my snk candy 18 project

[davewellington]

What does that thread actually say about painting ?

[nem]

I've never even thought about using a paint roller for painting a cabinet. If you're not happy with the texture, a smooth foam roller and painting many light coats with a thinner mixture should result in a smoother finish.

[Casey120]

I always make sure the primer base is as smooth as can be and then spray paint in several thin layers , after that I use a mild polisher and to finish of Meguiers tech wax , its like a mirror then .
No way I could achieve that with a roller .
Paint quality makes all the difference though !

[supergoose]

i used a thinner mixture and thought everything went well, but after about the 5th coat i noticed a few rust spots. very frustrating. especially because some of them were in places in which i didn't sand down the original paint to the bare metal. so, after about 3 hours of spraying primer and sanding i had to start allover again.

i didn't buy glossy paint, btw. polishing might still be an option, but i'm not sure if i want to invest the time. i'd much rather look for a new monitor, instead.

lesson learned:
painting in the living room isn't much of a problem. excessive wet sanding is. my floor looks like ****.

[supergoose]

pictures came out a bit dark. sorry about that.

- new panel
- new seimitsu buttons and stick (the buttons and balltop in the cardboard panel were sanwa)
- new speakers (thanks to starcab)
- new paint
- new pcb door
- new locks











now, who do i talk to about printing the cpo and marquee?

[supergoose]

Where did the pcb door come from? nice find.

edit: oh did you make it out of wood or something?

i bought a piece of sheet metal from a guy on ebay. he cut it to the right size. the wood was part of the packaging, but it had the perfect thickness, so ... i mean ... it was free and ... i ...

well, at least the front looks good enough.

[Johnno15]

Looking fantastic mate!

[emphatic]

Looking fantastic mate!

+1 To print the CPO and marquee, I say http://www.gameongrafix.com"

[supergoose]

Looking fantastic mate!

+1 To print the CPO and marquee, I say http://www.gameongrafix.com"

Thanks. I totally forgot about them. The option of having the marquee adhesive backed sounds interesting.

[IDCHAPPY]

Coming on great man

[Hitesh]

Great thread, great projecty going really well.

Is it possible to find these cabinets in UK? Search for what on Ebay?

Hitesh

[supergoose]

there are at least 2 of them in the uk.
to me, at least, they seem to be harder to find than capcom mini cutes. mini cutes seem to go for more, though.

[thomj]

at least 3 over here. One's the other revision with the muticoloured header

[supergoose]

i only knew of your's and tetsujin's.

[thomj]

slapaham has one too

[supergoose]

[supergoose]

my first time messing with a crt. almost shat my pants when i was about to discharge it. once it was done i almost **** my pants laughing. the loud "pop" that i expected was nothing more than a barely audible "zap". well, better save than sorry, i guess.

total cost: ~35€ inkl shipping and material
time wasted: ~5 hours
happy: not really. picture is too small and the 50hz refresh rate is a bit annoying. my 20" sony in the bedroom is better ... but also too big for the cab.

it used to be a 17" grundig tv. tube is a A41 and was made by lg/philips in the uk, apparently. forgot to take a picture before tearing it apart.







can't rotate, because the frame is too wide.
also had to bend the left side a bit to make it fit.



test with a home cart system.





i might try a 19" later.

[supergoose]

i sort of gave up for now and put the lcd back in. i just don't have the time, atm. next update will be about the new cpo.

[boergi]

I have a 19" in one of mine. you can make it fit

[boergi]

horizontal only..