.: Centipede restoration project
April 30th, 2004

.: Finishing

1. After the front panel was installed, I finished it in black vinyl from PartsExpress (#260-018).  The coin door was stripped and repainted with Rustoleum black textured paint.

	I was able to piece the original harness back together after the jamma/hack conversion. I only had to run a few new wires and I added a bit of split loom to tidy up the wiring a bit.

2. My cab was missing the back door, so I made a new one, and again finished it with the black vinyl.

3. It was about this time that I decided to add a bit of flair to the control panel.  The off-white trackball and white fire button weren't cutting it for me so replaced them with translucent blue ones and backlit them with super bright clear LED's.  It turned out to be just the look I was after; a flashy little upgrade without detracting too much from the original look of the game.

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4. The final touches...  Repro blue cardboard and plexi monitor bezels (arcadeshop.com), sideart (phoenixarcade.com), and smooth black t-molding.

She came a long way from this empty and beat up cab...	...and I don't regret a single dollar or minute of my time.   :)

.: Project Recognition & Thanks

- Big Jim for the empty cab that started it all
- Ed Pashu for the donor Centipede & ARII boards
- Mike Haaland (mikesarcade.com) for bringing the Centi board back to life
- Bob Roberts (therealbobroberts.com) for all the misc parts and pieces
- Ken Layton for the monitor help & advice
- Steven Gregory (arcadeshop.com) for the cardboard & plexi monitor bezels and cp overlay
- Darin Jacobs (phoenixarcade.com) for the sideart
 

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