My Up Scope restoration

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A little back ground on the game first.I found it for sale at a garage sale a few towns over a couple of weeks ago along with a Real Ghostbusters cab ( I really like the rounded marquee design).I made an offer as the Up Scope powered up but the Ghostbusters did not.When I got them home The Ghostbusters powered up but the monitor soon gave out.I hooked it up to another the monitor and everything worked great.So I am looking for a 19"" on that one.I liked the Up Scope as It was an easy fit thru the doorl.Not sure how many there are or what there worth if anything but damn if it don't look cool,lol.
I decided the move on fixing the Up Scope so heres some pics with before and after progress.I am aeating some new bottons for the games up down and torpedos.If anyone has any info the game that would be great as well.Thanks,Steve.

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And finally able to plug it in.Just waiting on buttons so I can put the handle assembly back together.All those little carriage bolts were also polished as most were oxidized and rusted.

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Cool game, I played it up at Funspot not too long ago and it's a lot of fun.
Interesting that it uses an Amiga 500 for its motherboard, the only other games I've seen do that kind of thing are Arcadia Supersystem boards which uses and Amiga and the Exidy Maxiflex system, which I think used an Atari 400 or something.
 
I have yet to play it as it was not fully functioning when I got it,but I can't wait.




Cool game, I played it up at Funspot not too long ago and it's a lot of fun.
Interesting that it uses an Amiga 500 for its motherboard, the only other games I've seen do that kind of thing are Arcadia Supersystem boards which uses and Amiga and the Exidy Maxiflex system, which I think used an Atari 400 or something.
 
I'm trying to chase down an Exidy Fire One! boardset so I can try to build one of those, it's a lot like Up Scope except it does simutanious two-player as well. Damn things are RARE though and my search is getting pretty frustrating! :(
 
Cool game, I played it up at Funspot not too long ago and it's a lot of fun.
Interesting that it uses an Amiga 500 for its motherboard, the only other games I've seen do that kind of thing are Arcadia Supersystem boards which uses and Amiga and the Exidy Maxiflex system, which I think used an Atari 400 or something.

Thetes some laser disc games that used the commodore hardware . American laser games is the company that did this allot
 
Well the game is fully functioning and really just needs a cab facelift and the metal strip around the plastic face.A big thanks to orion3311 for a heads up on the Midway cocktail buttons and Twisted Quarter for a great deal on them they worked perfect.
I didn't realize what the stool was part of the game when the lady gave it to me,I thought it was homemade.It fits below and pulls out for little customers.

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Not sure how to go about the cab as it looks like the side art is stencil.I may just give it a good wash down first as this is an all wood cab.I am open to any suggestions.

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Not sure how to go about the cab as it looks like the side art is stencil.I may just give it a good wash down first as this is an all wood cab.I am open to any suggestions.

Take a sample of the blue paint to Home Depot and have them mix up some matching paint, then just touch it up where needed?

It's not an impossibly rare game but I can't see anyone doing a run of stencils for it, but you could always scan/vectorize it yourself and have some custom printed.
 
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What type of paint and method of applying do you recommend?Thanks again.
Take a sample of the blue paint to Home Depot and have them mix up some matching paint, then just touch it up where needed?

It's not an impossibly rare game but I can't see anyone doing a run of stencils for it, but you could always scan/vectorize it yourself and have some custom printed.
 
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What type of paint and method of applying do you recommend?Thanks again.

I'm no expert as I haven't tried it this way myself, all the stuff I've worked on thus far got completely worked over from scratch, but I guess just use a small brush to fill in where the paint is missing and maybe try to blend it by lightly sanding it with a fine grain sandpaper. As for type of paint I'm not sure.

You could also in theory masked over just the stenciled artwork and repaint all the blue completely, people here have done it before, but it looks tricky.

Personally I'd go with my first suggestion slowly and see how it goes.
 
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Well, if it were me, I'd take the back door to a paint store and get the blue color matched. I'd get some sort of enamel...maybe satin finish? From there, I'd Bondo and repair your woodwork. If you've got an HPLV gun, I'd mask off the art and cut around it with an exacto knife, thin, and paint it. If you're like me, and don't have a compressor or gun, you can use the Preval disposable spray can system (Home Depot in the paint aisle, $20-25 should get you the into kit and an extra canor 2 of air). I used it for my Pac-Man and Turbo restorations. I think I thinned my paint with Naptha. It takes a while to get the ratio right and you have to do it in light coats or it will run like Hell.
 
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