Restore: Paperboy: 'Exclusive!' - Restore with enhanced side art

[ReWegar]

I understand. And when you are planning to completion?

[Maximus]

I understand. And when you are planning to completion?

How long is a piece of string

[Maximus]

Flush trim routed, one side done

[rikitiki]

curious why black laminate?

[Maximus]

I like to use it under vinyl as a perfect surface, also it has great impact resistance, some may say overkill, but I'm building this to last.

[dandro]

I like to use it under vinyl as a perfect surface, also it has great impact resistance, some may say overkill, but I'm building this to last.

heck yeah, with the little tricycle motors about, sturdy above purdy!

[rikitiki]

I like to use it under vinyl as a perfect surface, also it has great impact resistance, some may say overkill, but I'm building this to last.

yeah no I figured as much.
but when you get to the sideart some vinyls are not very opaque a Black background may not always be the best choice.
same goes for the cp would recommend white
just some foodfight for thought....

[Maximus]

Yeah I hear ya. I get my printing done with Game on Graphix their vinyl is very nice quality and the colors are vibrant. Revolution was done with this same laminate under their printed vinyl

[Maximus]

Not going to get much done this weekend I dont think, the wife is running a 36hr 210 mile ultra relay called the Ragnar, so I'm at home playing single parent. But I grabbed an hour while my little one was taking a nap.

Been wondering how I was going to manage to pull off an accurate job of the lamination of the column and foot wells of the cabinet as I can't pull it to pieces to flat laminate and flush trim everything. So I've been chewing over this idea for months and decided to just give it a try today.


Made a template the exact width of the footwells


Measured off the length of each of the faces of the footwell


Clamp up the laminate along the template to the length required


Route it off with a flush trim bit


Perfect fit


Even used the same technique to cut the aluminum diamond plate sheet, which is very thin.


Looking good.

Well it worked and I'm super happy with the result, that has been rolling around in my head forever, I'll use the same technique to do all of the rest of the panels front and back that I can't remove from the cab itself.

[Maximus]

Grabbed another spare hour...


Rear door wood repair

[Maximus]

Back to the spidey web glue. This stuff is spendy but its amazing. Cures in two minutes and as soon as you lay it up its stuck, no clamping or pressure needed.

[Maximus]

Second side and back door done,


 I'm hoping I can chip away at this during the week and have all the lamination done by next weekend. Ordered all the art from Scott at GoG yesterday so that should be ready by the weekend too.

[Maximus]

I was going to powder coat the coin doors but I was so happy with the textured finish I got on the Donkey Kong coin door that I decided to do the same here, also the bezel retainers and coin return flaps.

[mcseforsale]

How much texture does that paint have?  I think the hammered black looks more like the Happ factory finish:



Cab looks amazing.  Awesome job on the footwells.  I bet you were scratching your head staring at that thing for a while.  Excellent solution.

AJ

[Maximus]

Thanks man. Yeah I think its just a personal taste thing. For me the hammered finished has been done to death so I like that this finish looks more subtle and less 'fancy texture paint from Home Depot' even though that's exactly what it is lol

[yotsuya]

So I take it this means you're not going to risk electrocuting yourself welding two toaster ovens together? 

[Maximus]

So I take it this means you're not going to risk electrocuting yourself welding two toaster ovens together? 

Lol I never got around to putting the outer door on it, it does actually work, too much crap going on so I have to just focus on the most important stuff.

[Maximus]

Just got off the phone with the guy doing the chrome, he says I can pick everything up tomorrow, but believe me it's going to get ugly when I get down there. This guy is ---smurfing--- tool of the tenth degree. I asked him to do a weld job on the under-panel bracket of the handlebars, which it turns out he has done and then he had the whole damn thing chromed. So now I have the best looking non-visible Paperboy handlebar bracket the world has never seen.  what an asshat.

When I originally got the quote he said $80 on the phone, when I dropped the pieces off he said $500 I told him no fuppin' way so he said dont worry we'll work it out. Now he's saying $375 on the phone because he had to chrome 'all those big pieces' and rechrome the under-panle bracket because when they welded it it damaged the chrome. THERE WAS NO FEKKIN CHROME ON IT WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF FOR WELDING!!!!!!!!!! So this tool has not only chromed the under bracket once, but twice 

At this point I just want my pieces back from this interstellar-knob-rocket I'm going to throw $250 at him take my ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and walk.

People like this need to be thrown in the ocean with concrete shoes.

[mcseforsale]

Yeah.  Finishers know that your stuff is important and like to do that.  We should get a BOYAC posse to go with you.

AJ

[Vigo]

What a  . It's his screw up, he shouldn't charge you for his incompetence.

[Maximus]

What a  . It's his screw up, he shouldn't charge you for his incompetence.

There's no way in hell I am paying for that horse crap, this guy has been tooling me around for over 2 months.

[Jigenjuke]

Hey there Maximus, that sucks!  I'm glad we don't have those kind of problems here in Japan.  The service industry here is very CUSTOMER FIRST oriented.  If the shop makes a mistake they own up to it without payment and most of the time they throw in a little extra to get you to come back.  I don't think that it has ever been like that in the US. 

Good lord man, how many projects are you juggling?  I am just finishing up 11 of 13 projects we started maybe a year and a half ago.  I am always happy to end a project, but it isn't long before the urge to start anew hits me again. 

The guys I work on these projects with always seem to make smartas&'% comments about how I go about things.  Reminds me of a comment from the Steven King movie Christine, "Look how cock-eyed he works! He's got... brand new windshield wipers for a busted windshield." 

Heh heh, hey if my process gets the job done lets not complain about the road I take.

But, hey man, if you need me to send out some customer support ninjas to handle this guy let me know

Jigenjuke

[Maximus]

Thanks man. I really like the sound of those customer service ninjas

[Maximus]

Finally all pieces back from the chrome shop, triple plated goodness...

[yotsuya]

Wow, that's the best looking non-visible Paperboy handlebar bracket I have ever seen! 

Can't wait to see this through. Any luck finding a monitor? Did you talk to GeNeRiC on KLOV? He claims to have an extra.

[PL1]

Do the Customer Service Ninjas need to pay that guy a follow-up visit?      


Scott

[Maximus]

Do the Customer Service Ninjas need to pay that guy a follow-up visit?      

Lol he came down to $180 and an apology which I thought was fair, just glad to have it all back and looking so purty

[geomartin]

I know you got jerked around by the platers, but at least it looks freakin' awesome!  The quality looks like it surpasses the original chrome plating from Atari.

[Maximus]

Did you talk to GeNeRiC on KLOV? He claims to have an extra.

There's no user by that name at KLOV

[Maximus]

The quality looks like it surpasses the original chrome plating from Atari.

Yeah it looks good, they were actually never chrome plated, only nickel, so this is extra fancy with a cherry on 

[yotsuya]

Did you talk to GeNeRiC on KLOV? He claims to have an extra.

There's no user by that name at KLOV

Whoops. He l33ted it out. It's g3n3r1c.

I know I saw a post where he said he had an extra medium res monitor. I just can't find it.

[Maximus]

Ok thanks bud, I'll try and hit him up

[z-kun]

OooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooh, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy......................
*__* <3

Glad to see you finally got your parts back and that the price was not in the $500 range. ^_^

[Maximus]

Took a risk chroming the trim of the coin doors but the results paid off

[harveybirdman]

Took a risk chroming the trim of the coin doors but the results paid off

Dude..... Just.... Dude......

BRAVO!!!

 

[Vigo]

I'm glad we don't have those kind of problems here in Japan.  The service industry here is very CUSTOMER FIRST oriented.

No joke about this. I was "crap-my-pants" impressed with the kinda treatment I received in my short time in Japan. By far, the best hospitality I have ever received in my life. Period.

Took a risk chroming the trim of the coin doors but the results paid off

Wow! Ballzy call, but that is some stunning results. Best CC over/under door I've ever seen.

[Maximus]

The Terminator 2 of controllers

[mcseforsale]

Yeah, that's wicked.

AJ

The Terminator 2 of controllers

[Maximus]

Slowly slowly slowly making my way through cutting all the laminate panels for each surface. Painful work but it will be worth it

[emphatic]

That friggin' chrome is friggin' awesome.