Decided to make a start on this today - I need a break from an Alien Poker sound / speech card which is driving me nuts !
So fathom - original backglass lost major artwork at the bottom, but i have an ok cpr one to replace this
the cab and backbox ok but need repair and restencilling
The rear of cab floor is loose, quite a bit of the back panel at the bottom also missing
So needs some careful repair
Everything seems there in the cab
Playfield isn’t in too bad a shape. a broken plastic or two, but overall not bad. I’ll eventually put in a new CPR playfield if i can get one.
Underside of pf all looks fine. nothing missing
So on with the strip out:
I have decided to take absolutely everything out of the cab and backbox, and do a real quality inside and out refurb on this one.
Removing the silver foil card liner is a nasty job because it is stapled in with quite a lot of staples that are hard to remove, I used some picking tools to lift up the staples
Next stages are to clean all the rusty metal and screws and then prep the inside of the backbox and repair the cabinet floor and rear panel.
Also have jobs like the coin door to refurb, clean and polish plus the side rails and other metal bits to polish
as usual the lockdown receiver is really rusty and nasty. evaporust time !!
So fathom - original backglass lost major artwork at the bottom, but i have an ok cpr one to replace this
the cab and backbox ok but need repair and restencilling
The rear of cab floor is loose, quite a bit of the back panel at the bottom also missing
So needs some careful repair
Everything seems there in the cab
Playfield isn’t in too bad a shape. a broken plastic or two, but overall not bad. I’ll eventually put in a new CPR playfield if i can get one.
Underside of pf all looks fine. nothing missing
So on with the strip out:
I have decided to take absolutely everything out of the cab and backbox, and do a real quality inside and out refurb on this one.
Removing the silver foil card liner is a nasty job because it is stapled in with quite a lot of staples that are hard to remove, I used some picking tools to lift up the staples
Next stages are to clean all the rusty metal and screws and then prep the inside of the backbox and repair the cabinet floor and rear panel.
Also have jobs like the coin door to refurb, clean and polish plus the side rails and other metal bits to polish
as usual the lockdown receiver is really rusty and nasty. evaporust time !!