasn't going to cut it. So I went and sanded the hell out of this stuff to reveal the cabinet's past. It was like most dynamos of this type a Street fighting machine.
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After: Here is what I finished today since the weather permited. All primed up until I apply the the new Street Fighter II' CE artwork.
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The monitor is still in great condition for it's age. It has minor burns that you can barely see, and the cab layout was very generic. I went on e-bay and got some artwork for a bundle price and it turned out really nice and everything fits to the T.

Old and bare
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Giving the cabinet some new style art to help bring it to it's former self.
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The Front

I'm forced to repaint the cab since the front is badly damaged from it being on location at one time. The old lock bar that some operators would put over coin box doors for a more secure lock down left some gaping holes. I'm planning to repaint this whole front side read.
The marquee section only needs new L brackets luckily.

They tried to cover the holes with a cheap piece of plexi. after the removed all of the location locks off before they sold it.
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The sides

The sides are not as bad. But plenty of movement left some marks to leave it a little banged and can be noticed. I'm going to leave the sides black and I'm also re-T-molding the whole cab.

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The Inside

The Dynamo HS-5 series has a PCB drawer that allows you for easy access to work on your game. The drawer over time got a little wore out over time. This left the inside sloppy and the game was not at all sturdy which is not good. The wires seemed to be new when we received this cab, and still are in mint condition.
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I fixed and pulled out the drawer for re-configuration to properly set the SF PCB on new PCB feet.
 
I have a couple of questions.

Now that I think about it. Should I paint the front red and the sides black? or Should I paint the front black and paint the sides red?

Also does anyone know where I could get dynamo repo stickers?
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to be continued.....
 
Looks awesome so far. If it were up to me, and I had an HS-5, I'd probably paint it to match the flyers. Either of the red/black setups you mentioned would look great.

Really looking forward to the rest of this.
 
Thanks Jeff. Well as of now, we have decided to go with a red front and black sideds. Will start that mess tomorrow. Having a hell of a time removing the coin door, so I may just tape that off and carefully work around it. Painting is easy to me. Done enough of that in the Navy on all surfaces.

Finished the CP and it turned out well, and looks and feels 100% better than what it was. Glad that messy part is over with.

Started to apply the overlay after making the holes that were needed.
I simply applied the plexi-glass overlay to trace where to holes needed to be and applied the artwork slowly and carefully leaving not one air bubble.
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Placed the plexi in place while slapping each button in one by one and even did the corners with the access artwork.
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Reenforced the back side with tape to make sure the the overlay would not unpeel and come undone.
Before
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After
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Done with the CP! On to the next ROUND!
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Looks good! I like how you covered the cut corners on the control panel with the overlay. You're getting me geared up for my restoration on mine! A couple of questions

- Where did you get your graphics? How much did they cost?
- What size and brand is your monitor?

My only suggestion/critique would be to put the dust washers underneath the control panel. It looks a lot cleaner IMHO. Keep up the good work!
 
I got my graphics off a Canadian seller off ebay since it was a lot cheaper going through him than gamegrapix. and his art is great quality. My only gripe was the bezel art was a little too dark, but it doesn't bother us and he made it fit perfectly.

The monitor is a 25", HS-5's usually come with that size. If I get a HS-1 or 2, they usually came with 19" and I'm wondering if that will be too small. I think the 25" is a great size.

As for the dust rings, I've heard many people say it's better to have them outside to help keep the build up of dust out of the stick pit. I may put the under since I haven't locked the joys into place yet. Not sure...
 
So I start the prep and paint process of my restoration. It went fairly easy and I used some bondo to fill in the gaps and holes of the front of the arcade machine. No it looks like nothing was ever drilled into the thing. Let it dry for about 2 days after sanding, bond, sand...repeat until smooth and flat.

I used painters tape and sectioned off areas that I wanted red and applied rustolium sunburst red gloss paint to the front of the cab. Applies light coats with a foam roller and ran about 4-5 coats to ensure a complete finish with no runs, blotches etc.

Then I went ahead and rolled on a Black gloss paint to the sides. I only needed 2 light coats on the sideds since it wasn't badly damaged. Fixes the small deep scratches on the sides and painted them to give it that new healthy look. This cabinet is in such good condition and no major repairs needed. *knock on wood*

I would post the process, but the pictures that I did take curropted. I didn't even take that many to begin with because I was under a time limit due to beating the humid weather we got the day after I finished painting. That sort of took a small toll on the red paint. But not bad. I had finished just in time or who knows how bad it could of gotten.

I made a few mistakes and had to fix them taking more time, but in the end I can say this project is done. All I need is to add the new T-molding once I get it. I also need to grab a new marquee because it got damaged during shipping. Other than that the artwork is nice, and everything went along smoothly and the new buttons, joys, and wires work perfectly.


Here is the front before.
Damages from location modifications and just being old. Poor cover ups as well.
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Here is the front now.
Bondoed the holes and deep scratches, sanded and then painted.
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You can't really see it. But it blotched a bit due to the very last coat drying in the humid weather. I should of skipped that last one. Oh well.

The front looks nice and restored. So I am happy with the results. Not perfect...but..
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The sides before.
Had a few deep scratches, no artwork to remove thank god. Just needed a few touch ups.
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Now. 2 coats of gloss and new side art.
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That looks awesome man! How do you like the quality of the repro artwork, specifically the side decals? I'm hoping to have a need for them at some point and was just curious. I know there are some on eBay but I think they are inkjet prints.
 
Thanks for the complement. Even with some mistakes I made. I'm satisfied with it. The guy I got them from was from Canada off ebay.

The Bezel
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PROS: Printed it out on a plastic sheet. Good thick ink quality. Doesn't scratch off easily. I accidentally got tape stuck on it, and was able to pull it off with no problems. I gave him the measurement diagram and all I had to do was trim a 1/8th of an inch off the sides and cut out the middle blank square to fit my monitor size.

CONS: Was a tad bit dark as you can tell from photo.

Also!!! Look at my photo. where you can see some dark blotches. That was from me using this cheap ass glue to paste it to a cardboard bezel. Don't use glue, dumb mistake I made. It ended up blotching and showing through. I would just take masking tape, roll it and tape the bezel to a cardboard one. Because it's just a thin sheet of plastic. But way more durable and will last longer than a cardboard one would.

The CPO
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PROS: It's a durable vinyl, and that came out perfect as well. I always recommend putting a plexi overlay over the top to give it that extra protection. Easy to work with.

CONS: NONE IMO
The Side art was also vinyl and there were no errors, blotches of any sort, strong solid colors very good printing quality.

Side Art
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PROS: Peel and paste. Looks good, solid black ink and colors on vinyl. Not a cheap job.

I'm happy with the artwork and save a bit of money. I'm a heavy critique on things like this, especially with SF or any other game I like.
 
Nice job. Now if only I could find a beat up dynamo for under $500 around here.

Am I the only person who likes the World Warrior art better than CE? :D
 
Nice job. Now if only I could find a beat up dynamo for under $500 around here.

Am I the only person who likes the World Warrior art better than CE? :D

Funny you say that. I'm also after a dynamo HS-1,2 or 5. That way I can restore a SFII WW for myself. But so damn hard to find here.

I love the whole SFII series, SFIIWW is so oldschool to me, and I have fond memories of it. My brother wanted me to restore this cab to a SFCE because he has fond memories of us always fighting each other on the SNES version.
We never fought as kids, but we got into some heavy SF competition. LOL

I'm looking to make a Custom CAPCOM 20th anniversary sticker to put on this machine.
 
Funny you say that. I'm also after a dynamo HS-1,2 or 5. That way I can restore a SFII WW for myself. But so damn hard to find here.

I love the whole SFII series, SFIIWW is so oldschool to me, and I have fond memories of it. My brother wanted me to restore this cab to a SFCE because he has fond memories of us always fighting each other on the SNES version.
We never fought as kids, but we got into some heavy SF competition. LOL

I'm looking to make a Custom CAPCOM 20th anniversary sticker to put on this machine.

Ah the game along with MK that ate up a good chunk of my teenage years.

If you EVER decide to sell that please let me know. I have MK, KI, and Primal Rage, just need a SFIICE to complete the fighting game row. CE was my favorite version, and well still is.

Great job sir!
 
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