The restoration of Donkey Kong is almost finished.
The last few days I repainted the control panel and the shelf above it with satin gloss black. It turned out very nice. Then I installed a new marquee light which I got from Mike’s Arcade. It’s a few inches taller than the original, non-working one, and now the marquee gets a more even spread lighting. Next I applied the new sticker set and instruction card, and yesterday I put all the parts on and in her again. The monitor is still out though. I first have to find a decent final place in the house where she can shine. But that’s still a discussion, if you know what I mean.
Only thing left to do is the coin door. It will get repaired by a metal worker and I will soon take it to him together with some parts of Centipede and Vanguard (fresh paint on metal parts). I am still waiting for some new coin door parts from AS USA, but due to difficult communication this takes a bit longer than expected. And that is all because AS USA has the parts, but can’t accept international payment (never heard of Paypal I guess), and AS UK will accept EU payment, but doesn’t have the parts! I am still on it and hopefully I will have them soon.
Another (final) purchase for this cab is a stepdownconverter. I have one, but it is taken by my New Astro City. Does anyone know of a cheap place in Holland where to get them, on the internet?
OK, enough talk, here are some pictures:
