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I have a DEFENDER Cabinet to Work On !!

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spystyle:

Oh, the stencils are commonly available :) Are they reusable or one time use? Jason Inman's are reusable so they could conceivably be rented out or swapped around.

CheffoJeffo:

pr0k's looking at putting together reusable stencil sets  (stuff currently in stock is single use) and trying to gauge the pricing impact / demand. Rich (rikiti) only has single use I believe.

Vicious Burger:

Thanks for all the replies. I think restoring it to its original condition is beyond me,and probably would end up costing too much getting all the right parts and then i doubt if i would know what to do with them all anyway. If it was still a working game complete with components inside but just shabby on the outside then I could do it,but I think I will do a MAME job on it as that is more within my capability,having done 2 before this.

For stripping the vinyl off,someone mentioned a heat gun,that might work. I used Citristrip but it only took off paint and didnt make a dent in the vinyl ! Heat guns are not expensive at Home Depot so I may go get one.

And for the question about the Mustang,yeah its a 69 Fastback with a 3 speed, 351 Windsor. In fact, I feel like taking it out for a spin today ;D

CheffoJeffo:

Heat gun WILL work. AFAIAC, it is a mandatory piece of equipment for restoration work.

I am curious to see how you will MAME it, but am afraid that you just may just MAME it to add another machine to your collection, which would suck. You have some really good options open to you (a Defender/Stargate MAME would be cool, although a waste given jrok's board) ... take some time to investigate while you are stripping and sanding.

Several years ago I advised a young (well, OK, he wasn't young) man to take the high road on what was to be his 3rd MAME machine. At the time, he chose to take the low road. Since then, however, he has seen the wisdom and now has an impressive gameroom.

Don't MAME simply because that is what you know.


Vicious Burger:


--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on December 28, 2009, 03:23:24 pm ---Heat gun WILL work. AFAIAC, it is a mandatory piece of equipment for restoration work.
I am curious to see how you will MAME it, but am afraid that you just may just MAME it to add another machine to your collection, which would suck. You have some really good options open to you (a Defender/Stargate MAME would be cool, although a waste given jrok's board) ... take some time to investigate while you are stripping and sanding.
Several years ago I advised a young (well, OK, he wasn't young) man to take the high road on what was to be his 3rd MAME machine. At the time, he chose to take the low road.
Since then, however, he has seen the wisdom and has an impressive gameroom.


--- End quote ---

Well I'm not actually trying to make a collection of mame machines, the first one i did was more like a practice to see how it would turn out because i was fed up trying to play games on my PC with a keyboard. It's ok but I'm not overly pleased with it. I may just re-use all the controls from that one on the Def one,and sell the first cab. 
Second project I got the cab for free and did it for my brother in law for Xmas,because he liked the first one i did and doesn't stay off it when he visits.
Now I want to try and improve on my first effort,and when the Def cab almost fell at my feet, I couldn't pass it up, even though it was just an empty shell.
I know some people dont like the maming of arcade cabs, but this one was already gutted, so I'm not destroying a fully working classic arcade machine and tossing the components just to mame it.

But yeah,I really like those Defender stencils, and not too hard to do either by the look of it, I think that's what i'm going to go for, and with a Defender marquee, at least the cab would LOOK original (apart from the altered CP) and it would be ready to be put back to original working order at some point.

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