EPISODE 03: "Borowski? Who is Boroswki?"
Starring : Darth Nuno, the carpet sellerBefore going further on the reassembling, I need to clean/restore these 6 player base supports, or named 'Gun Base Assy' by Namco in the manual.
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As you can see, the '5 years hibernation' of these parts inside my garden shed causes additional damage on them :
Vinyl corrugated!
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![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_2.jpg)
...failed adhesively / detached...
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_3.jpg)
Mhhh, no other choice than to restore them! Damn it! It's gonna be a massive *additional* work!
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Ok, let's see what I can do. Here's the front view of the first 'Gun Base Assy'
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Arf... most of the screws are ... rusted! And no way to remove them without damage them!!!
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Black 'wires/connectors protection' panel removed... but now the leadscrew is broken inside!
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_6.jpg)
Mhhh, let's hope I won't have too much trouble with these rusted screws...
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Argh!?
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No!
![Evil :evil:](http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/Smileys/default/icon_evil.gif)
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So once again, no other way than to break them with a drill, like this!
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I finally can remove the back part of the 'Gun Base Assy'. It contains a tube light :
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_11.jpg)
Ok, everything is now removed. Do you spot the black spots on the vinyl? Cigarette Burns...all of them!
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I cut a part of the vinyl -a clean and undamaged part- located in a hidden place, under the seat...
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_13.jpg)
...let's remove it!
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_14.jpg)
It's fixed with strong double-sided adhesive tape :
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_15.jpg)
I use Thinner to remove it. It works great, but this liquid is very toxic! I cannot breath that for too long... It smells like hell!
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No more glue!
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The back of the original vinyl ...
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...and its reference I presume? Whatever...
![](https://www.dragonslairfans.com/G3/rebuild/galaxian3-theater6-S06E03_19.jpg)
... because I'll use the 'clean' vinyl sample in order to find a brand new one!
After several carpet/vinyl shops visited, I finally found a very close match ...in the same shop where I got my carpet!
![Cool 8)](http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
Darth Nuno :
Here's the vinyl I'm looking for...The seller :
Borowski!Darth Nuno :
Borowski? Who is Boroswki?The seller :
It's the vinyl you're looking for! Boroswki 4604Darth Nuno :
Perfect! Let go for it!
The End