The ultimate Cold War Armageddon simulator. Blow those Damned Soviet ICBMs out of the sky.
This cabinet has a number of significant problems but I think it has the potential to fix up quite nicely
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Update:
Cosmetically the cab still requires attention but it is now 100% operation :-)
It's nice to have a personal missile defence shield.
Missing Parts:
Player 2 control panel overlay
Player Start button. I had some deficiently getting buttons that fit the nice aluminium bezel but I finally found 2 RED buttons that (after a bit of modification) fit the bill perfectly.
Top glass side fixture (the top piece is there but one of the underside pieces is missing). I discovered that the top piece is actually non original. It'll do for now but I'd like a proper clip if anyone has one?
A side note if anyone else ever tries fixing one of these up - the bolts that tension the clips were missing... but machano bolts are PERFECT for the job. I love machano
2 Service Locks (they are here but the key is trashed)
Damaged Parts:
One of the legs has torn free causing a lot of damage to the cabinet (see work under way below) This is now repaired and the new leg is in place but it requires a sheet of veneer to finish it off.
The game PCB is faulty but I replaced it with a working one..
The power supply looks a little dodgy - the 5 volt power supply has been disconnected and another supply is wired in - this supply is just loose inside the cabinet - I don't like that.
On further investigation I found this supply was a 240volt unit BUT it was only getting 110volts! I've put a 110volt one in there now.
One of the fire buttons was jammed. Now fixed.
Cosmetic Details:
The previous owner
had made a start at restoring this machine. He'd searched some NOS trackballs and had some rollers custom made. I've install the trackball but the rollers requite a little modification to fit. I'll get the lathe out sometime..
The control panel overlay I have is not in very good shape so if I attempt to make a repro for the missing one I may also replace the one I have.
The RED colour on the instruction cards has faded to a very light pink. I may attempt to do reproductions of these with the red restored. I had a closer look at these I think they may have been yellow at one time.
The legs require stripping and repainting.
At some point a leg has been torn off this cabinet. It's a bit of a mess as the nuts embedded in the plywood have been ripped right out.
I started to repair this by first cutting away all the shattered wood leaving myself a large rectangular hole. I then glued and screwed a new piece of wood, already fitted with the nuts, in there. I attached it to the power supply board inside the cabinet. This board is supposed to be removable - but it's not any more :-)
A layer of filler and I was going to cut a piece of veneer in the shape of the hole but now I've decided to slap a large slab of veneer over the whole side.
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