Check this John's video that shows how to deal with laminate on arcade cabinet.

Atarimania had one.



He find it in France. The name 'Consoleete' itself scream French! 

I tried to source that too for my Circus Charlie restoration but didn't find it in my local shops... 
They even don't really understand what I'm talking about 
So I'm also very interested in the answers.

You mean you have a scan that must be touched up first?

Huuuuge up from the death! 

Does this marquee file is available in an enough good resolution to be printed, or ever better in vector file?

Painting time!

I don't want this cab to look too white, too new or too flashy! No, i want it looks a slightly bit aged & authentic... that why I'll use -after the primer layer- this special white paint  



Which gives me the result I had in mind, see  



 

10 for i=1 to 5
20 print "applying bondo"
30 print "sand!"
40 next i
Run 





 

In addition of all the damage located on the bottom/edges of the cabinet due to water/humidity, there are also parts broken to fix 





Bondo times! 





Some zones require a lot of bondo, like this edge which have to be literally rebuild! 



For me, there's no better solution than using perspex to rebuild 'straight'!



Of course, to fill with so much bondo can't be done in one step... it requires few 'layers'... watch out, scary picture!   

On that specific area, the two parts 'of the trench' were too far apart, that why I've used glue first to join them as best as I can. Next step is of course 'bondo', yes 

finishing to sand this side...





I strengthen rotten wood with this :



...and use glue for damage like this :

Thanks guys! 

Well, it's September so ... Back to School! 

Let continue the inspection...



Inside the paint is falling appart...





Particles board and laminate sheet... the worst combinaison when you have to fix damages like this!    



Surprisely the bottom is not as horrible as expected...  



OK... it's time to WIP!



Removing the crumbly particules board layer :



The question is... how to fix this "particles board/laminate sheet" combination?
The answer would be : fix the wood, and then apply a new white laminate sheet!
But the problem here is... I can't find laminate sheets like this?! I searched this in my area, but impossible to find it!

So, I'll try something else... not sure about the result, but I'll give it a try : to sand all these cracks, like this  

Not really, monitor had issue and pcb not working (I had to buy an other one) 


Well, it's particle board. The laminate sheet suffered to the death 


Fixable yes, but it didn't expected so much work when I bought it.  But like always, challenge accepted! 

It's time to upgrade that one!

I bought a Q*Bert FPGA board ...years ago and didn't install it so far.

Quick test outside the cabinet :



Plenty of games in there...



But all I need is Q*Bert   



Next step, adjust the screen size ... and install ... a knocker, finally! 

....and back on this! 

Ok, this Circus Charlie is the last cabinet 'unrestored' inside my game room! It is like the black sheep in my collection...
First things first... let's have a close look to ... the cabinet damages!   



























Holy COinupWharehouse! I do not think I would have bought it if I had seen all these damages closely...
Massive work to come I'm afraid...