My Q*bert project (FINISHED!)

[lordkahless214]

Ok guys, I figured I've been pretty quiet of late, and thought you might like to get a peek at what I'm working on right now.
My current project is this Q*bert that I picked up, I have posted a couple of pics of it before I started the restoration, It had been painted black and was being used as a Multicade (arcade SD) it has no swelling so was a perfect candidate for restoration. Most of the original parts are inside, I am sadly missing the original boards and part of the harness, but it had been neatly jamma-tized by the op that I bought it from, so rather than rewire it to the original Gottlieb harness, I decided to leave it alone, and will either use the Jrok board if and when that comes out, or a bootleg board if it doesn't. At the moment however, it is using a JPAC with a pc running only the Q*bert games.
I have just started picking up artwork starting with the under-CP logo, the side art is being ordered next week, but it's already been repainted and has new T-molding.
I was having monitor issues (jittery picture) but after adjustments and a cap kit it seems to have cleared up.
Let me know what you think of the progress!
So without further ado, I present the photos:

http://www.coinopspace.com/photo/20140424-223558

http://www.coinopspace.com/photo/20140424-223534

http://www.coinopspace.com/photo/20140424-223541

[lordkahless214]

So it's time to do some updates on where the Q*bert cabinet project is today, I have been busy working on it this past month.
I got a package in today from Phoenix Arcade.

here is the result:



And lit up:



Originally I had intended to do Side Art first, but I figured it was time to end the game's identity crisis.
The control panel is off again, mainly so I can smooth it out some more, it still had more bumps in it than I would like and I don't want to have the overlay I'm buying ruined by poor prep on my part.
I will be ordering the rest of the artwork soon, if my ebay sales go well that is.

[John's Arcade]

Good start! Love that marquee. Those cabs are so awesome. Keep us updated!

[lordkahless214]

Today, Q*bert is finished! the final artwork package arrived from Arcadeshop and after a long stretch of work I am proud to present the final pics!

First a reminder of what we started with:


after careful measuring and placement I applied the side art, and began unmasking Coily the snake:


Just a Little bit more to go....


and now uncovered! the very first time this cabinet has worn this artwork since it was converted to Sky Shark in the late 80s


the bezel and CPO Look great!


and finally the whole cabinet as it stands now....


Overall, I am very happy with it, the artwork is very high quality, I do have a few minor gripes about the CPO however:
It is missing the Gottlieb Logo, which may be due to legal reasons or it may be reproduced from a different revision, but it is disappointing that it was missing. Also the button holes are all a little off, if you use the buttons to help guide the application of  the overlay you will get a joystick hole that is off kilter and since the joystick washer does not cover the center hole, you have to ignore the button holes and do your own centering based on the sides of the cpo and the joystick hole.

Otherwise it's great stuff! hopefully anybody thinking of doing a Q*bert restoration can look at this and know the results are well worth the money and effort.

[John's Arcade]

Looks amazing!! Great work. Didn't know that about the CPO and the Gottleib logo. Where did you get it?

[lordkahless214]

Thanks John, that means A lot!  

I bought it directly from arcadeshop.com I was pretty surprised the logos were missing because the side art has them.
it's not a big to me, heck it looks a whole lot better than that silver/blue atrocity I started with, but if somebody wants exact......well.....this just isn't quite what you would want.
Everything else I bought matches an original very well.