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neo geo restore, side art-check, t-molding-check

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Malenko:
I got mine from eccs19

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72841.0



Where do you live? I have another 2 slot machine in the regular sized 2 slot cab that Im looking to get rid of. Im near the MD/DE/PA line

wana10:
so to make a long story short, the cabinet arrived.


and i unwrapped it and tested it quickly finding, with help from some people at neo-geo.com, that i needed a new width coil as the core seemed to be missing from mine...


but seeing as i didn't have one at the moment i went ahead with other things.
first stripping the cabinet of anything and everything

and promptly finding that the only thing holding the top corners on was the old beat up t-molding



so i gave the sides a good sanding and now i'm going to fill holes with bondo...never used the stuff before so i'm starting with a small section before i dive right in.


letting that cure while posting this and hopefully it all goes well. with any luck i'll have the first coat of primer on by the end of today. more pics to come later as other things get done.

edit* bondo is amazing. slathered up the rest of that side of the cab. running out of sandpaper though so i'll have to get more tomorrow or later tonight. this means primer put off until tomorrow as well :'(

MK3FAN:

--- Quote from: wana10 on March 01, 2008, 07:14:53 pm ---this means primer put off until tomorrow as well :'(

--- End quote ---

Trust me...taking our time is worth it in the long run. It may seem like you can't wait to get it done, but the extra time and effort you throw at it will make it all worth while. Looks to me from viewing the first pic in the thread that your damaged corners got that way during shipping. They look intact in the first pic and then broken in the later ones after you got the machine. Just an observation.

wana10:

--- Quote from: MK3FAN on March 05, 2008, 07:46:10 pm ---Trust me...taking our time is worth it in the long run. It may seem like you can't wait to get it done, but the extra time and effort you throw at it will make it all worth while. Looks to me from viewing the first pic in the thread that your damaged corners got that way during shipping. They look intact in the first pic and then broken in the later ones after you got the machine. Just an observation.

--- End quote ---

yeah...mentally i know that taking my time with the thing will give me a better final product...but i wanna play the dang thing! ;D
as for the corners...i noticed that as well but at this point i'm just happy to have it in my possession, and my rebuild attempts turned out pretty good.
and as long as i'm here... :pics
primer coats are finished and i put the first coat of red on today. hopefully i'll get eccs19's excellent decals applied by early next week!

patrickl:
Looks nice. Bad luck with the corners, but nice repair work.

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