Arkanoid Cocktail

[strykr]

Never really been a fan of cocktails to be honest and never owned one, but I always thought Arkanoid would be very suitable for on, So I picked this one up from Alpha and Alex's latest raid, cheers fellas.

Anyway, Chuckie egg dropped it off last sunday, No keys though so I havent had a chance to have a look before now. If anyone needs new taito 7800 or 7900 keys, I got two cut from these people, arrived the next day, and both work fine and not too expensive

www.Keys-cut.com

Here it is as it arrived.

Note the weird sticker and aftermarket spinner.

Lifted it up the lid and was greeted with a not so subtle operator mod

And the underside:

I can only assume that at some point the glass was off and someone wanted to reach in and add credits. I can think of better ways myself

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Cab is sprayed black but I fancied a more retro feel so today I applied some DC fix woodgrain vinyl, not sure how well this will last, or hold up, but its a nice cheap simple fix, and looks pretty retro.

Also glued, filled and sanded the hole in the wood, will give it a lick of paint tomorrow.

thats all for now.

strykr2015-01-17 22:08:41

 

[Bensonrad]

Nice one Rich, how do you get the time for all these things, I am glad someone close by to me, is becoming super knowledgable in all things I need to fix over the hill Are you planning to keep it all Arkanoid?

 

[virtvic]

That looks to be a nice project, but if it were mine, I'd remove that ugly coin mech plate completely and have the game on free play...

 

[Beaps]

Looks great mate, I'll be watching this one develop

 

[Guests]

I think Cocktails are the most stylish thing one can have

synonym92015-01-23 10:41:12

 

[minwah]

Are the spinners the correct type, or just free spinning ones?

 

[strykr]

Both are the correct type Minwah, cogs n gears with some resistance, they need a service though, and have another original one on the way that I can bung in

 

[strykr]

Whoops, forgot to update this,

was doing 4 resto's at once for my wedding this summer and never got around to taking pics or writing up the steps etc so, erm, It got restored

 

[Bensonrad]

Looks even nicer in the flesh, ooooh I want it

 

[Body pop]

That's class !
I want it too !