My Pac-Man Restoration

delroy666

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I finally finished my Pac-Man restoration. It took quite a long time, since my wife and I had a new baby this summer and I had a bunch of home renovation projects to do, so I didn't have much free time to work on it. It's my first full restoration and I think it turned out really nice. Here's a list of what I did:

- stripped control panel, Bondo'd the extra holes, repainted it
- added new CPO and buttons, cleaned and rebuilt the joystick
- sanded coin door to bare metal, repainted, added new logo plate and lights
- sanded all other metal parts (speaker grille, bezel bracket, etc.) and repainted
- made a 'power center' with switcher, new fuse holders, etc., repainted iso
- recapped the monitor and replaced a few pots, got it working
- purchased a new bezel from a fellow KLOV member, touched up the paint on it
- purchased a Pac PCB from a fellow KLOV member
- made a complete wiring harness
- cleaned and polished marquee with Novus, touched up with acrylic paint
- cut off all peeling and bubbling areas of the plywood, applied Bondo, sanded cab
- made a new back door
- applied wood hardener to the base and top of cab, Bondo'd base, added new leg levelers
- primed and repainted the cab, including stenciled side art

Here's a Flickr photoset with lots of pics I took along the way:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delroy666/sets/72157623465110575/with/4757776259/

And the Reader's Digest version..

Before:

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During:

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After:

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That looks great! I love how dedicated Pac Man machines look, and this one is just about perfect. Fantastic!!!

Where did you get your stencils from? I have looked and looked but can't find them anywhere. I might just have to make my own...
 
That looks great! I love how dedicated Pac Man machines look, and this one is just about perfect. Fantastic!!!

Where did you get your stencils from? I have looked and looked but can't find them anywhere. I might just have to make my own...

Ditto..............................
 
I think because of Namco's copyright, people aren't openly offering the stencils up for sale, but there are ways to get them...
 
Yes I am aware of Namco's role in this, which is why nobody can repaint heir PacMan machine without it being some sort of top secret project. But if you actually know how to get a set, please PM me. :)
 
Yes I am aware of Namco's role in this, which is why nobody can repaint heir PacMan machine without it being some sort of top secret project. But if you actually know how to get a set, please PM me. :)

Ditto......................
 
Wow, that looks fantastic! You did a great job. I noticed that you rolled on the paint, even for the side art... Did you experiance any "bleeding" when rolling on the colors for the side? I have a Pac Man that I'm going to restore, and I'm thinking of rolling it.
 
Bondoing mine right now...hope mine turns out as well! Great job! The splintering plywood is going to be the death of me...
 
Wow, that looks fantastic! You did a great job. I noticed that you rolled on the paint, even for the side art... Did you experiance any "bleeding" when rolling on the colors for the side? I have a Pac Man that I'm going to restore, and I'm thinking of rolling it.

There were a few areas that had very minor bleeding. When you peel off the stencil premask, it tends to pull the vinyl with it sometimes. I must have not pressed it back down firmly enough, so it allowed a tiny bit of paint under. You need to be looking pretty closely to see it though:

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Considering the original factory paint job had misaligned colours and lots of overspray, a this tiny amount of bleeding doesn't bother me.
 
Exactly...as I was stripping mine, I noticed all of the imperfections...so I won't worry too much if it's a tad off when I paint mine. I guess I missed it...what technique did you use to do your blue speckles?
 
Exactly...as I was stripping mine, I noticed all of the imperfections...so I won't worry too much if it's a tad off when I paint mine. I guess I missed it...what technique did you use to do your blue speckles?

I put some of the blue paint in a small dish and thinned it with about 25% water. Then I dipped the bristles of a toothbrush into the paint and flicked it towards the cab with my thumb from about a foot away. I take no credit for this technique.. I got it from either Talon2000's or Spyridon's Pac restoration threads. (both excellent btw)
 
That looks really nice. How do those repro coin door logos attach to the door? Just adhesive on the back side?

Yup, at least with the logo plate from arcadeshop, where I got mine, you just peel and stick. I've heard of other repros that have holes for the rivets, which would look more original if you can find the correct rivets.
 
Yup, at least with the logo plate from arcadeshop, where I got mine, you just peel and stick. I've heard of other repros that have holes for the rivets, which would look more original if you can find the correct rivets.

How did you get the rivets off, now that I think about it?
 
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