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Vicious Burger:
Looking at the artwork on the side,it was originally Defender,but then was changed to Tiger Road,and then to Street Fighter 2. One side has SF2 artwork,the other was totally painted black,so after removing some of it you can see bits of the artwork of all 3 games in the first photo
   
The vinyl stickers are going to be a pain to remove,it's really sticky and brittle at the same time so it breaks in pieces when trying to peel it off. Anyone have any ideas about removing that stuff? It'll get gunked up if i try to sand it off. If I can't get it off,I may consider covering the whole sides with plain black adhesive vinyl,but it would need to thick enough to hide anything under it. If anyone had done that let me know.

Its a gutted cabinet so I'm going to do something with it and post pics as i go.
           

saurian333:
Nice, Defender is a cool cab!

Are you leaning toward MAME-ing or restoring?

Either way, read this concerning the stripping process:
http://www.davesclassicarcade.com/mario/renovation/mariorenovation.html#painting

Quick summary:  heat, paint thinner, and lots of scraping.  Sanding = sounds like a better idea than it is.

I haven't tried something like this myself, so if anyone else has suggestions...?  You might want to read some projects on the restorations board; those always involve removing old artwork and paint.  Covering it up sounds like an easy way, but you want your surface smooth before you try that.

TOK:
Greatest game ever... When I play it I can't believe its from 1980. So far ahead of its time.
What else you got there, 69 Fastback? I had a 67 289 4 speed with front discs... It was kind of an odd car because it wasn't a GT but had every GT option except for grille lights. I still have the build sheet somewhere.

spystyle:
I have Defender stencils that I got from Jason Inman, both full size and mini size reproductions. If you need some stencils I can figure something out. I'm not sure if Defender stencils are commonly available or not.

Stripping, re-painting, and re-stenciling would probably be a l lot easier than trying to restore painted artwork that's been painted over.

Congrats on a cool cabinet :)

Craig

CheffoJeffo:
My 2 cents ...

- heat gun to remove the stickers, although some have reported good results with Citristrip
- from there, sand it down to the wood

Depending on what you want to do with the cab (I would throw one of jrok's Williams boards in there and make either a Defender/Stargate or full-blown MW), there are various options for artwork.

If you want Defender artwork, then go to pr0k for stencils:



If you want Defenderesque Williams MultiGame artwork, then go to rikiti for stencils:



 :cheers:

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