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| Spyridon:
When the bondo dried, I sanded it smooth I also spray painted the bubble and the vent screens. I used a flat black on the bubble and a rustolem silver on the screens It looked really good when dry |
| Spyridon:
I still need to pick up a compressor and spray gun, so in the mean time, I started working on the control panel. The first thing I did was to use a dremel to put a nice shine to the carrige bolts. Can you tell which one of the five bolts is done? And here are the rest of them completed. I was going to purchase new bolts, but these turned out great. I did the same for the 10 carrige bolts holding the bubble onto the back of the cab. I used the same technique on the security bolts holding the joystick together. Here is one completed one next to one that I haven't cleaned up yet. |
| Spyridon:
I disassembled the control panel next and removed the joystick. I had a problem at one point playing the game where the ship would not move up. It went away, so I thought the grommet may need replacing. I took the joystick apart to get to the grommet Here is the original on the left and the arcadeshop replacement on the right I ran into a problem trying to get the new one on. It would not fil all the way up on the shaft. It was too small. In fact, not even close to being able to fit. Oh well, back to the old one. Hopefully it wasn't a problem anyway. Since I had the joystick apart, I used the trusty dremel again and cleaned up some of the rust on the shaft. Here is the before shot: While I had everything apart, I hit the bottom of the control panel with a new coat of flat black paint. |
| Spyridon:
I reassembled the joystick, put in the new buttons, new inesrt, and put on the new control panel. Wow, that control panel looks good. Rich over at thsoldgame did a great job on the panel. The only complaint I have with it is that the fonts are different on the new one compared to the old one. That being said, it still looks great and I highly recommend it. Here are some comparisons between the two panels |
| Spyridon:
Okay, that brings you up to speed. Next step is to paint the cab. I'm going to purchase a compressor so that I can spray the cab. More updates to come... |
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