Malenko's HS5 Refresh/Restore

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Malenko:
I dont think this is a project because its NOT a MAME cab. I dont really think its a restore because its generic HS-5 cab made for Street Fighter 3 (tags on the back)
We'll just put in restore since I think it leans closer to that , than a project. Ultimately it will house a Darksoft Multi CPS2 kit just so I dont have to keep swapping all my CPS2 boards around.

I am breaking my own rule of starting a restore before finishing the current one, but the current one is just waiting on art to be printed and applied, so I think its ok.

So here is how I got it:

and a nice full frontal picture:

Malenko:
to note, it did NOT come with a power supply, but the seller did order and ship me one from Twisted Quarter:

First step was to strip the ugly Soul Edge CPO and see what was under there:

All ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- aside, I was PSYCHED to find SF2CE art under there.

So I finished stripping the CPO:

Then I just had to populate the panel:

Apparently they spray painted the "corner" piece of the CP, and didnt care about over spray on the CPO:

So I got to clean all that paint off:

Also cleaned off the front, cab was pretty filthy:

Then I pulled the glass off to take the Soul Edge art out, and I was PSYCHED AGAIN to find they had just flipped the SF2CE bezel around and put the SE art on it:

that's after I flipped it back around of course!

Then I stripped the Soul Edge side art off:

Then cleaned:

you can still tell where the art used to be, so Im not sure what Im going to do with the sides. All of my cabs look factory new and are dedicated, so I kinda like having an "aged" generic cab in the mix. VIsuals are TBD.

Cobolisdead:
Nice work so far!

reptileink:
Looking forward to what you come up with! Bonus on the SF II!

Jdurg:
Oh thank you so much for posting this! I'm desparatley trying to find information and measurements on an HS-5 cabinet as i'm trying to build one myself. I will follow this thread VERY closely!

By the way, the "Street Fighter 3" sticker on the back, along with the SF2:CE bezel and CPO means that this was a dedicated, from the factory SF2:CE cabinet. When Capcom outsourced the building of the cabinets to Dynamo, Dynamo only knew that it was a sequel to Street Fighter 2, so they intuitively put "Street Fighter 3" on the back stickers. So you have yourself a dedicated, SF2:CE cabinet!

I'm actually doing the same thing. I have a SF2:CE board and artwork that I plan to put into a Dynamo HS-5 that I'm trying to build. I got the metal CP from E-Bay, and when I was taking the artwork off, I saw that it was originally a SF2:CE as well. in addition, I've got a Darksoft Multi-CPS2 kit that I will also be putting in the cab. Sadly, the work on the game(s) hasn't resumed since my flyback blew right around X-Mas, and when it did, the sudden thermal shock from the HV Discharge caused a hairline crack in the neck of the tube to fully open, thus killing the CRT. I'm awaiting a replacement tube, but in the meantime am trying to get some of the physical cabinet built. I've got the drawer, the marquee light, power supply, control panel, drawer latches, CP latches, and the square base that everything sits on already built. i just need to get measurements for the rest of the physical cab so I can built it. So if you feel like taking some good measurements so that plans can be made to reproduce the cab from scratch, you'd be doing the arcade community a HUGE favor. Mostly because like Good Ole' Area 51, everybody knows it exists but nobody has any information about it. ;D

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