darthphunk
Active member
I started putting my Scramble cabinet back together.
When I got it, someone did a terrible job converting it into a Mr. Do! I decided it needed to be a Scramble again. This is my first arcade restoration and I want to show you guys what I've done so far.
Here it is when I got it...

and here it is now...


I stripped the cabinet down and sanded it to get the nasty green paint off. I realized there was a lot of water damage on the bottom of the cabinet, so I had to rip off 6 inches from the bottom of each side. I replaced it with wood, bondoed the seams and bondoed the broken corners. Then I painted... and painted... and painted... and painted.
While I painted, I sent off the marquee brackets and coin door to a local powder coat place....
and that's where I'm at.
To do:
T-Molding
Install new wiring harness
side art
Fabricate a back cover
Coin door sticker
Coin return parts
I got a guy who is going to print a vinyl sticker for the back of a new backglass. I've redrawn the art in vector format, so he'll make it and I'll see how it looks. The backglaass now is flaking pretty badly
I'm pretty proud of it. I would do some things differently next time, but I think this is pretty good for my first restore.
When I got it, someone did a terrible job converting it into a Mr. Do! I decided it needed to be a Scramble again. This is my first arcade restoration and I want to show you guys what I've done so far.
Here it is when I got it...

and here it is now...


I stripped the cabinet down and sanded it to get the nasty green paint off. I realized there was a lot of water damage on the bottom of the cabinet, so I had to rip off 6 inches from the bottom of each side. I replaced it with wood, bondoed the seams and bondoed the broken corners. Then I painted... and painted... and painted... and painted.
While I painted, I sent off the marquee brackets and coin door to a local powder coat place....
and that's where I'm at.
To do:
T-Molding
Install new wiring harness
side art
Fabricate a back cover
Coin door sticker
Coin return parts
I got a guy who is going to print a vinyl sticker for the back of a new backglass. I've redrawn the art in vector format, so he'll make it and I'll see how it looks. The backglaass now is flaking pretty badly
I'm pretty proud of it. I would do some things differently next time, but I think this is pretty good for my first restore.
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