Mrs. Pac-Man stencil paint restore

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These are the three stages of stenciling on a Mrs.PacMan I am working on. Usually people put a giant glossy sticker on the machines sides, this old way looks way better in my opinion.
 

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Very nice looking!What was the cost if you don't mind saying? I've been wondering how much more cost effective the stencil method would be.
 
The stencils were about $130 for the entire set.
I am not finished yet but have around ten hours invested so far.
Probably another five hours to finish, hopefully.
 
Placing and peeling the one use sticker stencil takes 90% of the time.
A reusable stencil would be way faster but I heard they cost $3000.
 
Stencils are the only way to go.

I noticed from the pics that you forgot to mask off the top part and had yellow over spray and then you forgot to cover up the registration points. But the last pic looks like you fixed those area. Just curious how you did that- with a roller or brush or did you mask off the stencils and respray the blue?
 
Stencils are the only way to go.

I noticed from the pics that you forgot to mask off the top part and had yellow over spray and then you forgot to cover up the registration points. But the last pic looks like you fixed those area. Just curious how you did that- with a roller or brush or did you mask off the stencils and respray the blue?

I agree mostly. However, I would like to see someone make accurate repros of the actual factory Ms. Pac decal art that was used for the last 20K or so games. That decal is sweet looking and more detailed.
 
I'm doing the same thing with a pac-man cabinet, looks good, although the blue looks a little light, back in the day the cabinets were a bit of a darker blue.
 
Here's a photo showing the colors back in the day:

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Here's a cabinet that's faded:

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The flyer isn't 100% accurate as it was a prototype but you can see it was darker too:

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I'm doing the same thing with a pac-man cabinet, looks good, although the blue looks a little light, back in the day the cabinets were a bit of a darker blue.

I'm going to disagree a bit here, as I believe the correct color is a bit lighter.

Later run cabs used vinyl artwork that hard a darker blue, but the original sprayed cabs were a bit lighter.

Here's a shot of my DPTwiz built cab, that was sprayed by Brett's friend John Popson. I think it's a spot-on match to the original blue.

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I agree mostly. However, I would like to see someone make accurate repros of the actual factory Ms. Pac decal art that was used for the last 20K or so games. That decal is sweet looking and more detailed.

TBH, I'm not all that familiar with the ins and outs of Ms. Pac... I just picked this one up for my brother-in-law but it *might* be staying with me. Anyway, I've become more interested in them now and I didn't even know that the last 20,000 used decals! Tighe just pointed out that Ms. Pacs originally weren't the baby blue everyone is using. Mine is certainly not baby blue:

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I'm going to disagree a bit here, as I believe the correct color is a bit lighter.

Later run cabs used vinyl artwork that hard a darker blue, but the original sprayed cabs were a bit lighter.

Here's a shot of my DPTwiz built cab, that was sprayed by Brett's friend John Popson. I think it's a spot-on match to the original blue.

2012-05-27_13-47-22_93.jpg


That cabinet is darker than the the faded one I posted and the OP's stencil job. What are you disagreeing with? The lighting of the photo of the girl playing is darker, but I think that your cabinet looks accurate.
 
TBH, I'm not all that familiar with the ins and outs of Ms. Pac... I just picked this one up for my brother-in-law but it *might* be staying with me. Anyway, I've become more interested in them now and I didn't even know that the last 20,000 used decals! Tighe just pointed out that Ms. Pacs originally weren't the baby blue everyone is using. Mine is certainly not baby blue:

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Rich from This Old Game can chime in on this, but here's the little bit of UV color change that I understand:

  • Reds fade away
  • Blues fade darker

That's why the pinks on your cabinet are nearly invisible, and the blues are darker than before.

Paging Rich......
 
TBH, I'm not all that familiar with the ins and outs of Ms. Pac... I just picked this one up for my brother-in-law but it *might* be staying with me. Anyway, I've become more interested in them now and I didn't even know that the last 20,000 used decals! Tighe just pointed out that Ms. Pacs originally weren't the baby blue everyone is using. Mine is certainly not baby blue:

Check out this link if you've never seen it.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...m/index.html&usg=AOvVaw1Z-s7C03au5FIUJN9Qmuvn

I think the decal art is so nice. The crappy thing is the decal'd cabs are particle board and not many have survived in nice condition.
 
I'm the process of doing this very thing but I'm curious where you got your stencils for $130. Everyplace I've seen the run around $200 If I could get them for cheaper the project would already be done :)
 
Rich from This Old Game can chime in on this, but here's the little bit of UV color change that I understand:

  • Reds fade away
  • Blues fade darker

That's why the pinks on your cabinet are nearly invisible, and the blues are darker than before.

Paging Rich......

Interesting. I'd like to hear his explanation on the blue getting darker. I did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything talking about paint getting darker over time... unless it contains mercury :eek:
 
Check out this link if you've never seen it.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...m/index.html&usg=AOvVaw1Z-s7C03au5FIUJN9Qmuvn

I think the decal art is so nice. The crappy thing is the decal'd cabs are particle board and not many have survived in nice condition.

Was just going to post that.

I wouldn't want the decaled cabinet as it's the particle board one. PB is the best substrate for laminate, decals, but I'd take a plywood cabinet over it any day. The style of the stenciled yellow and pink + screen printed black layer can't be beat.

I got a Ms Pac upright about 10yrs ago, pretty cheap, played blind. Flyback was cracked, Bob Roberts G07 deluxe kit and it was working again. Cabinet is REALLY faded, and the hasp on the front was done in such a sloppy way that it looks like either the big holes were drilled with a giant auger bit or they were punched through the front.

I'd like to do a full restore, restencil, and probably pink t-molding, but it's low on my priority list.
 
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