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Paint or keep Orginal? Need opinions....
RayB:
That green mockup looks like crap.
I LOVE the original art. But yes, your cab is fairly beat up.
PS: DOn't listen to friends unless they are just as arcade-geeky as you.
Beretta:
oh i see, ya it's got some battle scars..
still.. and this is just my opinion.. i'd leave it as it is.. although maybe try to touch it up a little.
i would'nt sand it all off even if it was to replace with reproduction of the same thing.
then again some people want their cabs to look like they just came from teh factory.. and there is'nt anything wrong with that but i'd try to save the side art as much as possible..
this is really a judgment call at some point you have to decide for your self if there is enough to save or not.
just today i finally decided to have a peak under the paneling someone had applied to the side of a joust cab im using for a project..
i was hoping to see & save the ostrich.. it was there but sadly they had sanded the paint down so much you could see the wood grain before they applied the glue for the paneling.
was however a nice "vigilante" conversion sticker intact, wondering if it's possible to remove it without destroying it.
Sir Headless VII:
I don't think anyone would buy the cab you have in the state its in (for a reasonable amount of money). The mock up you made doesn't look good and if you do it people will wonder why the art isn't original (or more what else has been screwed with in the machine). I think the best way to go forward would be as you said trying to recreate the art and redo it. Then again I am not particularly experienced in selling cabs.
mvsfan:
if you want to do it right,
ask them over at Mamemarquees.com.
they probably already know the dimensions of side art for a Mr. Do cabinet id be theyve done one for somebody already.
Itll cost you $43.00 per side to get it done right.
thought this would help.
Beretta:
--- Quote from: Sir Headless VII on September 25, 2009, 06:49:58 pm ---I don't think anyone would buy the cab you have in the state its in (for a reasonable amount of money).
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depends on what "reasonable" is..
but really that cab dont look bad, it looks sold other then some cosmetic problems it looks structurally sound.. these are'nt by any means new cabs.. they've got many years on their odometers.
you should see this cab i got it's in pitiful looking shape you would probably have convolutions just by laying eye's on it.
although it's mostly cosmetic (looks worse then it is)