Ms. Pac-man Cabaret clean-up!

patchboston

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I thought you guys would enjoy seeing my end-of-summer Ms. Pac-Man Cabaret project! I picked up the beauty here on Cape. Last year I went and checked out the cab, but I reluctantly had to walk away because the seller wouldn't budge on his $300 price tag...September 2nd of this year rolled around and his wife was tired of seeing the cab sit and stew in the garage. $100.00 later and she was in my mini-van, heading home (the cab, not his wife..she was a hottie though). The cab was neglected, but the foundation for a great machine was there. My biggest letdown was the control panel, it had a dent running from one side to the other, and the CPO had been replaced with some generic blue textured vinyl. The bezel had some flaking, but I took this as an opportunity to fix up my first flaking piece of glass! Turned out nice, I had to touch up some of the black w/ acrylic paint, but you'd never notice the damage unless you're on the search.

The security lock bar holes have to be plugged and painted w/ acrylic paint, but that's a minor step. I'm going to use a good-quality artist's brush and try to continue the grain of the wood, blending in different colors as needed. Oh and before anyone starts in, I KNOW the coin door is pulled from another cab :)


before


In the current state.
 
There is just something about cabarets that makes them so ; special.
 
you can't see, but I also modified the coin door so all the women can store their lipsticks and other toiletries during gametime. *Just kidding* :)

Phet's cab convinced me that I needed the pink t-molding, glad I went in that direction. Really "pops" w/ the wood grain vinyl. I'm pulling the monitor in a moment for a cap-kit, it's much needed (no red, wavy pic, etc.)
 
Wow, I was gonna say, "Hey that looks just like mine, only nicer." I love mine. My daughter has been playing a lot of Cookiemon on it lately.
 
you can't see, but I also modified the coin door so all the women can store their lipsticks and other toiletries during gametime. *Just kidding* :)

Phet's cab convinced me that I needed the pink t-molding, glad I went in that direction. Really "pops" w/ the wood grain vinyl. I'm pulling the monitor in a moment for a cap-kit, it's much needed (no red, wavy pic, etc.)

Yeah, going with another t-molding color is the way to go sometimes. Esp. when you get tired of the same-old, same-old black! :)
 
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