No sooner than I offload my Defender cocktail, I pick up a C+ or so Pacman cocktail.
My plans are to
- Replace all of the t-molding (1" smooth around the lid, 3/4" 'leather' around the CP's)
- Replace the glass for a painted model from PhoenixArcade (ordered)
- Respray the CP's
- Fill and repair any structural issues
- Install a new tube/monitor (Electrochrome 19" G07)
- Replace/refurbish hardware as needed
I'm going to leave the laminate sides alone, they look pretty good.
I started today by ripping out all of the t-molding around the lid, and taking off the glass. The smoked plexi looks to be in good shape and not warped.
I then moved onto the 1P CP. It was only being held on by two screws at the back, attached through the white diffuser plexi. The paint looks retouched with the CP overlay still on, as there was paint on the overlay, brushstrokes around the edges, and FUR sticking out of the paint in places. This calls for a respray!
Getting the grommet off the P1 joystick proved to be... difficult. More than my patience would allow today, so I cut the rubber of the first one off, and used some vise grips and much wd-40 to get the inner metal shroud off. I've ordered NOS grommets from Twisty Wrist, what the hell.
The overlays are original, so I set about removing the first one with some Ronsonol and a scraper. It came off without much fuss, and not much separation from the paint. Only one spot with color (a yellow dot) peeled back. Whew.
My plans are to
- Replace all of the t-molding (1" smooth around the lid, 3/4" 'leather' around the CP's)
- Replace the glass for a painted model from PhoenixArcade (ordered)
- Respray the CP's
- Fill and repair any structural issues
- Install a new tube/monitor (Electrochrome 19" G07)
- Replace/refurbish hardware as needed
I'm going to leave the laminate sides alone, they look pretty good.
I started today by ripping out all of the t-molding around the lid, and taking off the glass. The smoked plexi looks to be in good shape and not warped.
I then moved onto the 1P CP. It was only being held on by two screws at the back, attached through the white diffuser plexi. The paint looks retouched with the CP overlay still on, as there was paint on the overlay, brushstrokes around the edges, and FUR sticking out of the paint in places. This calls for a respray!
Getting the grommet off the P1 joystick proved to be... difficult. More than my patience would allow today, so I cut the rubber of the first one off, and used some vise grips and much wd-40 to get the inner metal shroud off. I've ordered NOS grommets from Twisty Wrist, what the hell.
The overlays are original, so I set about removing the first one with some Ronsonol and a scraper. It came off without much fuss, and not much separation from the paint. Only one spot with color (a yellow dot) peeled back. Whew.


