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taylormadelv:



Here's the under marquee panel with an original 6" Williams speaker from a Duramold and the real marquee light strip from the Bubbles, so even though the wood is new, the working parts are real, original Williams parts!

The panel primed and painted with Rustoleum high gloss black professional. I will tell you that the "professional" versions of Rustoleum spray far superior to the "regular" cans. The pro versions do not drip, spray in any direction and go on super duper smooth. I can't find a Hammertone black in the professional cans yet though.
I actually tried good ole trusty "Satin Black" and I did not like the finish, Stargate cabinets have a nice sheen to them, kinda a semi high gloss. When I work on basket case Williams cabs, I always reach for satin black but this was a special case and I was able to get the cabinet really smooth and take my time. The high gloss is a bit "glossier" than original but I like the finish and I am going glossy on this.

taylormadelv:
I went maybe 4 passes of primer/bondo(woodfiller)/sand before I got the front acceptable, it will never be perfect, especially with high gloss black paint but it will work.
Then it was time to start painting the red base on the sides. The only color code I could find was "Ralph Lauren Duke Red" from Home Depot. They do not carry this brand anymore but they can go into their computer and match almost any brand of paint, so I had them mix a batch of semi gloss, which you see here. I actually want this glossier and I will be buying another can of this but in high gloss.


CPO from arcadeoverlays. I am very happy with this CPO material, the best non-NOS CPO I have ever used. Really close to the old school polycabonate. A few hours later and we have 8 button holes and the 2 way joystick opening cut out!

I have no ability to cut button holes like in an original Williams cabinet but I am very particular about using real, leaf switch buttons. Stargate should never be played with micoswitch buttons, it just never feels right. I love translucent leafs and I have used some old leaf switch holders made for plywood. The buttons cannot be held in with pal nuts anymore but since this will be in my home and not a real arcade, I'm not worried about the buttons going missing or falling out.Stay tuned!!!!

Yvan256:
Very nice work so far. I've never seen a Stargate mini in person. What are the dimensions?

taylormadelv:
Williams mini cabinets are the thinnest I have ever worked on. The cab is only 18.5" wide, not certain about height and depth but you can see she's pretty small.
Finally cleared the garage and have more room and time to work on the Stargate. This project will be a bit different than many here for a few reasons. I do not have the talents and abilities of some here with working with raw wood, I prefer to work on old cabinets and cut as little wood as is neccessary.
Another thing that will make this project a bit different than many here is that this will not be emulation. I was not certain how I was going to fire Stargate up, I was planning on mame but I made a few deals in the last few weeks for some critical Startgate parts...




I just could not believe this when I saw it in a sales post on klov. So I spent $40 on having a new, fresh control panel cut and another $35 on a new CPO that I will not need....

taylormadelv:


This is one of the only legal aftermarket versions of Defender/Defender II(Stargate) I have ever seen. This is a completely legitimate and legal version of these Williams games on a tiny Jamma board. The only 2 games on this board are Defender/Defender II but it has the capacity to load Joust and Robotron for another game that Team Play made in the early 2000's. The cabinet this came from is a full sized 25" monitor that will become my trackball mame in the near future. The company "Team Play" made a few retro-arcade games a few years ago, Defender/Defender II was one of the 3 or 4 they made and sold. I have configured the board to load into Defender II directly, so I do not have to use the "select game" button, I just don't care about Defender. A neat feature of this board is that the games have a true free play mode, press player 1 start and I go into a 1 credit/3 ship game of Stargate! No coins, no need to open the coin door!

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