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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Robinholland on April 02, 2013, 09:53:13 PM

Title: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 02, 2013, 09:53:13 PM: I switch my Vega cab for this Donkey kong cab with Thomas and the restoration of my Donkey kong is born :)
A Very big thanks to Thomas :D
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: ckong on April 02, 2013, 10:51:57 PM: Can´t wait, bring it on! :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 02, 2013, 11:07:17 PM: Quote from: ckong on April 02, 2013, 10:51:57 PM
Can´t wait, bring it on! :)

And A big thank to you for the vega cab ;)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: anunaki on April 02, 2013, 11:10:10 PM: It's great to see another DK in our country, can't wait till mine arrives :spaceace:
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 02, 2013, 11:15:58 PM: Quote from: anunaki on April 02, 2013, 11:10:10 PM
It's great to see another DK in our country, can't wait till mine arrives :spaceace:

Have your dk cab no bezel that you buy ?
Or is the one that you buy nicer than the one on the cab ?
I only need a nice bezel for my cab
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: anunaki on April 03, 2013, 08:07:42 AM: Mine is without a bezel, so I bought one of ebay. That's the one joeks' got
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: anunaki on April 03, 2013, 08:09:04 AM: Quote from: anunaki on April 03, 2013, 08:07:42 AM
Mine is without a bezel, so I bought one of ebay. That's the one joeks' got

You can buy one from Canada for an OK price http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Donkey-Kong-Non-Jamma-Arcade-Pcb-Bezel-/261179225438?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ccf7eb55e#shId (http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Donkey-Kong-Non-Jamma-Arcade-Pcb-Bezel-/261179225438?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ccf7eb55e#shId)

hmmmmm. didn't mean to quote myself here :-[

The one from canada is a repro
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Superully on April 03, 2013, 09:21:51 AM: as always the same advice: spend a little bit more money on silkscreened stuff from professionals and support the arcade community by doing so. if everyone only bought the cheap crap on ebay, the good guys from thisoldgame, gamestencils, quarterarcade and so on would stop producing quality products and the community would suffer from this greatly. just my two cents of course, but seeing cheap inkjet sideart on ebay for 30 bucks less than color-matched silkscreened stuff makes me sad and angry at the same time.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: gyruss on April 03, 2013, 11:09:22 AM: Congratulations, finally a Nintendo for you, can imagine how happy you are with it.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: anunaki on April 03, 2013, 11:59:02 AM: Quote from: Superully on April 03, 2013, 09:21:51 AM
as always the same advice: spend a little bit more money on silkscreened stuff from professionals and support the arcade community by doing so. if everyone only bought the cheap crap on ebay, the good guys from thisoldgame, gamestencils, quarterarcade and so on would stop producing quality products and the community would suffer from this greatly. just my two cents of course, but seeing cheap inkjet sideart on ebay for 30 bucks less than color-matched silkscreened stuff makes me sad and angry at the same time.

I bought a second hand one myself, I looked OK on the pics. If I don't like it I will buy another one from Mikesarcade. Are these good ones?

I'm not sure what to look at
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: joeks on April 03, 2013, 12:07:04 PM: Good luck with the restoration Robin!
Your DK looks pretty good! Nice to see it's a plywood cabinet, I have a shabby particle board one with complete busted-off corners :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: level42 on April 03, 2013, 07:45:57 PM: Quote from: Superully on April 03, 2013, 09:21:51 AM
as always the same advice: spend a little bit more money on silkscreened stuff from professionals and support the arcade community by doing so. if everyone only bought the cheap crap on ebay, the good guys from thisoldgame, gamestencils, quarterarcade and so on would stop producing quality products and the community would suffer from this greatly. just my two cents of course, but seeing cheap inkjet sideart on ebay for 30 bucks less than color-matched silkscreened stuff makes me sad and angry at the same time.

Ladies and gentlemen.......drumrolllllll please.......because I FULLY AGREE WITH ULLY ! ;D
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Superully on April 03, 2013, 07:49:48 PM: Quote from: Level42 on April 03, 2013, 07:45:57 PM
Ladies and gentlemen.......drumrolllllll please.......because I FULLY AGREE WITH ULLY ! ;D

(http://think.faesthetic.com/wp-content/uploads/yes2.jpg)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: anunaki on April 03, 2013, 08:00:39 PM: I'm sorry for the ebay link, I now see that it's only a paper thing and not a bezel

so it's actually really expensive as you have to buy the plexyglass too
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 03, 2013, 08:31:19 PM: 2 marquee's
2 control panels 's
And true flat nintendo t-molding
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: level42 on April 03, 2013, 09:08:33 PM: Uh.....why do you need 2 marquees and 2 CPs ?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 03, 2013, 09:11:29 PM: Quote from: Level42 on April 03, 2013, 09:08:33 PM
Uh.....why do you need 2 marquees and 2 CPs ?

I only need the best marquee and cp overlay for my cab :D
Bud i have 2 set's
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: level42 on April 03, 2013, 09:18:56 PM: Right.....I need a marquee and a CPO....name your price good sir ;)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: level42 on April 05, 2013, 08:35:57 PM: Bump :) ?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 05, 2013, 08:49:58 PM: [Bump ?]

If the cab is done i come back on this
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 06, 2013, 05:03:48 PM: A litle update about the upper corners ;D
Let's dry and look tomorrow how it look
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 07, 2013, 11:39:24 PM: Looking good :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 07, 2013, 11:43:09 PM: Front corners down
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on April 08, 2013, 07:46:50 AM: Nice resto robin !

patched up really well :spaceace:
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 08, 2013, 06:26:47 PM: Cool :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: level42 on April 08, 2013, 08:53:45 PM: Yes I love this little details that give a cab history too, but there's something fishy about that license !

How can it be expired BEFORE DK was ever released ??
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on April 08, 2013, 09:04:04 PM: This cab is a super early proto :D
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on June 22, 2013, 02:36:00 PM: Cool my new bezel arrived from the usa
My Donkey Kong are compleet now
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on July 11, 2013, 07:54:45 PM: Bondo time ;D
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on July 11, 2013, 08:08:34 PM: more :)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on July 30, 2014, 09:59:56 PM: Cab is almost ready :-*
2 layers of paint
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on July 30, 2014, 10:52:02 PM: Nice work Robin !
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: level42 on July 30, 2014, 11:04:04 PM: Nice work ! Been painting here too....it's painting arcade stuff time in Ridderkerk ;)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: ckong on July 30, 2014, 11:22:08 PM: Very nice.
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: anunaki on July 31, 2014, 08:23:07 AM: looks really smooth and nice Robin

biggup :spaceace:
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: gyruss on July 31, 2014, 02:54:51 PM: Quote from: ckong on July 30, 2014, 11:22:08 PM
Very nice.

+1
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Q*ris on July 31, 2014, 03:58:54 PM: Smooth as a baboon'ass ;)
Good job!
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on May 27, 2016, 03:00:30 PM: Only the control panel must be done and it is ready to play :-*
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: ajhippel on May 27, 2016, 03:03:26 PM: wow! that looks really mint!
:spaceace:

and Remix installed ;-)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on May 27, 2016, 03:05:01 PM: I install the Donkey Kong II Multigame Kit and the Donkey Kong Remix Deranged Edition Multi-game Kit 8)
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Thwocker on May 27, 2016, 03:18:59 PM: looks fantastic!
what method did you use for painting?
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: Robinholland on May 27, 2016, 03:32:14 PM: Paint roller
Title: Re: Donkey Kong restoration (Thanks to Thomas)
Post by: biasini on June 10, 2016, 10:17:18 AM: ...what kind of paint ?

Great Cab! :)