Space Invaders....

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teaser ;) coming soon !
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you had them name the color for you? i'm gonna go into sherwin williams and ask if they have donkey kong blue...
 
you had them name the color for you? i'm gonna go into sherwin williams and ask if they have donkey kong blue...

Yeah I thought that it was prettty neat the guy did that.. I didn't even ask him to do that. He asked me what it was for because I brought the rear door in for color match. He got real interested when I told him it was for Space Invaders and what I was doing... he also asked to see pics when I finished...

According to them it stays with your profile in their system for 6 years.
 
picking up this one now...

I've got Berzerk in the house and slowly am bringing it back to life... now it's time to get Space Invaders off of the ground!!!

I've taken it completely apart. I got this machine from a friend of mine and even though the cab was not in the best shape the thing that attracted me to this particular one (as he had many many space invaders cabs) was the fact that the original slats were left on the machine so the base had never touched the ground! This makes for a great restoration!!! But once I got the machine disassembled and on its back, I noticed the slats had absorbed some water which wicked up into the kick panel and rusted the leg leveler mounts...(bummer)

I decided to begin by removing the 4 legs and the kick panel as it had a bit of de-lamination.

I reconstructed 4 legs with new levelers. Cut a new kick panel and am ready to put it back together and get it upright (tomorrows task)

Here are a few shots of the tear down and also a couple of close ups of the speckling of black that I will be reproducing when I repaint this ol' fella.

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one of the sockets has broken loose...
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moon from above ;) I have a new moon from TOG... not sure if its needed but what the heck!
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speckled finish...

Don't know if you can tell but the specked finish was applied before the stenciling.

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woodworking...

Here are some shots of the new kick panel and leg leveler legs...

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Have really enjoyed your Berzerk restoration thread and looking forward to following this Space Invaders one as well!
 
Finished up the bottom...

Here are a few pics of the bottom... nothing spectacular... pretty much the same treatment I gave Berzerk....

It may seem silly doing this but the bottom of the cab takes the most stress and abuse IMHO. Getting this right makes for a good long (sturdy) life.

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Been sick for a few days just got out of bed today futzing around the house... this is some of the body work I stared last week...

Bottom is a little grubby...
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Got some filth from the monitor...
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The one piece of the cab I kind of feel bad sanding off but it had to be done...
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White is cleaned off..
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right side stuff...
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sanded...
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front...
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front sanded...
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I'm stripping this down to bare wood whenever possible... then I'll probably coat it with a grain filler a few times... the plywood is pretty darn dry and "gray" around the edges... lots of flaking paint... adding the filler should build up the surface and hopefully prevent future cracking.
 

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Looks good, I like the way you did the leg levelers, Midway must have been out of their freak'n minds to have built cabs that heavy without them!

I've got a Boot Hill which is essentially the same cab and is missing both back doors, any chance of getting some pics/measurements of yours?
 
Looks good, I like the way you did the leg levelers, Midway must have been out of their freak'n minds to have built cabs that heavy without them!

I've got a Boot Hill which is essentially the same cab and is missing both back doors, any chance of getting some pics/measurements of yours?

Thanks... you know part of me was thinking I should have used the big heavy duty leveler plates like the ones that Bob sells...but I preferred the size of these as they were closer to the originals but just slightly beefy-er... Plus if you put a nut on the thread of the leveler and tighten it to the leveler plate, it really adds stability and prevents the leveler plate from being stressed when you slide the game around.

I will most certainly get you the dimensions of the upper and lower doors for you.
 
I like the way you did the bottom. That's similar to how Berzerk was on skids and my fix was similar. Can't do too much reinforcing the bottom, as far as I'm concerned. Can't wait to see this through.
 
... Can't wait to see this through.

Me too!!! It will be my last heavy duty project for a while... ;) But then again who knows... there may be a Pole Position restoration coming soon ....

Here is a pic of the coin door which was powder coated a while back... you'll notice the color is not nearly as dark as the original... I had a hard time finding the proper powder... but I think it will look just fine when put together.

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Sorry for the lack of updates folks. I've had an upper respiratory infection for the better part of 2 weeks and I'm not allowed to do anything that involves dust or fumes... ;) Once I get better so will this restoration....
 
I finally was able to squeak a little time in on this one ...

Ok first off... sanding this thing... a total and absolute bitch!!! Since I was ill I was apprehensive about getting back into this... its been 2 winter seasons now and last year I ended up with pneumonia and this year an upper respiratory infection... I've never ever had a problem with my lungs... until now... (hmm... been doin' an awful lot of restoration work over the past 4+ years... are ya picking up what I'm puttin down here?)

I've always been careless with the lack of use of breathing masks and such... I don't know if its related... but either way I think its finally caught up with me... so now ... I'm never taking any chances again. Those paper masks don't do shit in my opinion... this is the only way...
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As you can see... my garage is coated with a nice flurry of blue snow...
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Its pretty much sanded to bare... and I've re-counter sunk all the holes and added extra supporting screws adjacent to each nail.. first hit of bondo...
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... counter sink
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... reinforcements
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All I can say is that this is some bitchin ply... its really tough. As long as its not terribly dry or de-laminating... it really cleans up great.

The only way I could get through the paint in a reasonable amount of time was to hit it with 60 -> 80 -> 150 ->220 grit with the random orbital. The black comes off easy but the blue is tough as nails.... (funny thing the nails aren't all that tough though < punny ha!)
 

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Pretty much finished with the body work... lots of little nicks and chips to deal with. Plus I noticed when I was sanding it there was a pretty substantial hollow spot within the plywood on the left side... I ended up cutting out the top layer and filled the hole up... it was about 1"x2".

After sanding it and getting it prepped for paint, I realized I will be painting this from the inside out. The trim along the front where the bezel sits and along the sides needs to be painted in a satin black but the cavity of the cabinet needs to be flat black.

So my plan is to first paint the satin black trim and edges... then mask that off and spray the heck out of the insides with flat black. You need flat black around the monitor/mirror cavity because you don't want any glare inside the box otherwise it will kill the moon effect. Flat sucks because it gets filthy but this will be in my home and it wont get such a heavy amount of play that there will be a dirt build up to worry about (at least not in my lifetime). After all the black is done, I will mask off the insides.

Next will be the white followed by the blue. I'm leaning in the direction of completely finishing the white... stencils and all... then mask it off and forget about it and move on to the blue.
 
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