Picked up this empty cab for $20 locally. It was converted to a Bally Sente unit running "Rampart". From the looks of the numerous hacks inside, I imagine it has contained several other conversions as well over the years.
It had a thick coat of blue latex over several coats of oil based black.
I first attempted to save the art by stripping, but the numerous layers of paint made that a fruitless task.
Spent several days stripping and sanding(I think I went through six 60 grit sheets on my orbital:
Though I didn't take a pic at the time, I spent a week doing major body repair replacing both front corners and several gouges. Sanded with 220 grit and applied 3 coats of Krylon white primer sanding between coats with 220 grit. Then applied by 3 coats of Krylon Sun Yellow waiting 24 hours and sanding with 330 grit between coats. Applied 2 coats of Krylon Satin Black to the interior, marquee brackets and coin door frame. Spent the evening installing new t-molding and beginning reassembly:
The finish looks much better than pictured. I still haven't assembled the dust collection unit in the shop so it's a dust pit at the moment from other ongoing projects.
Still quite a bit of work left on this one... I still need to rebuild the lower bezel support and the monitor supports. Also need to acquire a new bezel and control panel. On the agenda for tomorrow is painting the coin door and installing the new vertical output transistors I picked up today for the monitor.
I'll likely wait 'til Spring to start the search for stencils as the Ohio weather is getting a bit too cold for any painting tasks.
It had a thick coat of blue latex over several coats of oil based black.
I first attempted to save the art by stripping, but the numerous layers of paint made that a fruitless task.
Spent several days stripping and sanding(I think I went through six 60 grit sheets on my orbital:
Though I didn't take a pic at the time, I spent a week doing major body repair replacing both front corners and several gouges. Sanded with 220 grit and applied 3 coats of Krylon white primer sanding between coats with 220 grit. Then applied by 3 coats of Krylon Sun Yellow waiting 24 hours and sanding with 330 grit between coats. Applied 2 coats of Krylon Satin Black to the interior, marquee brackets and coin door frame. Spent the evening installing new t-molding and beginning reassembly:
The finish looks much better than pictured. I still haven't assembled the dust collection unit in the shop so it's a dust pit at the moment from other ongoing projects.
Still quite a bit of work left on this one... I still need to rebuild the lower bezel support and the monitor supports. Also need to acquire a new bezel and control panel. On the agenda for tomorrow is painting the coin door and installing the new vertical output transistors I picked up today for the monitor.
I'll likely wait 'til Spring to start the search for stencils as the Ohio weather is getting a bit too cold for any painting tasks.
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