Sorry for the delay. Been banging my head against the wall trying to get the PC for this project working the way I want it too. I'm still having issues getting MAME and MESS running. Post about that in the software forum.
Anyway, heres some pics. Unfortunately I didn't take any prior to gutting the cabinet and starting.
So heres the cab:
First thing I did was pull the CP, bezel, Bad Monitor, Marquee, and the coin door. The coin door is all masked up and is being sprayed. No pics of that at the moment. I also went ahead and put a fresh coat of black paint in the screen area and the speaker shelf behind the marquee.
Its a good thing I went and moved the boards to make room for the PC tower. My little supervisor was curious what I was spending so much time on
And the thing I have been working on for the last few days. Masking the graphics for a fresh coat of paint. I have black on hand so I am starting with that. I was doing a small section here and a small section there.
Herre you can see how bad the paint is, the left side I have already re-painted, the right is not
Some of my masking work. this has taken me a LOT of time. again i'm using a few different types and sizes of different masks for this. Blue vinyl 5/16" fineline for the rounded parts as it curves nice and easy. beige 5'16" fineline tape for the straight ends as its easy to see thru and runs straight lines nicely. beige 3/32" fine line tape for the really small details. and of course the standard blue and green masking tape in various sizes.
This is really tedious and time consuming. but my plan is to mask everything off in one shot and do all the black paint. then go thru and peel it and re-mask for the next colors. I had thought about taking some transfer paper and just covering the whole side and cutting with an exacto knife, but my hands just aren't steady enough. The rest of the pics can be found here:
http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c313/92greenyj/PacMAME%20Project/And I will be updating this thread as I move forward with this project. It will take a while to complete though. I welcome and appreciate any and all thoughts and comments.