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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Luthlan on August 19, 2013, 01:17:48 pm

Title: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Luthlan on August 19, 2013, 01:17:48 pm: Hello well I suppose I better introduce myself.. I'm Luthlan. I have 2 cats. (here's a pic) Mai Shiranui on the left, Sachin Tendulkat on the right.
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/IMG_1553_zps4822bfe1.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/IMG_1553_zps4822bfe1.jpg.html)

My main hobby is building models. Mostly planes... see here..
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/IMG_0932.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/IMG_0932.jpg.html)

and Here
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/Picture144.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/Picture144.jpg.html)

but some times I like a change and build stuff like this..
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/IMG_0057.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/IMG_0057.jpg.html)

I even had a go at sculpting lol
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/Picture083-1.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/Picture083-1.jpg.html)
Who is she? ;)

But anyway. I have always wanted to build a cab. So here goes!

Bought a coin door off a popular auction site for £30 came with a C120 coin mech, which was nice. What wasn't nice was the rust. It was covered in it. And a lot of the paint had lifted. So I Stripped it with paint stripper. Which kinda worked. The paint was very resistant and took a lot of wire brushing, sanding and scraping to get back to bare metal.

This is where I am at
(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/IMG_1569_zpsf46ba8b8.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/IMG_1569_zpsf46ba8b8.jpg.html)

More soon :)

Luthlan
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: blashyrk on August 21, 2013, 10:56:20 am: Hi, what kind of paint stripper did you use? Bought a used coin door myself, and its rusty as hell.
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Typefighter01 on August 21, 2013, 11:06:55 am: Your model building skills look pretty tight, if you carry this level of attention over to your Taito style build, it should turn out great...good luck :cheers:
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Luthlan on August 23, 2013, 10:34:41 pm: Thanks for the kind comments guys.

We have progress!

(http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/IMG_1572_zpsc0379e1e.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/IMG_1572_zpsc0379e1e.jpg.html)

All finished.. The flash makes it look a bit patchy but I'm quite happy with the finish overall...

I'm off to buy some wood, screws and paint. update next week probably.

Cheers

Luthlan
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Luthlan on August 23, 2013, 10:44:07 pm: "Hi, what kind of paint stripper did you use? Bought a used coin door myself, and its rusty as hell."

Hi. I used Nitromors. It's probably as aggressive as you can get. It's evil stuff btw. Don't get any on your skin! (google it). I also used Kurust on the rust I couldnt wire brush off before I primed and painted it. I bought kurust from an auto shop. It's white. You brush it on the rust and the rust turns black.
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: blashyrk on August 25, 2013, 08:18:03 am: Thanks, I got the paint off, started to sand the rust but it will take ages so im going for some rust remover
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Jumpman64 on August 25, 2013, 10:36:11 am: Beautiful cats! Love the models, too. I'd like to build some WWII era planes one of these days. I look forward to seeing you progress on the cabinet.
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: sabreerbasAlpha on August 25, 2013, 01:47:11 pm: Quote from: Jumpman64 on August 25, 2013, 10:36:11 am
Beautiful cats! Love the models, too. I'd like to build some WWII era planes one of these days. I look forward to seeing you progress on the cabinet.

Well I was going to make a ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- joke. But....

Good luck with this build. post your progress often mate..
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: UFO on August 25, 2013, 06:45:48 pm: Models are great - used to do a lot of that myself in my younger days!

Good luck with the build - I'll be following... :applaud:
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Luthlan on August 28, 2013, 06:50:38 pm: Thanks guys. No progress atm but I'm a bit worried no1 can tell me who the girl is I sculpted. ;)
Title: Re: Hello all I'm new to this forum. Going to make a Taito style cab.
Post by: Luthlan on August 28, 2013, 07:01:39 pm: (http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee118/Luthlan/Picture128-2.jpg) (http://s233.photobucket.com/user/Luthlan/media/Picture128-2.jpg.html)

She isn't great. but I will keep practising.