descrentl
New member
Great job man! Looks awesome.
My Tron...re-rezzed!
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Hyde
Well-known member
Oh wow, that cab looks awesome! Great work on the resto.
m_mcgovern
Active member
Excellent work on the restoration...especially if it is your first. It looks really good.
I have an idea for the helmet. I say anyone that gets a high score on your machine must get photographed with the helmet on and you create a collage on the wall next to the Tron with the pics (like those diners that will take your picture and put it on the wall if you eat a giant burger)
I have an idea for the helmet. I say anyone that gets a high score on your machine must get photographed with the helmet on and you create a collage on the wall next to the Tron with the pics (like those diners that will take your picture and put it on the wall if you eat a giant burger)
OP
OP
Excellent work on the restoration...especially if it is your first. It looks really good.
I have an idea for the helmet. I say anyone that gets a high score on your machine must get photographed with the helmet on and you create a collage on the wall next to the Tron with the pics (like those diners that will take your picture and put it on the wall if you eat a giant burger)
Nice idea...I just have to get some peeps over to play it. I'd host an arcade party, but I've only got 2 games...won't last too long with that. And I frickin' suck at this game, so I'd probably never get my high score back
cadillacman
Well-known member
damn dude yours came out alot nicer than mine.. im glad i did all the mistakes so you didnt have to heh
although i have alot less money in mine
although i have alot less money in mine
Spyridon
Well-known member
Well done!
I'm more amazed that you were able to do that sanding work in the house.
I'm more amazed that you were able to do that sanding work in the house.
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It wasn't pretty. I kept my vacuum on it the whole time, and made my wife hold it at times. I still got a nice layer of dust. I tried to minimize the amount of Bondo, because sanding that stuff is awful.
driph
Active member
As my wife asked, would you rather have just spent the money for a perfect one, or have a project...I think I liked the "project". Plus, as my tech said, now it's "mine". I probably invested at least 30 hours into it. At MY hourly rate, I don't even want to calculate that total
The project part of it is the most fun! Nothing like being able to play a beautiful, new condition arcade cabinet that you've personally sunk sweat and hours into restoring.
You said the disc was cast from an original mold.... are they still available? Did you make any other TRON extras beyond the helmet?
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I just checked it out on the RPF, and the guy still sells the copies. They're nothing spectacular...just a solid piece of resin..flat on the back. I think I paid ~$120 for it. Whether it was worth it or not...not sure. I only did the Tron and Flynn helmets. I did the Tron first, and figured that I wanted something else to do, so I did a Flynn because it was much easier.
Talon2000
Well-known member
Looks like you did a great job there. Tron is one I would love to add to my collection one of these days.
I've seen a few people cut the bottoms off and replace them pretty much like you did. How solid is the repair? the only thing that would worry me it a little side to side movement might cause the bondo to crack. Never having actually replaced the bottom 8 or so inches before I'm curious. Replacing just the bottom might save me some time on my next rebuild.
I've seen a few people cut the bottoms off and replace them pretty much like you did. How solid is the repair? the only thing that would worry me it a little side to side movement might cause the bondo to crack. Never having actually replaced the bottom 8 or so inches before I'm curious. Replacing just the bottom might save me some time on my next rebuild.
LUCKYMAN
New member
nice job man... One good thing about the TRONS, you can buy EVERYTHING for it..
cadillacman
Well-known member
mines been moved quite alot and so far so good.. key is those biscuits and glue make it nice and strong.. Reinforcing it from the inside like jedi did also helps alot...(on mine i didnt and its still ok)
if you were real worried about it, you could grind the wood down at that seam and fill it with fiberglass first...
but like i said on mine i just glued biscuitted screwed and its solid man.
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Exactly. Because I didn't have a biscuit cutter, the fit of my biscuits wasn't great, but good enough. Filled it all with Gorilla WOOD glue (didn't want to mess around with the swelling you get with real Gorilla glue), and then bondoed it. Remember though, I only replaced the sides. I didn't cut the front, and re-used the rear bottom part because it's made of plywood and wasn't rotten. I used my Dremel and routed out the sides, so I still got the "keyfit" like the original and glued everything together. I reinforced the sides with glued plywood, and instead of those little flimsy 0.5"x3" things that anchored the bottom to the sides, I ran 2"x3" all along the sides that my bottom piece screwed into...so the whole base by itself won't torque, let alone when it's attached to the rest of the cab with the biscuits. Even then, I threw in like 8 other 90 degree metal brackets at the joints. I've wobbled it back and forth moving it a few feet, and not a single crack. Bondo is slightly soft, so it's not as brittle as wood filler/spackle. The original particle board given more than my repair work.
Wundercade
New member
So you're a dentist....nice fit. Amazing what some veneer and a drill can do for a game, eh? lol
Nice job on the Tron, Doc.
Nice job on the Tron, Doc.
TK1072
Member
Well done man; that Tron is a fine looking machine!
Spyridon
Well-known member
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Don't give me any other ideas of things to buy! I already just bought my 3rd game!
_jmfr
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Nice Tron! Great job! The game is really growing on me. I always thought the cab was wayyy cooler than the game itself. You should get you a Disc of Tron UR next to put next to that!
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I know...but those are a little trickier to find, and I don't know if my wife is going to let that fly. Ideally, I'd like a Discs of Tron and a Star Wars, and I'll be done (along with 720 I just won today!).
JohnDrzal
Active member
Dang, now you have me wanting one but they are out of stock!!!
