Stargate

Purchased off a member of RGVAC back in December of 2004. This is my first real project arcade being that it was non-operational when I got it and had some cosmetic issues (and not to mention that I could have been a little more careful when transporting it).

Right off the bat I planned on repairing and repainting the cabinet. There was some water damage to the bottom front of the cabinet, CPO is not horrible but could use a repro or NOS. Marquee and bezel need a thorough cleaning.

I figured that I would start with the cosmetic aspect first.

I ordered some .003 X 40" X12' acetate from www.draftingsteals.com.

A roll of 40"x12' is not enough for a complete set of both colors on both sides, but I had some extra acetate around and was able to make a complete set.

The bottom edge of the cabinet really took a beating over it's 20+ year lifespan. So I put it on it's side and went to work.

To repair the cabinet edges I cut a rectangular piece of cardboard and used that as a backing while I applied the wood putty.

To accelerate the drying process I borrowed my wife's hairdryer and used it on the freshly applied putty.

After a couple of minutes with the hairdryer I slowly removed the cardboard to reveal a straight edge.

The bottom front of the cabinet had some minor water damage so I decided to replace it.

I made my measurements and went to Home Depot and had them cut it out. I of course cut and drilled the holes for the coin door and mechs.

I used Killz Primer to prime the sides and the front.

I found the color codes on http://www.appolo.com/ and went to Lowes and had it mixed.

Base Coat Red = 857-3 (Scarlet Fire)

I used some 9", 1/4" super smooth foam rollers to apply the paint which took about 4 coats to get it where I liked it.

Sorry, I failed to get pictures of just the red coat.

The foam rollers do not give you a perfect glossy look, but it is a pretty smooth texture

After I cut the stencils, I used some 3M Spray Mount Adhesive to mount them.

I attempted to put the entire sheet up all at once, but it was way to difficult to get it completely flat and perfect, so I ended up cutting the stencil into 4 seperate sheets. I masked off the areas that I didn't want to get any overspray on and sprayed the black coat on.

I left the overlay on for a day and then removed it to find what you see below. It came out pretty nice I think...

After a couple of days letting the black dry I then moved onto the yellow stencil.

I let the yellow dry for a couple of hours and then removed the stencil to reveal what you see below...

I posted in RGVAC in hopes of finding a GO7 monitor and was able to find one from Don in NJ.

I picked it up in a complete Night Stocker cab, pulled the monitor and let another member of RGVAC have the rest for free.

With the cab all painted and a working monitor I reassembled the game and placed a switching power supply purchased from www.arcadeshop.com in.

The moment of truth was at hand. I plugged everything in and powered the game on...

The dreaded 1-3-1 RAM error. Time to search the net and NGs for some assistance.