Ms.Pac gets a facelift and more...FINISHED !!!!!!

[level42]

Coin door plate work:

Get some nails with a nice round and shiny head. They also need to fit of course



Mark where you will need holes on the repro coin door plate using the door (from the back). Drill the holes with a Dremel



Remove the backing and position the plate using the nails, then press hard to activate the glue

[level42]

Oops, the nails extend too far on the underside...can't have that for the coin mechs so



Cut the nails back a bit



Put a bit of construction glue on the nails. Insert them in the holes and hammer them in carefully, use some protection for the heads of the nails

[level42]

Remove the protecting foil



Done. Nice. Not 100% authentic but damn close and looking sweet. Better then SCREWS that some people use......not mentioning any names though......

[ckong]

You drilled from the bottom to the top? Why not the other way around? Looking nice by the way.

[Etienne MacGyver]

Looks legit ! 

[level42]

I didnt want to mark the good side, although it should have been OK because it still had the protection layer...
Worked fine though

Next up....derusting coin mech holders.....if the chrome paint works well the coin return buttons will be painted as well. Those things are a bitch by the way....one of them was completely stuck out of the "guide". Had to use some force to get it back in. If pushed too far they still get out of the guide. Meh.....who's going to push them anyway....

[level42]

Ow fuck.......I just discovered something........not all Midway coindoors are equal.....


See I swapped coin doors.....I still had a very nice condition coindoor which was almost identical to the door that was originally on my MS.pac. That coindoor was dented at one of the coin returns but I had it sandblasted anyway because it went for the same price.....

Now I just tried installing the coin mech holders......no dice.There is a "bump" on the front of them which this door doesn't have room for......can't mount them.....

Not a problem....the only thing is I now have to try and remove the Midway coin plate again....or maybe it's better to order another...sigh...

[Nic-fryer]

The photos at the top of this page don't appear

[level42]

They sure do here....anyone else having this problem ?

[anunaki]

same here, do see them

[Laszo]

Same here in the Ardennen. Are there any arcades or gamerooms in this area by the way

[Etienne MacGyver]

Maybe he means the first page instead of top page, they dont work indeed.

All pics on this page work fine.

[level42]

Ardennen Leo ? PM sent !

[Nic-fryer]

No, I mean this page. The only photo I can see is the photo of you de rusting the coin mech. Maybe it's because I'm down under

[mumboking]

No, I mean this page. The only photo I can see is the photo of you de rusting the coin mech. Maybe it's because I'm down under

It's not just you. I can't see them either.
It's because he's linking the images from arcade-museum.com and you have to be logged in there to view them.
I can't be bothered to make an account there just to see images...

I'm just lurking...