Well some time has passed.. but it's time to put this thread to pasture. After waiting 3/4 a year for the art work to come in from Szabos Arcade, it finally arrived this past weekend.
I put in the interest request in December. He was so busy and backed up I wasn't issued a invoice until MAY! I paid in full for the side art, marquee, control panel housing art, and finally a custom reverse printed lexan control panel with a custom run button addition. Finally it was time to continue.
This thing has been sitting in my garage taking up all sorts of room since December. I almost forgot what assortment of screws even went to it!
Installed MK1 in the side panel. MK2-4 will go on the other walls. Wanting to build some kind of cleaner solution for storing the boards in here but for now this will do. Eventually gonna get the riddledtv jamma switcher but have mk3 wired for now.
Szabos work is worth the wait. Amazing work! Mostly painless install except I did the first side myself and that was a huge mistake. Was able to recover with only a slightly off artwork towards the bottom. Some light trimming and painting with red paint pen took care of it. The t molding covers it nicely. The other side I had help but somehow that was more trouble than doing it alone!?
Reverse printed artwork on lexan, this stuff is stronger than it looks. Thankfully because I swear it should be cracked after a couple times I manhandled it. New buttons and sticks, but I have so many micro switches laying around I just used those and they seem fine. He did a great job with the run button, looks like it should be stock!
Finally added the t molding.... after more than 3/4 a year from pickup, it has come together today!
Monitor looks good after recap and small adjustment. There is a faint throb in the screen, might have to adjust the flyback, hopefully it's nothing serious. You don't notice it unless you look for it. The degauss function isnt catching the entire screen, so I'll need to buy a degauss wand I guess.
Last bits to work out is one of the coin door lights is out, and the jamma switcher.
Loving this thing, looks so good I stop to admire her every time I walk past it. My GF seems to be getting annoyed I'm calling this thing "beautiful" more than I do her