tester007
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Well, after the Wild Western rstore I really have not posted up anything.. I have done a Missile Command, a Pac Man, a Tron.. Part of the issue I think with myself is I decide quickly to start on one and just go for it without taking any of the before pics so think as I am half way into it that there isn't much point of taking any.. or there is a lul in the resto and I just forget.. So I decided this time I would not make the same mistake, and took some of the before pics. This resto will be quicte a bit of wood work so I need to order in vinyls and things that may slow this down a bit. But I also figured if I started a thread from the start, then it would motivate me to keep moving on it.
So I got this machine as part of a group buy. It was in very rough shape, and in spite of the 'ol 'all games were working when I put them into storage' sales pitch, had a broken crt neck, and a dead sound board. The power supply also had a blown bridge recifier. I had a new crt that I swapped in, fixed the power supply and got the game functioning. The cab itself though is a basket case. Instead of cutting it all back on the bottom and bondoing it I decided just to do new sides. The vinyl used on the game (white) actually has a texture almost identical to melamine.. fine with me as that makes life a lot easier.
Bottom was very damaged from water.
Most of the other parts seem ok on it. The marquee will probably need to be replaced though as will not be up to quality as the rest of cab.
I will re-use a lot of the internal wood not just for fitament, but to keep as much original. It will be sanded down and re-painted.
Artwork has been repro'd so no problems here..
In trying to figure out how to approach this, I just removed one of the sides. I will keep the rest together and transfer it one piece at a time. One side allows me to cut the 2 sides I need anyways.
I traced the pieces of wood on the sides to get measurements for placing on the new sides. Also labelled each piece as some are pretty similar in length.
So I got this machine as part of a group buy. It was in very rough shape, and in spite of the 'ol 'all games were working when I put them into storage' sales pitch, had a broken crt neck, and a dead sound board. The power supply also had a blown bridge recifier. I had a new crt that I swapped in, fixed the power supply and got the game functioning. The cab itself though is a basket case. Instead of cutting it all back on the bottom and bondoing it I decided just to do new sides. The vinyl used on the game (white) actually has a texture almost identical to melamine.. fine with me as that makes life a lot easier.
Bottom was very damaged from water.
Most of the other parts seem ok on it. The marquee will probably need to be replaced though as will not be up to quality as the rest of cab.
I will re-use a lot of the internal wood not just for fitament, but to keep as much original. It will be sanded down and re-painted.
Artwork has been repro'd so no problems here..
In trying to figure out how to approach this, I just removed one of the sides. I will keep the rest together and transfer it one piece at a time. One side allows me to cut the 2 sides I need anyways.
I traced the pieces of wood on the sides to get measurements for placing on the new sides. Also labelled each piece as some are pretty similar in length.

