Moon Patrol Restoration

[gregr]

I've been working on the restoration for about a month now and I'm finally hitting the home stretch and thought it would be a good time to post a few pictures, mainly because today I had the first stencil reveal and I couldn't be happier. I hope to finish the remaining stencil work this weekend and have it all together by next weekend.



Thanks
Greg

 

[gregatron]

Lookin' good man.
Keep those pics comin'.

 

[ManiN]

Lookin good! I'm jealous, Moon Patrol was one of my childhood favorites! I always ran right to that game on birthdays at the Organ Grinder Pizza place.

Think about spraying a layer of satin clear coat on your stencil work if you have any differences in finish between your colors. I did a Burgertime recently, and the satin clear really tied every layer together. Made it look like a poster rather than layered art. I also think it gives a little radius to the sharp stencil edges. I used about whole rattle can per side.

 

[Phetishboy]

Awesome project. Love the Moon Patrol Artwork. With mine, when I was finished, I used a power buffer and Turtle wax to protect it, polish it and give it an even sheen. Just make sure you give the paint a week's curing time before waxing it. Otherwise you'll put swirls in the finish and your buffer mitten will be covered in a baby blue hue. Also, make sure to hand rub any nooks and crannies thoroughly, or they will appear white and/or hazy. The turtle wax finish looks good in both Natural and artificial light:

 

[gorfchampion]

That's turning out really nice, should be a nice conversation piece when you're all done. Don't forget to have fun playing it!

 

[toolguy]

Looks great! I would love to have one myself.

Instead I have to settle on my Atari 800 version, but at least I have something to play when the urge hits.

 

[gregr]

Moon Patrol

Thanks guys, I hope to get the yellow done today with new picutres tomorrow. I have been contemplating spaying a satin poly as a final finish, I have a test piece I did and want to see how that comes out before spraying the whole cabinet.

By the way Phet - seeing yours a few months ago was the real reason I started this restoration, always loved the game as a kid, once I saw yours I knew I had to have one, luckily I found one cheap and quickly.

Greg

PS - Now I need This Old Game to get that repo bezel finished, mine is in really poor condition.

 

[gregr]

Update

So I was able to get the yellow done on one side this afternoon, there are a few small blemishes, but nothing you can see from a foot away. While I was waiting for the paint to set, I finished up the upper speaker mount, I tried my best to match the orginial plastic mesh that covered it by using a nylon pet screen material.

Thanks
Greg

 

[Phetishboy]

So I was able to get the yellow done on one side this afternoon, there are a few small blemishes, but nothing you can see from a foot away. While I was waiting for the paint to set, I finished up the upper speaker mount, I tried my best to match the orginial plastic mesh that covered it by using a nylon pet screen material.

Thanks
Greg

Daddy like.

 

[prOk]

Hey greg.. look close at your stencils, there was a small set of stickers with the R trademark sticker that goes in that one yellow dot by the Williams text. Hope you didn't toss it by accident

 

[gregr]

TM Stickers

Prok - I haven't tossed anything out, but I don't remmeber seeing them - were they attached to anything or just in the mailing tube. I'll go back through everything and look again.

Additionally, I sent you a follow-up email on Missile Command.

Thanks
Greg

 

[jimkirk]

I am currently turning an empty Joust cab into a Multi Williams and used metal screen on my speaker panel.
It came prebent on all 4 corners and was made to the dimensions I requested.
It came with semi gloss anodized finish.
It was a little pricey at $42.00 but it looks awesome.

 

[Wundercade]

Very, very nice and, heh....your Williams "a" is correct. Nice attention to detail.