Restoring a beatup EC Midi Control Panel

[silverfox0786]

I got a control panel off Olly (Alpha1) which he gave for Free last year and i didnt get it till this year and even then not had a chance to do anything with it untill now

I recently aquired a Midi and decided now was the time to restore this panel

I forgot to take a pic of the control panel before, but to give you an idea Olly said it was heavely rusted and needed heavey resto work

He wasnt wrong, and im sure olly will testify how bad it was

so i started by sanding it all down and getting it to bare metal, and thats where you can see the aparent rusting and damage

As you can see the panel is bad even after sanding, there is some real bad gouging on it and the rust has gone deep which i have neutralised

what i am going to do is use a thick car primer that is used for filling scratches and gouges, it goes on slightly thicker and dries smooth

The reason for me doing this Penel restore is so i can 1. have a spare and 2. the real reason because i dont like my original panel

win a price if you can tell me why

silverfox07862015-09-06 11:16:24

 

[northwest]

Left side button config.

 

[silverfox0786]

Left side button config.

your on the right track it is the button config

but there is a specific reason to why i hate that config

 

[northwest]

To close to back ?

 

[jengineer]

button config is upside down compared to the other way, harder to play as well, games like double dragon for instance, its easier to know which one is jump, kick, punch etc ald also for moving left and right

well, that's my opinion anyway.
jengineer2015-09-06 11:29:19

 

[northwest]

Fair point , know what you mean now. Good idea.

 

[silverfox0786]

button config is upside down compared to the other way, harder to play as well, games like double dragon for instance, its easier to know which one is jump, kick, punch etc ald also for moving left and right

well, that's my opinion anyway.

you guys done well trying to figure it out and both where right

button config wrong and upside down whihc confused things when playing

and the main thing it was doing was i kept forgettign that button 2 was above and kept pressign 2 player instead

which for shumps or double dragon in 1 player mode is a really bad thing as then player 2 apears on screen adn no one there to use that player

and when i remeber button 2 was above my palm would touch 2 player button
silverfox07862015-09-06 11:32:57

 

[jengineer]

ahhhh yes, I bet it was keeping you awake at night...

 

[silverfox0786]

ahhhh yes, I bet it was keeping you awake at night...

it was so much so that i went out a brought a new sander so i can get on with the restore

 

[silverfox0786]

I decided to spray the underside. Not somethign i usually do but thought why not, and im actually really pleased with the results

Now all i need to do is prime the upper side and give it a coat of black befor eteh overlay goes on and then its all done, ready for the buttons and sticks

 

[silverfox0786]

And the upper side has been primmed and just drying ready for a final top coat

i think this panel has come out really nicely

 

[jengineer]

are you not fitting a new overlay on it?
jengineer2015-09-07 11:29:40

 

[silverfox0786]

are you not fitting a new overlay on it?

yes i am

best practise on restoring a panel is to sand it to bare metal, Prime, Black overcoat and then last is teh overlay of choice

 

[silverfox0786]

And here is the Black Gloss coat, 24 hours to let it harden maybe 48 see how im feeling, then teh overlay will go on and then teh hard ware

im on fire

 

[silverfox0786]

and with the overlay on its looking rather grand

im going to get the hardware installed get the loom attached and then away we go

looks fantastic i think

silverfox07862015-09-08 17:38:03

 

[Del Griffith]

Nice work Sarj

Looking good, Could do with you round at mine

 

[grainflavour]

Looks really nice. Prefer the blue

 

[silverfox0786]

yeah i agree i do kinda prefer the blue

How much you paying me barry,

im always happy to do a resto

 

[Del Griffith]

yeah i agree i do kinda prefer the blue

How much you paying me barry,

im always happy to do a resto

Ha ha if you seen the state of some of my cabs on the outside you'd run a mile (inside they are spotless tho)

 

[silverfox0786]

yeah i agree i do kinda prefer the blue

How much you paying me barry,

im always happy to do a resto

Ha ha if you seen the state of some of my cabs on the outside you'd run a mile (inside they are spotless tho)

dont mind a little bit of a challenge me, hehe