I tried a few more strippers on the paint, but I can't find anything that will remove the oil based paint and save the artwork underneath. Not a big deal as I have new sideart ready to go.
Decided to start the task of getting this game working. Remember, all cosmetic work will be done later when the weather gets better. The goal for now is to just get it playable.
Started by working on setting up the new (to me) control panel. First I installed the rebuilt trackball.
The control panel only came with two carriage bolts, so I'll need to come up with two more to fully secure this.
Next was to install the Atari cone buttons. I picked up some used cone lights and some NOS cones.
The wire harness that I picked up had a set of cone lights with it so I just compared my wires to that one which made figuring out what goes where relatively easy.
P1 and P2 wired up:
Now to install them into the control panel.
Okay, first problem of the day. The cones I have are too big. Comparing them to the ones that came with the wire harness I purchased you can see the difference
That's a shame as these are in perfect shape. For now, I'll use the other set I have
Looks pretty good, but one of the cones is banged up pretty good.
Anyone want to trade a set of tall cones for short ones?
And the fininshed (for now) control panel
It may be ugly, but at least it's Centipede and no longer this:
Looking forward to putting the new CPO on this, but it's too cold to do any painting.
Next up...removing the hacked up wire harness and installing the Centipede harness.