My first naomi universal cab now with gun setup.
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:27 pm
Well i have been after one of these cabs for a long time but as they are so desirable i have missed out on a few and some have been a little on the exspencive side for me but managed to get one at a good price a fixer upper.
So last friday i hired a van and drove up from london to oxford to pick up my new cab.
as shown below
after installing it at its tempory home my office i played one game of virtua tennis it was time to start stripping the machine as i wanted first of all to clean it up as i know how dirty the insides of ex rental cabs can be.
let the stripping comence.
Goo this was after 4 hrs of cleaning and then removing the i/o board holder to descover more goo lol such is life.
Ok let me refrase that there not usaly this dirty inside as after opening the cab control pannel up i descoverd that some one had dumped a pint of coke or brown looking goo equivelent in to the machine and had dripped in to coin area and lower mobo compartment so had a fun packed week end of cleaning all goo out of machine.
i had already brought the new net city face lift kit off sega shed and some buttons new joysticks off gremlinsoulutins so i was ready to upgrade the control pannel. oh and octigon restrictor plates for the joysticks.
White buttons added
Blue buttons added
Joysticks added
now just about to order second hand marquee and brand new plasticks for top assem pannel to remove crack and ciggie burns and a new top control pannel assembly so top plastics match and are new off sega arcade uk.
then it will be time to paint strip and re paint legs as they are in a state as usaly with machines that have been used out in arcades or pubs and apply new net city side stickers.
will post more as i do it.
So last friday i hired a van and drove up from london to oxford to pick up my new cab.
as shown below
after installing it at its tempory home my office i played one game of virtua tennis it was time to start stripping the machine as i wanted first of all to clean it up as i know how dirty the insides of ex rental cabs can be.
let the stripping comence.
Goo this was after 4 hrs of cleaning and then removing the i/o board holder to descover more goo lol such is life.
Ok let me refrase that there not usaly this dirty inside as after opening the cab control pannel up i descoverd that some one had dumped a pint of coke or brown looking goo equivelent in to the machine and had dripped in to coin area and lower mobo compartment so had a fun packed week end of cleaning all goo out of machine.
i had already brought the new net city face lift kit off sega shed and some buttons new joysticks off gremlinsoulutins so i was ready to upgrade the control pannel. oh and octigon restrictor plates for the joysticks.
White buttons added
Blue buttons added
Joysticks added
now just about to order second hand marquee and brand new plasticks for top assem pannel to remove crack and ciggie burns and a new top control pannel assembly so top plastics match and are new off sega arcade uk.
then it will be time to paint strip and re paint legs as they are in a state as usaly with machines that have been used out in arcades or pubs and apply new net city side stickers.
will post more as i do it.