topher said:That's one reason we decided to move a month ago...so I could have my own little arcade. Now that I have the 2 neo cabs, a 2p sit down or standup (haven't decided yet) driver and an atomiswave setup are next on the hit list. Getting a 6' coin op pool table sometime in the next few months. Thats gonna pay for the beer, 1$ a game on the table while our mini tourneys are going on at the cabs.
Actually I was just talking about that on another thread on the tech section.Murray said:You don't see. Tekken was exactly the wrong game to judge Sanwa sticks on. Try a 2D fighter that needs lots of precise diagonals (any KOF or 3rd Strike) and then you'll really see the difference.
I wasn't completely sold on them until I played 3rd Strike on a candy cab with Sanwa sticks. After that, it was all over for me and Happ.
Hey Kern...so you finished the woody you were working on?...great...we look forward to the piccy's.kernow said:i need to get new pics of my cab up , aint used it in months though
demirichris said:Hey guys I have a mix of woody cabs and candies...but here you go.
I have posted the wood cabs before, but these are all custom works.
I designed all the art and such, lots of work but gives you some nice original cabs.
Everybody has a candy...not everyone has one of these.
NEO GOLD said:Hey Kern...so you finished the woody you were working on?...great...we look forward to the piccy's.
NEO GOLD said:Lordsvale dedicated neo-cab....
Although vinyl is nice, painting is the way to go, because rust keep growing eventually corroting other components, specially if you have a memory card reader in your panel. My gold panel is very similar to the big red ones, and I just restored 2 Big Red panels, they came out nice like new. Although the vinyl could be nice for the sides!Konig said:That blue cab in amazing, I would pay a shit load to get one of those. Especially one with such perfect paint.
BTW.. For all the fellow Big Red owners.... the metal hand rest in our cabs, as someone mentioned can be repainted..
..BUT... if you go to a sign shop, or someone who works with vinyl.. there is a perfect solution. They have a gloss black self adhesive material that is drop dead perfect.
Its forgiving if you screw up putting it on, but buy enough to do it 3 times over. I didn't get it right until the second piece. Its smooth, never loses color, doesn't get oily looking (for you Italians ) and is cheap as all hell.
If someone wants a sample to take to a shop let me know
Awsome! Do you have a link to this material, sounds like the way you did it is the way to go, although the cabs I've restored have uphold real good one thing remains uncertain, I've seen material like that on old arcades, and what I found is that the curve seems to crack on some of them, any info on this?Konig said:I didn't mean cover over rust... but the new paint that was on mine when I bought it didn't last more than a few months of real playing.
I hesitate to call it vinyl, since its so smooth and thin...very plastic like. I originally went in for regular black vinyl, but saw this and it was a much better choice.
So I sanded it down, rustolium (sp) flat black (light coat) , let it dry real good, then apply the plastic/vinyl stuff. Its been perfect for 2.5 years and counting.
No worries matey, cheers for the heads up ....btw no need for any apologies for resurrecting this thread!!...as we need more pic's of old school woodiesinanothercastle said:Sorry to drag up this old thread, but I figured it's more polite then a random PM. I'm just about to take delivery of a 4-slot Lordsvale, and I was hoping you could give me some pointers as you've done a fantastic job of yours! It's my first cab, so I'm feeling a little touchie feely about it all. Would it bother you if we could chat over pm or msn?
It seems like a hard cab to find any information on at all. I've printed out the manual for the 4 slot mobo and I'll be reading it till the cab arrives in a few days
NEO GOLD said:Here's the second woody i aquired earlier on in the year a Lordsvale dedicated neo-cab....done a few jobs on this to make it minty again!!....fitted new Happ sticks & shortened them by 10mm...fit new happ convex comp buttons....so i'm happy with those...although sanwa are better...i like to keep them as close to original as possible
It has a mint pictured Hantrex polo 20"....although i had to recently replace the Lopt...(the body was cracked & it was hissing like crazy!...all as new again now.
I fitted new castors on the back...they were missing!?...the cred LED was missing too so i sourced & fit one of those...fitted a discreet pause switch...
It original was a two slot from the factory....it came with a 1-slot...& i was running a 4-slot for a while....now it has a new 6-slot motor!!! ...mobo cover re-sprayed & laquerd.....& filled with a few of my favourites.
The pause switch is on the left...under the speaker...