Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Time Pilot Restoration
davieboynj:
Problem #5 - cracked front panel.
I REALLY REALLY REALLY wish i could just replace this piece, or peel off the art or... well anything rather than fixing the wood. but i can't... ugh.
anyways, in lieu of any description:
davieboynj:
and...
davieboynj:
You can't tell this from the pictures, but there's about 7 inches of damage between the crack in the front and the back (about 20 sq. in). I dug in there with a chisel removing peaks and edges until the wood would mate with itself flat. I then packed it with gorilla glue and left it in a vice for 4 hours. Here is the result, after some (admittedly shabby) wood puttying...
davieboynj:
looks 100x worse with the flash... ugh.
side note: don't use wood putty near art! it contains enough thinner to remove art VERY easily. I smeared it on near the insiders of the coin door (where it will be covered later and took off a bunch of paint.
davieboynj:
So now my homework is:
1. Bring front panel to Home Depot so i can get some paints matched to the art colors (what kind of paint should i get?).
2. Buy a bunch of metal brackets.
3. Get the 25 piece sharpie set hoping that they have close enough matches to do minor art touch up.
4. Get white paint marker (same as above).
5. Cut pieces of mdf for kick panel - paint black.
6. Find a replacement CPO.
What am i forgetting???
oh, yeah... sleep...
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