Millipede Marquee Question

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I'm going to need to get a new Millipede Marquee, but can anyone tell me the specifics concerning the material that was used to cover the marquee after it was installed?

Is this just clear matte vinyl? And what are the dimensions?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 

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Hmmm...I thought its just a marquee overlay? AS has nice repro's of this and there are some nos ones floating around. Some have yellow boots and others have white boots. I have an nos marquee w/white boots and the repro on my cab also has white.

Tom
 
Darren, it just comes apart like that,.... the original (and the repros) are one big marquee that wraps around the entire thing, you line up the holes with the holes in the wood where the screws mount.

Let me warn you too: You're in for a heap of shit. I did one of these two weeks ago, it took me about 4 hours. First, you have to peel the old marquee off which will chip up into a million little pieces. Then, it'll delaminate from the glass like yours has done. THEN, you've got thick ink glued onto the glass, so you have to scrape all that off with a razorblade or something. You can use a heatgun but it doesn't help much. Somebody else may have a different way of doing it, it was the worst one I've ever done.

So to answer your question, it's not art on the glass, and then everything's covered with laminate, you have to get the glass really clean, then put it in place, and stick the overlay on the glass and the wood at the same time.
 
Darren, it just comes apart like that,.... the original (and the repros) are one big marquee that wraps around the entire thing, you line up the holes with the holes in the wood where the screws mount.

Let me warn you too: You're in for a heap of shit. I did one of these two weeks ago, it took me about 4 hours. First, you have to peel the old marquee off which will chip up into a million little pieces. Then, it'll delaminate from the glass like yours has done. THEN, you've got thick ink glued onto the glass, so you have to scrape all that off with a razorblade or something. You can use a heatgun but it doesn't help much. Somebody else may have a different way of doing it, it was the worst one I've ever done.

So to answer your question, it's not art on the glass, and then everything's covered with laminate, you have to get the glass really clean, then put it in place, and stick the overlay on the glass and the wood at the same time.

Ok. So let's see if I got this straight.

The artwork is on the vinyl, and the glass which sits in the recess was clear to begin with.

So looking at mine in the pic, the vinyl torn off but left it's artwork on the glass.

Is that right? And do you know who sells the marquee overlay?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
Ok. So let's see if I got this straight.

The artwork is on the vinyl, and the glass which sits in the recess was clear to begin with.

So looking at mine in the pic, the vinyl torn off but left it's artwork on the glass.

Is that right? And do you know who sells the marquee overlay?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Yes, the artwork was screened on the back side of clear vinyl, much like a CPO and yes the glass was once clear.
 
Thanks.

Any idea on the best place to get a reproduction?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Are you trying to ask for a different source than arcade shop? That one has already been mentioned twice in this thread. If so, there really isn't one. The repro guys don't want to compete with each other.
 
Are you trying to ask for a different source than arcade shop? That one has already been mentioned twice in this thread. If so, there really isn't one. The repro guys don't want to compete with each other.

Actually it had been mentioned once by fatherpain and I somehow missed that.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
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