I like the texture I got, but I wouldn't call it 100% identical to original. I have a NOS 2 slot door skin I picked up years ago, will take some side by side pics with my *good* camera. I typically don't get it out in the shop due to all the dust/dirt/crap flying around, but I can be careful with it and get a few pictures.
All the parts got a coat of clear lacquer as a clearcoat on top of the repaint. Not 100% sure if the lacquer is necessary or even good - but unless something glaring pops up, I'm going to reassemble the door the way it looks now. As I learned early on with this hobby, the enemy of good can be better; I may make what I have worse by continuing to mess with it. It looks good, and short of new parts, I'm not sure it can get better.
I think I mentioned before, I found a NOS coin door skin (just the metal part the coin parts bolt to) and a NOS coin entrance piece, but for $100, I'm going to live with what I have and have $100 to put into the project elsewhere. It's an easy swap out, should I regret not getting it later, and for $100, I don't think it's going to sell very quickly. Especially if I don't devulge where it is :)
Picture of the clearcoated parts:
This picture shows the bezel, along with the texture. Note that you *can* see the spot where the JB weld was applied. It's perfectly smooth, and under normal light as well as viewing at the angle it will be installed, you cannot tell. I don't know if maybe this is a result of not priming it before painting or what, next one I repair will be primed to see if it makes a difference.
Found a couple coin switch covers on another junk coin door, so now this one will have all 3..
While we are looking at stuff the majority will think are totally unnecessary and a frivolous waste of time, I have a NOS cash box, NOS cash box bracket and NOS bracket lock bar from the IPB sale, that will round out the cabinet nicely once installed
The only bummer is, the 3 slot cashboxes of this style don't have the neat WMS W logo on them (aka the 'upside down Motorola logo)
3 new coin entrances, 3 new coin reject button assemblies including 'QUARTERS' insert, and a new decal to go on the service buttons on the coin door
Getting some more parts together, I have a convenience outlet, new varistor and thermistor. They will help me 'upgrade' the power system to the correct domestic US parts, for authenticity *and* protection to the game
And a picture inside the power box, pre conversion
And of course, I use keyed alike locks, as original, standard on all my machines. The backboxes of all my games get one of these locks, anodized black like original, with the same key number across games. The coin doors get the original style double bitted locks, also keyed to the same key number across games. So far, I've had this set of locks for going on 2 years and have only sold 1 game and forgot to remove them, and the game I sold with locks, the new owner was a friend and he willingly returned them :)
