mschwartz01
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This past spring, I restored an converted MK2 cab back to its original glory. A few months ago, an Op was at my house to bring me a project cabinet (DK) and wanted to see the work I did on the Soul Calibur II > MK2 deconversion. Apparently he liked what he saw and brought me one to do for him this past weekend!
So here we have a MK2 converted to Area 51...
Should be pretty easy as the cab looks to be in excellent shape... Only real problem is there are two 2" holes drilled in the front of the control panel to accomodate the Area 51 guns
Looks like I'll be needing a repro piece of art for the control panel front... Any recomendations?
Started the deconversion work last night and here are some pics:
Starting out... Gotta love that medalion art:
Starting Citristrip!
Raiden makes his initial appearance:
One side done:
The art underneath is in excellent condition! Better then my own MK2 cab... Wonder if he would noticed if I swapped cabs? Lol
Next steps: Remove all the area 51 stuff from the inside of the cabinet... Check the Jamma harness and see if there have been any major modifications, vaccuum the inside of the cabinet, citristrip the other side.... Then the rebuilding begins!
So here we have a MK2 converted to Area 51...
Should be pretty easy as the cab looks to be in excellent shape... Only real problem is there are two 2" holes drilled in the front of the control panel to accomodate the Area 51 guns
Started the deconversion work last night and here are some pics:
Starting out... Gotta love that medalion art:
Starting Citristrip!
Raiden makes his initial appearance:
One side done:
The art underneath is in excellent condition! Better then my own MK2 cab... Wonder if he would noticed if I swapped cabs? Lol
Next steps: Remove all the area 51 stuff from the inside of the cabinet... Check the Jamma harness and see if there have been any major modifications, vaccuum the inside of the cabinet, citristrip the other side.... Then the rebuilding begins!


