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cmoses:
I just got a cabinet for my second project.  It is a Mortal Kombat II cabinet that was painted black and had a NFL Blitz 99 conversion kit put on it.  My first project was a beat up Taito cabinet that I fixed up and is now working in my game room.  I enjoyed the process and learned a lot, my second project will allow me to add some features lacking in the first, more buttons, a trackball and spinner.

I plan to do some cosmetic fixes on this cabinet, fill in some holes from security bars, fix some edges, clean up the outside, repaint, install some new wheels and casters and put on some new T-Molding.  I will be transferring my hardware from my first cabinet into this one, computer, speakers, U360's, etc.  I will be designing a new control panel to incorporate all the things that I want.  The current one is a 4 player, but I will be making a 2 player control panel, with 7 player buttons each, a trackball in the middle and each player will have a spinner for racing games.  I need to work on the layout, but will have plenty of space with the large control panel.  I am also planning to put in a 27" TV for the display.   

Here are some pictures that I took last night, hopefully I will get to do some work in the next couple of weeks with the time I have off.




I have a few questions I am hoping some people on here can answer.  The only thing that appears to be missing is a bracket that goes at the bottom of the monitor glass to secure it to the cabinet.  Anyone know of a good source for this piece?  Also I would like to replace the wheels and levelers, are those common pieces, any sources for obtaining them?

Any comments, suggestions or advice is always appreciated.

brock.sampson:
I have a set of leg levelers.  PM your address and I can ship them out.  What's wrong with the wheels?  I love those tilt wheels.  I'm pretty sure at least the front section that is sticking out is covered in vinyl you may want to strip that off I had some problems on my last blitz cab when I got a little over zealous sanding down some bondo and ended up making more work.  Also did they strip the original side art off or just paint over it?  You might be able to use an L shaped piece of aluminum or steel to replace the glass retainer.

cmoses:
Brock,

One leg leveler is fine, the other one does not have a caster just a post.  I want to keep the wheels, they are just missing some screws and are really thrashed.  It rolls, but not very smoothly and I think they might come soon.  I love the wheels on the back of cabinets, makes them much easier to move around.

I think it was just painted over with black paint.  The guy I got it from thought that there was vinyl underneath on the sides.  From pictures I have seen I think it might be Raiden on the side.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8756

But I have not seen any vinyl on the front panel where the coin doors are.  I have never done any paint stripping so probably will not go that route.  Not a big MKII fan either so no major loss.  I actually want a black cabinet, may put some side are on at some point.

I will have some wood filler and sanding to do.  Corners are a little banged up and the bottom front is the worst area.  Some chips of wood missing along the bottom front edge. 

Do you have a picture of the glass retainer?  Probably not to hard to replicate with a L shaped piece of aluminum like you said.  Just curious as to what it should look like and how it attaches.

Thanks

brock.sampson:
I finally found a picture of the retainer that is on my cabinet.  Page 2 http://www.happcontrols.com/midway/Skins_Game/25/Ch5_Parts_Skins_Uprt.pdf.  The second blitz cabinet I used to build one for my friend had a different retainer.  The bar that holds the marquee and glass on mine is more like a triangle his was more like a square.  So it really depends on which bar you have.  I'll take some pics of mine when I get home tonight.  The black on the front is most likely a super thin vinyl kind of like shelf paper.  I just had some problems when sanding I removed some of the vinyl so I had to refill those places.

cmoses:
Started some tear down today.  Dismantled the control panel and removed all the NFL Blitz hardware that I won't be using.  I have posted a for sale topic in buy/sell/trade for the NFL Blitz hardware if anyone is interested.

I found out a few interesting things while tearing down today.  First off the control panel has a metal overlay with the NFL Blitz graphics printed on it.  The control panel itself appears to be plywood, not MDF like the rest of the cabinet. 

I will be using the top as a template to create a new control panel.  Got a router yesterday from Home Depot, so that will be an task.  I haven't been able to locate a slot bit for the router, neither Home Depot or Lowes had them.  The T-Molding slot is off center to accommodate the metal overlay as well as the Plexiglas overlay.

Next step is to take off the coin doors and begin to repair the wood that needs fixing. 

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