Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Robotron Restoration - new to the forum
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: RetroACTIVE on June 25, 2009, 01:20:04 pm ---
There are a few Williams Multigame threads over at KLOV... a couple of fellows have already done this sort of thing ... you'll have to search.... but I do recall someone did a robotron and joust themed artwork... you will have to get it printed tough.
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Someone definitely did a Joust one. I don't remember the Robotron one.
frailn:
--- Quote from: RayB ---When you took the paint off, i assume you used a plastic scraper? Did you find it scratches the Joust layer?
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Ray - I used a nylon bristle brush and for the most part, it did not harm the underlying Joust paint. However, there were a couple places where I got a little crazy with the elbow grease and you can tell that I was starting to wear down the original art a little bit. Not much. I also noticed that someone obviously hit this thing with sandpaper before applying the black latex paint. I think I will try a plastic scraper to see how that does. I'm going to steal one from my wife - she has a few that came with the Pampered Chef baking stones!
--- Quote from: RetroACTIVE ---There are a few Williams Multigame threads over at KLOV... a couple of fellows have already done this sort of thing ...
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Thanks for the heads-up! I'll check out the KLOV forum and see what I can find...
frailn:
I found the Joust/Multi-Williams CPO over at KLOV. I really like how this was laid out. I plan on doing something similar in the Robotron theme. Couldn't find a Robotron-specific CPO like this.
Level42:
I'd "kill" if someone would adjust one of those CPO's to the Euro-sized Joust CP.....
Ninten-doh:
--- Quote from: frailn on June 25, 2009, 12:11:53 pm ---I figure the artwork for the cabinet should be consistent. If I have everything except the control panel in original Robotron art, then the multi-williams cpo's are going to stick out like a sore thumb. Tonight I plan to play around in Adobe Illustrator and see if I can cook up something that uses the multi-williams joystick/button layout, but has more of a Robotron look and feel.
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This is exactly what I would do. Create a custom one that keeps the same look/feel as the original Robotron, just like that KLOV'r did for the Joust version.
I've put some hi res Robotron cpo images on my Picasa site if they'll be of any help:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jarcade99/RobotronCpos?authkey=Gv1sRgCLj-usautrbOrgE#
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. :cheers:
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