Mortal Kombat CP restore

r3m

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I bought a mk1 cab a while back that has mk3 in it and the CP was pretty much held together with screws, duct tape, scuffs that were filled in with black marker(faded to purple), and silicone. What ever you do do not use marker for touch ups! I got tired of looking at it and the main reason for buying it is to have fun and restore it as much as possible back to it's original state. So that's when I went on the mission recently to make the CP art seeing I didn't like the art that was currently being sold. Nothing against Scott at mamemarquees/gameongrafix. He's a great guy by the way. There are a few things that is wrong with his art that I felt that I could very well fix. So me my gf and a friend all worked on the artwork and took exact measurements from the original and finally finished it for printing. I sent the art to Scott to print and he ended up shipping it out. So I took off the duct tape the screws and then removed the CP and took it outside. The pics are in the attatchments before removing the artwork.

After removing the artwork I then sanded it down to make everything baby bum smooth. I then filled in the screw holes, and a chip of wood missing on the corner of the left cp. I let it dry, sanded it down flush and for a few coats of black paint for the decals to adhere better. Decals got lost in the mail but found it's way home and was very happy with it. Got some tips from yourmameman on youtube who is now yourmksource I believe. Put it on and couldn't have been happier! I now have a fully restored MK1 CP. Here is the video of the the CP after painting.

http://tinypic.com/r/6jm5mq/6

Here is the artwork applied.

http://tinypic.com/r/bi87rr/6
Hope you like it!
 

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Wow, great job! I was lucky enough to find a minty MK1 to add to my collection, but they're hard to find without some fading or hacking.. yours looks spot on.

Scott at Mamemarquees did a great job on the artwork also, he did the front CP art on my MK3 and it looks factory. I'm glad to see another MK rescued, it seems like so many have been converted, beat up, or mamed beyond original repair...

Here's my MK1 story:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=134301
 
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Ya I know what you mean. Thanks for the compliment. Trust me I look around for MK's to save.. not many left around here.. I just so happened to land on one for a good price and made it a project of mine to fix it up. The MK2 and MK3 sideart are scans as well as some of the CP work 'prob why they are exactly like the dedi art ;) I however didn't have that luck. As for my side art my 1 side is also faded. I make a perfect sideart for it but I made it the damn wrong size. Back to the drawing boards =( Picking up KI 1 cab tomorrow from a member here. driving about 200 miles for it.. lol
 
Sick resto, when you see my busted centipede machine you will probably start doing wood work on the spot lol!
 
Sick resto, when you see my busted centipede machine you will probably start doing wood work on the spot lol!

Thanks a lot. lol i'll bring the sand paper, putty, and putty knives with me. haha
 
excellent. I need to do the same thing with my KI, actually. :(
Well I just picked up a KI yesterday and might design the side panels. Not sure yet though. It might be fixable. Thanks for the comment!
 
I may as well post my restoration job on my mk cab. This is what it looks like -- I used repro art from mamemarquee, its a decent enough job I think!!
 

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Very nice. I just didn't like them because they don't look anything like the original.
 
I would like to see some better pics of the new artwork or scaled down / non printable versions of your new files, because I could use these but never recreated the artwork!

If you haven't already, you should see if Scott can give you a super good deal in exchange for reselling the same artwork on his website.

Wade
 
I emailed Scott but he never emailed me back yet. He's probably busy. The only thing that needs done is the midway vectored. It slightly does the not perfect line on the angles but you can't even notice it a foot away it's so slight. Sorry but my other camera died and this is as good as I can get right now. The red in midway shows up lighter in the cam than real life.
 

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