Sega Aero City! Great cabinets.

[opt2not]

Tonight’s task was to clean the topper that holds the marquee and speakers.

It was pretty dirty all-around, but there is no damage that needed touching up:

I took it apart piece by piece, which actually requires you to follow an order of disassembly to get all the parts out.

Simple Green again, and after drying it all off, it cleaned up very nicely:

For reference, this has a F15T8 “cool white” bulb inside.

 

[RandomRetro]

Got a few rubber grommets for the bezel glass. 4 on the way south @opt2not.

Anyone else need some let me know.

 

[Kavas]

Got a few rubber grommets for the bezel glass. 4 on the way south @opt2not.

Anyone else need some let me know.

Those look familiar

 

[RandomRetro]

Got a few rubber grommets for the bezel glass. 4 on the way south @opt2not.

Anyone else need some let me know.

Those look familiar

So knucklehead named @Kavas recommended them

 

[opt2not]

Thanks to @EVAWINGZERO for the repro CP’s and Surround.

also thanks to @hoagtech for the Sega-to-JAMMA adapter. My monitor cap kit came today too. Lots of goodies to get this done!

The CP Surround was a bit yellowed.

This is actually paint, so I sanded it down and prepped for a fresh coat. Fresh and clean!

I waited for the CP Surround to dry then attached it to the cabinet...

Also added locks to the doors. The service door came with a keyless lock. I like it for the convenience so I’ll keep it.

I attached the topper and the cleaned-up marquee holder. We’re at the home stretch!

We’re getting there!
Tonight I’ll recap the monitor, then install the wiring this weekend. I should also be getting the rubber mat for the footrest tomorrow.

Woo hoo!

 

[PASTBLASTER]

I feel lazy looking at my Blast Now......Maybe I'll get around to Vacuuming it out this year HAHA. Awesome Job so far!

 

[Aurich]

I feel lazy too, but honestly I'm leaving all my cabs just the way they are. It's patina.

 

[anyoldusername]

Absolutely awesome job so far! It's coming together real nice.

Pat

 

[BuddyC]

That cab looks minty fresh! Excellent work!

 

[opt2not]

Big strides were made in the last 24hrs!

I re-capped the monitor like I mentioned I would. Double and triple checked my work, no backwards caps, continuity checked out.

Nice new Nichicon caps from arcadepartsandrepair’s Nanao MS8-26SG kit.

Decided I should test and clean/balance the tube before I installed the chassis onto it.

All guns cleaned and balanced, everything is in working order. This tube is thankfully healthy.

Top-shelf condition! Colors are back to being vibrant, brightness is great, and the geometry looks fantastic! I’m super psyched right now!

I had to throw a game on this and the easiest board to hook-up was my Namco 20th Anniversary.

I’m so pumped! Happy that the monitor didn’t need much more than new caps.

Also got the last physical touches done on the cab.

New footrest rubber mat, courtesy of @hoagtech, thank you sir. So I installed it with the newly cleaned metal brackets. The glass and monitor shroud was also cleaned up and reinstalled.

I swapped the coin insert from the fairly divoted metal one to a white plastic I had laying around for a long while. Also put the 2L6B Aero panel on there. I wanna get a 1P panel soon as well.

It’s now house worthy. The eagle has landed!

I’m going to rearrange this room to fit in the new cab.

Next up is to bring the wiring and monitor back into the cab. I’m so close to being done!

 

[Kavas]

As the official leader of the AP Aero City Owners club , I hereby give this man a stamp of approval and admittance! Here here!

 

[hoagtech]

Wow!

You even Juved it. Damn your quick.

 

[Neodogg]

Wow!

You even Juved it. Damn your quick.

His wife says the same!

 

[Kavas]

I really underestimated this guy. I saw his workspace and was blown away. He even has a damn rejuvenator!? I don't own enough cabs or have been in the hobby as long as this fellow has to warrant one yet. I shouldn't be surprised though, considering that no matter what arcade centric forum I visit he has posts dating back over a decade.

I only wish he made a episode or streamed some of this restore (especially the rejuv part) so that I could learn!

 

[PASTBLASTER]

@Kavas I'll keep an eye out for a Rejuve for ya. I recently got one when a local TV Repair place shut down. They pop up from time to time

 

[opt2not]

Wow!

You even Juved it. Damn your quick.

His wife says the same!

Haha more like “are you done yet?”

I really underestimated this guy. I saw his workspace and was blown away. He even has a damn rejuvenator!? I don't own enough cabs or have been in the hobby as long as this fellow has to warrant one yet. I shouldn't be surprised though, considering that no matter what arcade centric forum I visit he has posts dating back over a decade.

I only wish he made a episode or streamed some of this restore (especially the rejuv part) so that I could learn!

hehe my wife said the same thing re: underestimating

I started off in the hobby by building cabinets from scratch, but I found I enjoy restoring originals more than building new.
Over the years I’ve found that certain tools have been vital for this hobby.
My first hardware hurdle/realization was a logic probe. After that, it was the CRT Rejuvenator. Then, a proper desoldering iron.

These tools made life so much easier doing projects and repairs. Now I need to get over the hump of buying an EPROM burner, and perhaps an oscilloscope eventually. These additions would be nice-to-haves as well.

One of these days I’ll do a stream or record a video on restorations and repairs. But I feel there’s so many people already doing these, so I don’t usually prioritize filming myself when I’m trying to blaze through these restores. It’s tough enough to remember to take pictures when I’m focused on getting the task done.
I do enjoy writing these logs though.

 

[opt2not]

I saw his workspace and was blown away.

Before my X-men restoration last year I didn’t have a proper workspace to do this stuff in. We bought a house a year ago and having a garage for this stuff made the efficiency a lot better.
Most of my previous restores/renovations were done in my condo, using really basic hand tools (power drill, electric jigsaw, palm sander).
I had to convert a small 10’x11’ room into a workspace, putting up plastic sheets and stuffing all my furniture in other rooms. The wife was not happy. Now, she doesn’t care since it’s not immediately in her face. Lol
I also once finished a project at my work in a small empty server room!

My point is, when people say I don’t have the “proper” tools or the space, if you want to get it done, you can make it happen.

I’ve logged some of my projects on BYOAC before I was apart of this forum. You all are welcome to check them out.

Asteroids Cocktail
Canucks Cocktail
Galaxbox (Galaxian clone cab)
El Diablo Mechanico
New Astro City

 

[nonosto]

The quintescence about 80's japanese electronic object. Nice job.

 

[cleure]

That unsafe resistor, was it the one that's in the middle of the metal bracket next to that cap you circled in red?
I think I read about that one too.

Think you're talking about R433? That resistor gets really hot, and burns up, causing vertical collapse. I replace it with an 1/4watt (original is 1/8th watt)

The pads and traces in that area can be sketchy, too.

 

[Hatsune Mike]

That cabinet cleaned up pretty well. Did it happen to come from "Nickel Nickel" ?