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Well I'm proud to say that this project is finally complete.....!
Picked up a trashed out aero city without a monitor some months ago and decided to try my hand at restoring it to its former glory. Bought the cabinet sight unseen and really had no idea what state it was going to be in when I picked it up, man was I surprised. Without a doubt the filthiest cabinet I had ever seen....
in the garage
looks like someone deuced in the control panel
First step was stripping it down, sanding it and priming it. Built a ghetto assed spray booth and got to it.
I remembered seeing these pics of multi colored Aero City cabs some time ago and thinking how badass they looked.....
Opted for the same general idea, only decided to do it in pink... partially since I regret ever having sold my minicute but also to make the whole idea of another cabinet in the living room and *little* more appealing to the wife. Stripped the cabinet and primed all of the pieces with no problems. Painting however was a total pain in the ass and I ended up painting, stripping and re-painting some of the pieces 4 and even 5 times as I kept getting some nasty warping when I applied the clear coat at the end. Got the sideart printed up by a local shop who did just an *okay* job.... the color is a little bit off but not really enough to bother me too much.
I wanted to put the original monitor back in the cabinet but hadnt planned on how much of an ass pain it was going to be to find one. Bought an original Nanao MS-26 from Bburger and then got lucky and found another one locally that was in immaculate shape with zero burn and great colors. The cabinet had no keys anymore and the locks were all drilled out and proved to be quite a chore finding the appropriate locks and tangs that fit the various doors on the cabinet. Ultimately had to end up having a piece fabricated from a local metal shop to fit on a cam lock that I ordered from Akihabarashop.
ignore the giant crack in the wall..... california!
http://img32.picoodle.com/data/img32/3/8/18/f_CP2m_95ad09a.jpg
new CP from Riverservice
Seimitsu pearls..!
brrring it!
I never predicted how long this project was going to stretch out for and I am actually quite relieved it is over finally...... I couldnt be happier with the results though and it is indeed a rewarding feeling being able to kick back and play on this after so much thought, time and effort.
Gotta say thanks to Danox574 for the tips and artwork
Grantspain and DaveK. for the monitor wisdom
and Per for the help sourcing parts in Japan
Picked up a trashed out aero city without a monitor some months ago and decided to try my hand at restoring it to its former glory. Bought the cabinet sight unseen and really had no idea what state it was going to be in when I picked it up, man was I surprised. Without a doubt the filthiest cabinet I had ever seen....
in the garage
looks like someone deuced in the control panel
First step was stripping it down, sanding it and priming it. Built a ghetto assed spray booth and got to it.
I remembered seeing these pics of multi colored Aero City cabs some time ago and thinking how badass they looked.....
Opted for the same general idea, only decided to do it in pink... partially since I regret ever having sold my minicute but also to make the whole idea of another cabinet in the living room and *little* more appealing to the wife. Stripped the cabinet and primed all of the pieces with no problems. Painting however was a total pain in the ass and I ended up painting, stripping and re-painting some of the pieces 4 and even 5 times as I kept getting some nasty warping when I applied the clear coat at the end. Got the sideart printed up by a local shop who did just an *okay* job.... the color is a little bit off but not really enough to bother me too much.
I wanted to put the original monitor back in the cabinet but hadnt planned on how much of an ass pain it was going to be to find one. Bought an original Nanao MS-26 from Bburger and then got lucky and found another one locally that was in immaculate shape with zero burn and great colors. The cabinet had no keys anymore and the locks were all drilled out and proved to be quite a chore finding the appropriate locks and tangs that fit the various doors on the cabinet. Ultimately had to end up having a piece fabricated from a local metal shop to fit on a cam lock that I ordered from Akihabarashop.
ignore the giant crack in the wall..... california!
http://img32.picoodle.com/data/img32/3/8/18/f_CP2m_95ad09a.jpg
new CP from Riverservice
Seimitsu pearls..!
brrring it!
I never predicted how long this project was going to stretch out for and I am actually quite relieved it is over finally...... I couldnt be happier with the results though and it is indeed a rewarding feeling being able to kick back and play on this after so much thought, time and effort.
Gotta say thanks to Danox574 for the tips and artwork
Grantspain and DaveK. for the monitor wisdom
and Per for the help sourcing parts in Japan
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