bigsexyc420 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Ok, so I got one! Had this posted in another forum, but I figured since it was going to be housing Hyperspin I might as well post it up here as well. Astro City Shell, in excellent condition only real problem is how dirty this thing is. Nothing a little TLC and soap wont fix. Cab came with everything bezels, new set of locks and 2 keys, all the stickers were still in place, monitor mounts not that many dings in the cab either. Control Panel Monitor Bezel Main Cabinet Housing Pics of the Stickers on the back CoinDoor/Control Panel piece Shortly after the pics were taken, shes been fully stripped of of all the parts and pieces. I've removed all the stickers, given her a power wash to remove all the nastiness it has collected over the years. I have fully sanded it down, given it a primer and 2 coats of autobody paint. Then a nice thick layer of clear. Im in the process of just wetsanding it smooth (by hand) which is taking forever. I plan on throwing in a Hyperspin PC to mainly be using MAME and nullDC. Still browsing around for options on what parts for the PC and what kind of monitor is going in her. My cam is currently out of commision so no pics since the ones taken above. Feel free to make any suggestions to help out with this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaps Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Love this - more pics please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBoyBill Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I love candy cabs especially with the 29" monitors, and I like restoring things also, please keep us posted on your progress, it will be fun to watch it going from its current state to brand new again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimoda Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 If you don't have a PC yet, a nice dual core ~2.8 or better should do just fine. 8800 or 9800 vid card and she'll handle most of nullDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexyc420 Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 If you don't have a PC yet, a nice dual core ~2.8 or better should do just fine. 8800 or 9800 vid card and she'll handle most of nullDC. Thanks for the advice, I find that the hardest part on this project is trying to come up with PC specs. Know if those cards can handle Atomiswave and Naomi emualtion as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolbrez67 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I love candy cabs I will follow your project as I love these things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexyc420 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Got some pics of a Control Panel that I have restored prior to the cab. Before pics. Pics of after the initial washing. Used scrubby sponge and some dawn. After it got it's bath, there were still some stains left on the plastic. No matter how hard i scrubbed or even sanded it, they stayed on. So i just ended up giving it a nice new coat of white paint. I used plastic paint for the first couple of coats. For the final coats of color I used Duplicolor Autobody paint topped with Duplicolor Clear Coat for some protection. (I had extra purple and red buttons at the time so I threw em in just to see what they look like. I'm planning on putting the traditional green and pink setup when my cab is fully finished.) Some pics where I tried to capture the mirror effect that I got using the clear coat. I hope my craftsmanship is up to par. Any suggestions are more than welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBoyBill Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 That control panel looks really clean, I can see your whole cab coming out awesome, kinda hypes me up to do some painting on mine now. Mines in great condition but theres some scuffs on it from being moved around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Cool, dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReplicaX Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice restore job so far man. The cab looks like its from Kingsley and would explain the condition you got it in. Just hope you got it cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexyc420 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 HAHA! you know of that guy too. Yeah I got a good deal on it since it was just a shell. I feel really bad for the others who have had to deal with that guy.. IMO, I feel it was a good deal since it had no dents cracks or anything too bad that washing and painting wouldnt fix. Sorry for the lack of updates as I am working at a new job and have very little time to invest in this project ATM. But its current state is, all painted and clear coated. Just need to get around and doing the wetsanding. Of course it can only be done by hand and that will take days. I'm at 80% complete with the wetsanding of the bottom panel where all the doors go. Don't wanna post any pics just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garwil Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I like how people have been using the coin slot as a cigarette holder. Classy! Great job cleaning it up though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jteddy Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Hi, I enjoyed your post. I'm doing an Astro City restore as well. What made you decide to use plastic spray paint rather than something suited for fiberglass? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jteddy Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I noticed that your marquee light is mounted differently to mine. I thought these would be the same on all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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