acblunden2
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I am from San Jose, CA and with Capcom USA being headquartered right in the neighboring city of Sunnyvale debuted a SF2CE prototype at the Sunnyvale Golfland in 1991 thereabouts? That was the first time I have ever seen a Capcom Big Blue. My buddies and I took the 22 bus route from downtown San Jose all the way to Sunnyvale Golfland just to play the game. I haven't forgotten that day, the crowd, the game, the height of SF2 craze, or the Big Blue cab.
Fast forward to today and I find that I have six different Capcom Big Blue cabs of various flavors and states of disrepair. Each with their own pecadillos. The first one I'll be restoring I got as a functioning Golden Tee '99. It has been completely rolled over in black. As such, the vinyl had to go along with the black paint. I managed to peel the vinyl off rather easily with Citristrip that I covered over with paint drop cloth. That allowed the Citristrip to stay active long enough before drying out to work its magic. As long as I didn't let the Citristrip completely dry, it came off rather easy.
Edges around the cab had begun to fray. To prevent further fraying, I dripped wood hardener with a straw around the edge before applying bondo. There were also gouges on the sides of the cab that needed to be filled. Corners needed to be rebuilt. My idea here is to try to roll and wet sand one side of the cab. Evaluate the results and either continue on with that method, or decide if I want to invest further money into equipment for spraying.
Fast forward to today and I find that I have six different Capcom Big Blue cabs of various flavors and states of disrepair. Each with their own pecadillos. The first one I'll be restoring I got as a functioning Golden Tee '99. It has been completely rolled over in black. As such, the vinyl had to go along with the black paint. I managed to peel the vinyl off rather easily with Citristrip that I covered over with paint drop cloth. That allowed the Citristrip to stay active long enough before drying out to work its magic. As long as I didn't let the Citristrip completely dry, it came off rather easy.
Edges around the cab had begun to fray. To prevent further fraying, I dripped wood hardener with a straw around the edge before applying bondo. There were also gouges on the sides of the cab that needed to be filled. Corners needed to be rebuilt. My idea here is to try to roll and wet sand one side of the cab. Evaluate the results and either continue on with that method, or decide if I want to invest further money into equipment for spraying.
