Refurbishing my Centipede

[Superully]

you two guys could be the stars of your own tv program: ckong vs gyruss - the centipede restoration battle 

[gyruss]

And the winner will get a cab from your collection as price??  

[ckong]

you two guys could be the stars of your own tv program: ckong vs gyruss - the centipede restoration battle  

Sounds good, but only if you will be the host.

PS. Thanks for changing your avatar, the previous one made me frightened.

[Superully]

PS. Thanks for changing your avatar, the previous one made me frightened.

me too i also changed it because of all the stupid questions i got once i logged into the forum at school and someone else saw the pic 

[jcp]

Superully !

ckong : another very good game you've got too and I like your side art too (very clean and detailled, but it's Centipede, one of the best classical game, love the trackball indeed ).

[ElPancho]

I'll be part of the public in that show :-) Got to see that!

Good luck with the pcb-repair and getting that trackball to roll silky smooth again.
And again with the car cleaning products, nice one (after the nanao anti-static-coating-removal-tip.)
Can't wait to see your game room with all these arcade-styles combined.

Good luck with all your work (as you've got plenty, no doubt).

[ckong]

Hé Elpancho,

nice of you to stop by. As you noticed Donkey Kong did get company 

At the moment I'm doing some work on both cabs, and at the moment I'm experimenting a bit with paint and colors for the DK sidepanels. I did already repair all damaged parts of the panels. I will post my progress in the DK thread soon.

[level42]

Hey, didn't you promise your wife to leave it till winter ? Hahahaha, you're caught by the virus my friend !

Looks very nice indeed. To be honest, CKONG was first to support the "plan" and thus had first choice and his Centi was the "white-est" of the lot. Guess it has been in a non-smoking area....although the cigarette holder might suggest else....

[ckong]

Hey, didn't you promise your wife to leave it till winter ? Hahahaha, you're caught by the virus my friend !

Psssssst, be quiet, the walls have ears here.  

and she did say yesterday that the winter is already appoaching pretty fast. That was the sign I was waiting for  

[level42]

 

Now you (and Gyruss and RonaldReagan and Arcadecollection) still need to get this and you're an official member of the Centipede worship club of The Netherlands :

[ckong]

I like this one better http://cgi.ebay.com/Fossil-Big-Tic-Atari-Centipede-Animated-Mens-Watch-NWT_W0QQitemZ120368382564QQcategoryZ31387QQcmdZViewItem

[gyruss]

hahaha, those almost make me want to wear a watch 

[level42]

I prefer the leather band, but hey, tastes differ. I've got that one, and the Asteroids limited edition. I love them.

[ckong]

Dirt



Although the underside is very clean:



More dirt



and even more dirt



Enough cleaning up to do  

By the way: how can you tell if the big blue capacitor needs to be replaced?

[level42]

You'll learn to love the dirt, because the dirtier it is, the greater it looks when you've cleaned it  

I enjoy cleaning the wiring-harness too. It really brightens up the colors of the wires, and it's the "finishing touch" of the cleaning IMHO.