Since I'm getting to the end of the painting, I need to get moving on some of the little stuff that is left.
I did the following over the last few nights:
1. Removed the tape residue from the inner bezel and then spray painted it with flat black paint
2. Painted the two wood screws for the control panel black
3. Assembled the control panel
I was missing the brackets that the hook onto the latches that hold the control panel in place. I picked up a set from the guy I got the bezel from
The painted carriage bolts turned out nice
4. Worked on the coin door...
Coin mechs were rusted and the chrome was gone
After cleaning up the rust with a dremel, I used some Brialliant Metal paint to make these shine again
I think it turned out pretty good
Next up was to reasemble the coin door. I didn't have a coin counter so I pulled one from another Midway coin door I had laying around. When I did my Gorf restore, I picked up a few Midway 25 cent inserts from This Old Game. As I was pulling these from the parts bin, I ran across this:
Then I remembered this statement from my very first post in this thread
Purchased miscelaneous items from Bob Roberts - new power cord, WG K4600 cap kit (hopefully fixes my monitor issue), new carriage bolts
I forgot that I order carriage bolts for the control panel. Okay, take joystick apart, take control panel bolts off, remove wood piece, insert carriage bolts....
They don't fit! Too small. I ordered Pac-man carriage bolts, but these are obviously for a metal control panel and not for one with the wood underneath. Wasted time. I should have realized it before I started swaping them but I didn't. Put it all back together. (I like the way the black looks anyway)
Okay, back to the coin door.
Matching the new inserts up with the old ones, they don't match
I'd like to keep the original look, so I cleaned up the old ones with some liquid detergent and warm water. They cleaned up nicely and I'll be able to save them.
Okay, all parts put back in place and a new lock installed
The Midway logo plate is just laying in place. I saved the rivets that I drilled out and I will glue them in place. I need to figure out the best way to adhere the plate to the door first (I have to go back and read Level42's Galaxian restore to see how he did it)
As a reminder, here is what I started with:
5. Painted the Marquee bolts black
6. Painted the speaker carriage bolts black
7. Cleaned and painted (silver) the four vent screens for the back of the cab
I'm working on getting a stencil made for the Midway copyright info for the cab. Once I get that I can add it and then clear coat. Then I get to put everything back together!