Mario Bros Restoration

[gyruss]

During the crazy uk road trip with ckong i took a second cab back to the Netherlands. It's a mario bros widebody that was owned by chris but since he needed some space he sold it to my brother, thanks again for that!    The machine needs a new cap kit, new side art, t-molding and cpo, and there are a lot of holes to be filled and broken wood to be fixed.



So right after i got home from being 3 days on the road my brother and i fully striped the cab.







We cut the damaged piece of wood off and replaced it with this



After some filling, sanding and a first layer of paint it looks (kinda) like new





The rest of the holes are also filled and sanded down.



And the first layer of paint is applied, but only on the fixed pieces.

[Superully]

nice to follow a new restoration thread, i'm sure you'll be finished with your MB WB resto before mine even starts .

do you still need those color codes, pieter? (sorry, totally forgot about them)

[gyruss]

No thanks, we got a pretty good match, the next layer of paint will be applied tomorrow..

[Superully]

are you rolling or spraying?

[Q*ris]

The Pieter Bros Restoration!
Way to go guys, I'm so glad you're giving it the second youth it deserves + now I can move a little bit easily in the gameroom 

[gyruss]

are you rolling or spraying?

Rolling, my brother thinks he'll get a pretty good result, i'm just hoping he's right.  

If it doesn't workout we might go with your vinyl idea.

[Etienne MacGyver]

Looks like the kitchen is again transformed into constructing area 

nice start !

[gyruss]

hahaha, yes it is! My house is now taken over by arcade machines, there also one in the living room and one in the hallway, my girlfriend is very happy with this hobby.  

[Ronald Reagan]

I see why you need an orange button

looks nice the Mario Bros cab, art on the bezel rocks. Someone should make a book about arcade (side)-art

[SeTTleR]

Yeah good work! The cab deserves a good treatment! I love those Nintendo Cabs! And you also have a red tent! Someday when I'm grown up I will own one, too
Anyway: can't wait to see the final results.

[level42]

Yeah and that red tent was NOS (well about)

The story is they were bought by Stena line, a ferry operator between The Netherlands and the UK but they were never put in service because they weren't up to UK/Dutch (or both) electricity safety standards....
I've seen the lot of them for sale, about 9 or so of them, but I was "just" starting in the hobby and didn't judge their value right at that moment......sigh...

Within some days my kitchen will be turning into a workplace again too.....it's Ms.Pac's turn for some more bondoing and sanding....

[gyruss]

Yesterday we applied the first real layer of paint. It looks pretty good on first sight but there's a lot of dust that isn't visible on the picture. We will try to polish it out, otherwise will will sand it again and try a second time but in a room with less dust.

[Superully]

Yesterday we applied the first real layer of paint. It looks pretty good on first sight but there's a lot of dust that isn't visible on the picture. We will try to polish it out, otherwise will will sand it again and try a second time but in a room with less dust.

i know the dust problem!!! had so much trouble with my jungle king. i'd love to have a paint booth eventually which sucks out all "unwanted guests" and provides a clean environment, but that's still a long way off ...

[gyruss]

Yes, it sucks! My brother thinks he can polish it out, do you have experience with that?

[simplesi]

Fantastic work. Use some 0000 wire wool to polish out.