Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Turtle power!!! A TMNT restore.
Level42:
Big hair, big camcorder and that suite.......can it be more 80's ?
Love it ;)
Although not "my" era, it's good to see some restorations like this and Simpsons etc. for a change....
Mauzy:
--- Quote from: Level42 on May 25, 2009, 10:16:24 am ---Although not "my" era, it's good to see some restorations like this and Simpsons etc. for a change....
--- End quote ---
Kinda nice to see machines that were still around when I was young in the arcade age!
I do wonder why theres no love for Sunset Riders. This is the second recent thread I've seen where someone buys a konami cab and hopes its not Sunset Riders. I guess all the love is in the licenses...
MaineEvent:
Love this cab...the only thing that urks me is the Alyssa Milano look-a-like instead of the REAL April O'Neil, Judith Hoag...or even the cartoon April...who hasn't fantasized about her??? :P
Level42:
Not to derail this thread, but I noticed an X-men cab (which is from around the same era I guess) for sale here:
http://link.marktplaats.nl/253037497
Looks to be in very good condition. I love the X-shape cab.....taking loads of space though....
patchboston:
didn't do too much tonight, came home around 5:30pm and was beat! I work at a nursery garden center (summer job) and I'm always running around that place giving orders and making sure things are running smooth.
Anyhoo, Stripped off the top layer of the control panel to reveal the bare wood, and again the overlay left a decent amount of sticky goo-goo behind! Tomorrow evening, I'm taking a sander and completely stripping the paint + residue. Hopefully by the weekend I'll have some time to visit RI and buy oil-based primer and paint. It's such a shame that you can't buy this stuff in MA. Klov member, 'Phet' recently mentioned a technique for "dry rolling" on paint to get a pretty smooth and even finish. The guy knows what hes talking about when it comes to rollers and oil-based paint so I'm going to go this direction. Either way, it's all in the surface prep!
Also finished up getting laminate residue off the better of the two sides! I probably spent a good 10 minutes looking at it. Theres a ton of peeling at the bottom, but overall I'm very pleased with the outcome. Nowhere near perfect, but better than the ---smurfy--- tekken hack job that was there before.
I also spent a a few min examining the harness and it seems like the everything is there, minus player 2's and 4's control panel harness. One the one hand I'm glad its there, but I'm sad they didn't throw the two harness in the bottom :badmood:
Cleaned up nicely!
lower portion has seen better days!
demo of the CP
demo close up.
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