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Journey Restoration Dedicated MAME
ArtMAME:
I am proud to announce that my Journey cabinet restoration is now playable.
Started out with a Tetris conversion that some of you may have seen on Hellcade.
ArtMAME:
And here is the progress so far.
ArtMAME:
And here is the saga so far:
OK, after messing with a lot of OPP (other people's projects), I have finally started on my Journey project.
I got this cabinet as a beat up Tetris conversion for about $35. Had to drive about 100 miles each way (back in October 07 when fuel prices were a little bit better). No CP, hellacious Tetris burn-in on the monitor, frayed bottom corners and edges... what a mess.
The only original parts left on it were the transformer/power supply assembly, marquee brackets, coin door, some inner tags including a voucher for a replacement journey tape when presented to Bally Midway.
You really don't see Journey cabinets on Ebay very often, so I jumped on this one. It sat in my garage until recently when I got ready to tackle it.
ArtMAME:
I stripped the cabinet completely to clean it up.
I sanded and bondoed the frayed edges to see how good I could get them. They came out OK, and I tried to re-build the corners with bondo, but I did not get them 100%. I determined that I would just go ahead and sand down the entire sides and repaint.
I used Glidden Grey primer applied with a foam roller (2 coats), then sand lightly and use Valspar Satin Navy spray paint in a rattle can. It was very close to the original color.
The front panel only had one major scuff on it so I just lightly sanded and sprayed over the entire front panel, came out nice.
I sprayed black part of the inner sides with Rustoleum Satin Black to freshen them up.
ArtMAME:
Applied toy blue T-molding. Can't wait for the Marquee and CPO to arrive. This machine is going to look sweet!!!
Spray painted the original speaker grills using Walmart Grey Primer in a rattle can and Rustoleum Black satin.
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