Show them if you've got them - Candy cabs

[quicksilver02]

[Kretinou]

[arcade-stg]

I am moving to a new house so the cabs are stored but here you have some pictures:



It is very hard to wait for seeing these cabs in the new gameroom.

[burgerkingdiamond]

Incredibly insanely jealous.

[Matskat]

Changed up my Aero's control panel....Looks shiny with Donpachi on the tube....

Pics!:

[drunkninja24]

Changed up my Sero's control panel....Looks shiny with Donpachi on the tube....

Pics!:

Nice. Needs some autofire buttons though

[Matskat]

Yeah, I have buttons for "C" but don't use autofire on Donpachi.....

All stashed in the CP....

If I can ever hunt down an Espgaluda PCB for cheap, I'll break out buttons number 3 :p

[burgerkingdiamond]

This is my Korean candy cab. It's wired up for JAMMA and XBOX 360 with a switch box for going between controls.




















Here's the link to my thread on BYOAC about everything I done to the cab since I bought it.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.p ... c=106439.0

[supergoose]

i'm usually not a fan of the lit buttons, but i really like that panel as a whole.

[burgerkingdiamond]

i'm usually not a fan of the lit buttons, but i really like that panel as a whole.

Thanks. I really like it too. It came out as good, if not better than I had imagined. I forgot to mention that the artwork
was put together by emphatic. He have me a lot of good feedback as I was making the panel, and it definitely helped.

[Matskat]

This is my Korean candy cab. It's wired up for JAMMA and XBOX 360 with a switch box for going between controls.

*Mass Snippage*

...

Looks like I'm not the only one who sees the good in using plexiglass for CP work....love the 'pachi art!

Nice work!

[anji2128]

Just posted this over at the NG board, but I thought i'd share photos of my game room with you guys too I have three cabinets now. The first one is a Sega NEW ASTRO CITY, the next is a NEO GEO wood cabinet (It looks like a conversion, and sadly it's not in the best condition..) and last but not least is a Sega AERO CITY (acquired from my good buddy dubdubdub!). Check the photos below!



Now I just need a couple Japanese "game center" stools for the candy cabinets (*hint*hint*) :p

This essentially is gonna be my set up here pretty soon minus the Aero. I currently only have a 1 slot converted Neo that needs some TLC and repair. Hopefully I'll be getting the Astro City cab from my job this weekend (it's my boss's. Good luck to me ^_^). If I snag it, I'll probably snag Donpachi as well.

[emphatic]

i'm usually not a fan of the lit buttons, but i really like that panel as a whole.

Thanks. I really like it too. It came out as good, if not better than I had imagined.

That looks sweet! The white plexi really looks so much better around the panel!

[monouchi]

Finished my second EGRET II restoration.

Tri sync.(Rodotron 666A + Original MS9 Toshiba tube.)
2.1 sound system.
Full repaint + new art/stickers.
New Illumination panel and light.

[burgerkingdiamond]

Finished my second EGRET II restoration.

Tri sync.(Rodotron 666A + Original MS9 Toshiba tube.)
2.1 sound system.
Full repaint + new art/stickers.
New Illumination panel and light.

It looks very nice. My cab is pretty discolored. I want to repaint it too. How did you go about repainting yours?

[burgerkingdiamond]

This is my Korean candy cab. It's wired up for JAMMA and XBOX 360 with a switch box for going between controls.

*Mass Snippage*

...

Looks like I'm not the only one who sees the good in using plexiglass for CP work....love the 'pachi art!

Nice work!

Thanks, I agree that plexi over artwork is the way to go. It makes it look so shiny!

i'm usually not a fan of the lit buttons, but i really like that panel as a whole.

Thanks. I really like it too. It came out as good, if not better than I had imagined.

That looks sweet! The white plexi really looks so much better around the panel!

Yes sir. There is no comparison between the white and the way it was before. I'm glad I wasn't lazy and decided to respray it.

[monouchi]

It looks very nice. My cab is pretty discolored. I want to repaint it too. How did you go about repainting yours?

Thanks.

I did mine with regular spray-can. If you know the trick it is no problem to get a nice surface.
The problem I had was that it was a little too cold when I painted.
...so I got some places where the paint started to run.

Luckily most of those places I was able to polish off afterwards.
Half the job for getting a good surface is the polish work afterwards.

/J

[Matskat]

My "new" Aero City, bought from forum member Joe T.
This is my second Aero, once I'm done cleaning it up it'll sit right next to my first one (posted a few pages back)...

I just love the design of the Aero, the small footprint is nice...too bad it's difficult to find one in *great* shape, oh well.

Sorry for the shit pictures, the flash on my phone has stopped working suddenly:









Now...anybody know where to locate a replacement bezel for the display? This one is pretty cracked - it's TAPED to the inside of the display door

[jonny5]

My "new" Aero City, bought from forum member Joe T.
This is my second Aero, once I'm done cleaning it up it'll sit right next to my first one (posted a few pages back)...

I just love the design of the Aero, the small footprint is nice...too bad it's difficult to find one in *great* shape, oh well.

Sorry for the shit pictures, the flash on my phone has stopped working suddenly:









Now...anybody know where to locate a replacement bezel for the display? This one is pretty cracked - it's TAPED to the inside of the display door

Nice choice on the game! Rival Schools doesn't get enough love.

[Matskat]

Here we go...
Looking much better now...SO HAPPY TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!

[emphatic]

That looks great. I wish I could have both my EGRET IIs side by side, but alas, no wall space.

[Drachenherz]

A nice little fellow, shipped all the way from holland to cold switzerland. Look at it, it's sitting in the corner, frightened and cold...:


Okay, let's take it into the warm dojo, it should feel better fast enough! But still... so fragile... poor widdle thing...:


But whoa, that was fast! There it is, the king of my collection, my sweet Blast City, ruler of my arcade dreams...:


Isn't it a beauty? :awe: Looking forward to cleaning it and getting it up and running:



Feels so good... :awe:

[Matskat]

Feels so good... :awe:

Congratulations on the new baby!

May I suggest some bleach water and some #0000 steel wool?

Spray down the cabinet with like, a 10% bleach water mixture and get to scrubbing. Circular motions will get all that yellowness off of there.

Again, congrats!

[Drachenherz]

Thanks matskat. Hmm, but wouldnt the bleach method damage the side art or the art on the CP?

[Matskat]

Is the side art a decal\sticker? or is it printed directly on the fiberglass or plastic or whatever?

If it's printed, maybe not a good idea, but if those are decals go for it.

Both of my Aero City cabinets were nasty stained with 20 years of Japanese cigarette smoke and they cleaned up really nicely.

Good luck!

and again, congrats! Got any PCB's yet? Or is this cabinet in addition to others?

[jonny5]

Feels so good... :awe:

Congratulations on the new baby!

May I suggest some bleach water and some #0000 steel wool?

Spray down the cabinet with like, a 10% bleach water mixture and get to scrubbing. Circular motions will get all that yellowness off of there.

Again, congrats!

Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, a mild citrus degreaser and a bit of water is all you need to clean a cab. Takes off paint scuffs, dirt, nicotine stains, you name it.

[chempop]

Congrats Drachenherz! You lucky guy, I'm jealous!
That screen tates right?

[Kiel]

My restored New Astro

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and hori

[Matskat]

Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, a mild citrus degreaser and a bit of water is all you need to clean a cab. Takes off paint scuffs, dirt, nicotine stains, you name it.

GOOD CALL!

I totally didn't even THINK of Magic Erasers...

That works too. I guess with my STEEL cabinets, I can be a little more aggressive :p

[Drachenherz]

@matskat:
The side-artworks are stickers, very good quality, so you think I'm save washing the cab down?

@johnny5:
"magic erasers" aren't really a term for me, here in switzerland. Good you link me to the product somehow? But in general, your advice sounds good.

@chempop:
Yup, the screen is tateable, and will be tated, as soon as I can persuade one of my friends to help me with this monstrosity of a crt....

Btw, I decided to dissassemble the cab in large parts. Because, it stinks of old old ooooold cigarette smoke, it's infesting the intestines of my Cab, all in its dusty innards. And I can't have that. Seriously... The room in the dojo where I put it started to smell like an old smokers lounge...

I need to dissassemble it, because really, all those little places and crevices inside the cab are such a bitch to clean without a vacuum cleaner. And as I don't want to hurt the electronics inside... I'll have to go the long and hard way... Actually, kinda looking forward to this kind of work.