Twin aero table restoration

[FrancoB]

[thomj]

that lindy is horrifying :/

I'll probably get some shaft covers at some point. Black I reckon since I don't think they make white... or some properly fitting clear dust washers.

[Rossyra]

No white sadly

[thomj]

Got some cp looms in the post today from the lovely LoRez

http://1play100yen.blogspot.com/2011/06 ... looms.html"


There's a decent chance the powder coaters will be delivering the bits back to me later on today too!

[thomj]

They came back from the powder coaters today!

I put up a bunch of pics of the rebuild of the first cab body on the blog

http://1play100yen.blogspot.com/2011/06 ... val-2.html"
http://1play100yen.blogspot.com/2011/06 ... val-3.html"
http://1play100yen.blogspot.com/2011/06 ... val-4.html"

[muddymusic]

That fresh coat looks great, from rusty filth to shiny sega goodness in one step

[CPS2]

Wow. Was the powder coating expensive? Did you need to prep them before sending?

[thomj]

£370 total.

That included collection and delivery, sand blasting and powder coating. It would have been less if it had been just two colours but I had to get one set of legs done in silver. Rechroming was prohibitively expensive. The other set were OK. A bit scuffed up etc but not too bad. I prefer to keep things original so left them. Unfortunately there was no alternative but to repaint these cabs or I'd have left them. I don't mind the odd ding or scratch at all but these were pretty wrecked.

These are the seller's pics. If they'd prefer me not to share them like this I'd be happy to take them down

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59543965@N ... 497709649/"

[Psykick]

That is dirt cheap man! Really thought this would be much more.

[tetsujin]

wow, there looking great especially for the cost.

Only think im not sure about is the all white button combo, the Aero's look great with the red and blue set up imo.


Heres my old Aero...



Also, I restored an Aero Table too last year, really easy cab to take apart and clean and get at all the parts etc and look perfect cabs when finished. Shame its was my dream cab until I actually played on it and it hurt my back in like 5 mins play! So had to sell. Great looker though

cant find any pics of it 100% completed but you get the idea...

when I got it.





After...









I got the blue colour match spot on with Vauxhall Regatta Blue.

[thomj]

I read your thread thoroughly before I started

The blue these came back as is a bit brighter than the original. I did say that vauxhall regatta blue was a match and linked them to an info file on it but it's not a particularly awesome match. It is a lovely colour though and I think they look very spiffy.

Your old one is a beauty. There are a few issues to sort out still with these just as shells before I get the wiring etc in them. Hopefully that'll happen next weekend

[thomj]

Cab one lives






Massive thanks to Ralph, Franco and Richy. Ralph in particular spent ages checking wiring and stuff for me. And he donated the mint aero mug that's on there acting as a coin receptacle

I'll put a bit more info up on the blog in a bit.

[Korszca]

[gargoyle67]

I take it your having problems with the red pot on the monitor ? Shell looks really nice

[thomj]

nah, having problems with office picture manager image auto correct

[gargoyle67]

Oh shame nothing to fix

[tart31]

Looking lovely! Can i ask what its like to play on , is it as back hurty as people say? Anyway it still looks quality nice one mate

[thomj]

hasn't hurt me yet

You have to lean forward a bit. took about 3 credits to get used to but it's cool. Same as any other table :shrug:

[davewellington]

When did you get Black Tiger? Where's the high score thread!

[thomj]

Had it ages. Bought it semi dead for £3, got it fixed around christmas but haven't had a yoko 15k cab since then

I don't really get what's going on with the items and stuff. Only had about 3 credits, will see how I get on.