Hail to Galaxian... by Namco!

[level42]

Waaaahahahaha....yes let me talk to myself again....LOL

[level42]

I did the fastest CPO replacement in my history of restoring last Friday evening and yesterday. I love quick drying paint and good weather to help with that

I first tore away the cracking top layer with left me with hard to remove plastic stuff....the electric heat paint stripper and a scraper helped.....finished the job with he powerful belt-sander and then some light hand sanding.

[level42]

Of course I was doing the marquee retainer too now.

[level42]

Man something small and simple like a bent piece of metal with some holes make a HUGE difference in looks....

The CPO material is much thinner than the one from arcadeshop. Maybe this was not OK for an arcade environment but it is just fine for our hobby, the look of the material is identical (structure on top).

It also makes installing it WAY easier, it is much more flexible but this also means you really have to use a rake to prevent bubbles. I got two or three still....hope they will disappear, this sometimes happens.

There was no need to apply heat for the bends.

[level42]

And installed !!!! Mounted fresh carriage bolts and finally the CP is done and will stay !

The CPO looks really nice. The only obvious difference is that the blue is darker. Howeve, I recently saw an ad with a NOS CPO and I honestly think the Blues were a bit darker too.....but I'm. Past that kind of anal levels....the P1 and P2 men are a little bit close to the button but I really needed to center the area around the joystick.

All,in all really happy with it and I'll be ordering from Olly again for sure !

[anunaki]

great result  Andfre, but you know this is your Galaxian thread

[Thwocker]

LOL   

[Muerto]

Hihiiii, what´s with the Q*bert stuff in the Galaga Galaxian thread?? 
Anyways, grapped my Galaxian PCP from storage today so I could have a look at it:



Though it dosen´t say NAMCO on it, it´s the same(?) layout...

The NANCO from earlier in this thread:

[level42]

Crap, wrong thread LOL !!!

Mmmmmmm, maybe they did make PCBs in Italy after all ??

[level42]

Pffffff. Way too hot to do ANYTHING....but sit in my Intex pool......

However...I now have two Galaxian boards here, one from Marco which is untested but looking great, the other from Erik which looks just as great and is known working.

However, I didnt have the proper AC voltages to power them and I was SURE not going to mod them !!

Now, In theory I should have the correct power supply in the Galaxian cab, but I was definitely not planning on taking it out (for now) and hacking the harness.....

I needed a seperate suitable transformer so let's see what these cost....can't go cheapest because it needs to be able to deliver quite a bit of current...

http://www.reichelt.nl/TRAFO-TE-137/3/index.html?&ACTION=3&LA=446&ARTICLE=31034&artnr=TRAFO+TE+137&SEARCH=Transformer+6v+12v

Mmm, that's not a bad price but.....just for testing.....let's check ye'olde Marktplaats....

BINGO, a transformer with lots of voltages and 2A for less than 12 Euro shipped

Arrived today....this will be nice for any future AC requirements too

[level42]

Hope the 6 V will be enough, has to be 7 officially....that and 12 is needed to power a Galaxian VAC style....

[ajhippel]

i used the dc-wiring like here:

https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=pinout&page=Pac.html

it worked well for testing purposes without hacking the board.

[level42]

Right........if only I had known earlier LOL.......no,seriously, these are boards from friends in the hobby and I would feel extremely bad if it _would_ damage something in some way.....

[Muerto]

Come to think of; Does the schematics I send you match the original NAMCO PCB?, I mean (not that I want them back or anything) they probably match my "NAMCO" Galaxian PCB which is a bit different than the original...

[Thwocker]

Right........if only I had known earlier LOL.......no,seriously, these are boards from friends in the hobby and I would feel extremely bad if it _would_ damage something in some way.....

don't worry Andre, you can work on the board I sent you as much as you want - go go go! (if the heat doesn't make you want to do nothing, pfffff... too hot!)