Message #187264

[Mr Pinbologist]

I started with the cabinet, regluing delaminated ply and loose corners etc













I'd already decided i was going to use decals to re-do the cab art, i had them made by a local sign printer company
Here are the two cab sides;





Bottom panel was replaced, it was originally chipboard and was in a pretty sorry state.









Cab corners where the legs bolt on were cactus so i routed out the rotted sections and inlaid new ply.









Primer coats done, this step had to be repeated several times due to the condition of the cab rhs (primer/spot putty/more primer etc)







Since i used MDF to replace the bottom, and that i would be applying the decals using the soapy water method, i sealed the bottom with Cabots polyeurthane clear.







I'd already primed the backbox then found MORE delaminating ply that i had to reglue





Back Panel and cab edges sprayed with matt black acrylic to match the decal finish.









Backbox warning test was preserved rather than replaced with a decal, i masked off the text with frisket and sprayed the back in matt black.







I sprayed a matt clear over the back of the backbox to seal in the text and touchups i had to do on the text.







End results of the decals after application.

This was my first attempt at doing cab decals, and i was shitting broken glass at the thought of things going wrong, but with some help from my brother it all went pretty well!