Ok so here is a quick summary of the last 2 days
I have had a itching for a Full Sized Candy since I got and converted those Dino Kings last year but Finances and Space have been a issue in realising that dream until now of course
So I persuaded the Wife that if I give the old MAME cab I built years ago to her bro she will let me have a candy.
I got a Aero City that was pretty much straight out of the container from Japan.
I had to make a pretty long drive to collect it so I spent a night at my Sisters place who turns out lives 15 mins away from the seller.
Anyways after getting to put a face to a name and meet the guy who's been doing my artwork the last few years me and the wifu hit the road with the Aero crammed in the back of my Volvo Estate.
We took it steady all the way back, Trying not to do any damage to the monitor, I will work on anything in a cab bar the monitors which I am totally clueless about.
When the seller showed me the cab running the monitor was stunning so it would be my worst nightmare if something happened to it en route to my place!
The first thing I wanted to do before I got it out of the car was clean the base off as it smelt kind of funky....
I figured I would do it in the car as it was elevated to a nice working height.
So it turns out that despite what this little cab would have you believe the original colour was actually white not Yellow! Who knew huh!?
Anyways after fully cleaning the base, getting it out of the car and situated in my conservatory as a temporary work place I fired it up to check everything made it ok.
My heart sank when it all powered on but the screen was almost black!
It was displaying the blue kind of but nothing else, Must admit I was a little scared we had killed the monitor at that point but I had to run out to do some tasks so it had to wait.
Later in the day having been worrying about it all day I went back to it and thought maybe it was the test board I used so I plugged in my trusty MVS 1FZ instead which powered up in full colour.
I believe the previous days issues with the monitor were caused by the JAMMA edge on the Sega Adapter.
I noticed when plugging in the MVS that it was really frigging tight on the edge and flexed which I have never had happen before.
Maybe because its old or something I dont know but I installed my JAMMA pass through with volt meter on to the JAMMA edge which I know fits all my boards nicely and even that was tight to push in!
But I got it on and held it tight with 2 screws so hopefully I wont have any more scares going forward!
So then as this is the first Cab I have ever brought that actually works there is not much for me to do internally other than clean but going forward I do want to add a 4th button.
But before I do that I need to get another panel, I dont want to drill the original 3 button CP.
But I can only find a 6 button variant so I guess I will get that and put blanks in.
On the plus side it gives me future 6 button option if I want and gives me some flexibility in 4 button layout.
But yeah thats all for another day,
I also found a small crack down the back edge of the plastic CP, I want to secure it so it does not become a issue on the top in future.
I will likely use the same stuff I used on my Dino King bezels but I dont have any to hand right now so again for another day.
So all I have left to do right now is clean....
Lots and lots of cleaning.....
So I started by cleaning the front of the Cab, The header, Bezel, CP area and around the coin doors.
Most of it has cleaned up pretty well.
It does make the scratches etc more obvious but I am ok with the aged petina look I wont be painting or powder coating it etc. Want to keep it OG as possible.
That being said I have found the Board access hatch and Coin box hatch have been painted in the past so they have not cleaned so well.
Will have to think what to do with them, Maybe strip and paint them but thats for another day.
So heres the progress made so far today with around 6 hours of scrubbing......
Lower section with coin door left for colour petina comparison!
I did the coin door last as the furniture was a little rusty and as its hinged to the cab and a tight space I knew it would take a while as well as a quick clean inside the bottom.
And once that was all done I decided to call it a day as my back was killing from lieing on a cold floor and scrubbing lol
Right thats about it for the last 2 days LOL