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Gauntlet Legends Showcase - COMPLETE! 7/21/08
Paladin:
Just like a home improvment project, this thing is taking twice as long as I thought it would. I keep finding more things that need to be done.
I've now got the control panel mounted to the stand. I have enough of the cabinet built that I could actually plug it all in and play, but I still want to get it painted before I do that for the first time. If I get this thing all put together and it doesn't fire up, I'm going to be seriously bummed!
Cameronj:
Very cool indeed! It looks like it is going to turn out well!
Paladin:
I've finally finished the major construction. I've still got a few little things to do like the small rectangular pieces that will cover the joint between the control panel and monitor stand, buy and attach plexi and fix up the coin door - but I'm finally painting!
Parts layed out for priming:
Some parts have two coats of primer, most have one.
pinballwizard79:
Showcases are awesome & its very admirable you are taking on a scratch built project.
Kudos & good luck brother, cant wait to see it finished!
Paladin:
At long last I'm at the painting stage. I chose a two color paint scheme based on another showcase project I found on this site. Unfortunately that one looks like it didn't ever get finished. I've got black and blue T-molding, and the blue should match the molding pretty close. There are a lot of dust particles in the picture. I had a window open in the garage to help the drying, but I think it was stirring up the dust in the garage that's left over from the construction.
I'm using Rustoleum satin black, and Valspar "Enchanted Navy" from Lowes. I thought Lowes would use some high tech color matching system, but the kid at the paint desk just took the molding over to the paint sample cards and picked a couple that seemed close.
The bottom of the monitor stand and the control panel stand have one coat of primer and one coat of paint. This is just to protect the wood. The inside of the monitor surround and monitor stand will just have one coat of primer and no color. I'm trying to get this thing done, and I don't want to spend the time to paint the parts that no one will see.
After one coat of black and one coat of blue.
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