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| pbj:
I swear to god this game gave inspiration for the Mario Kart blue shell to Nintendo. I owned one for awhile, and you'd be cruising in first up until the last few moments where the car in second would show up out of nowhere and shoot you. Then I learned the trick was to stay in second up up until the end of the race. Then you're beating multiple races per quarter. :cheers: I'm an idiot, I was thinking of Road Riot 4WD. ;D |
| leapinlew:
Looking good! |
| wp34:
Got some time to work on this one again today. I found out the vinyl pulls off pretty easy if you can get a good grip on it. Almost like shelf paper. The back door was bad and I decided it would be faster/easier to make a new one than to screw around with bondo. |
| wp34:
I'm going to try and laminate the front without taking the cabinet apart. We shall see. For the section just below the CP I took a page for Arroyo's book and did some creative laminating. I cut the laminate to the exact width and then applied it like you would a CPO. I then carefully routed the top and bottom with a spiral flush trip bit. It was a bit nerve racking but I'm really happy with the results. T-molding added. We stopped taking the newspaper last year and it has made masking a bit problematic. Next steps are to laminate the coin door area and PCB door. |
| Arroyo:
--- Quote from: wp34 on June 14, 2020, 11:39:36 pm --- I cut the laminate to the exact width and then applied it like you would a CPO. I then carefully routed the top and bottom with a spiral flush trip bit. --- End quote --- Not so bad right? I've been doing it more and more, and when you hinge things and take your time it works perfect. One thing I have learned is that if you are doing an inside corner, it is best to put painters tape down near the corner. That way you can lift up any excess contact cement (on the side you aren't adhering to). The reason this is important is that if you leave it on, when you attempt to hinge the laminate the excess contact cement wants to grab the piece and screw with your alignment. Barring that though it really isn't bad. Nice work. :cheers: |
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