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Masking off areas where the boxes are.They need a very small spot in but are taped much larger so the paint will flow
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Lower is based as needed.
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Lower is in good order now.
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The head is easier to just to rebase lightly on the entire thing because it is more blue base than art which is the oppo
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Head is ready for the final clear.
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Final clear is applied to the head.
It is freshly applied and wet so the gloss is higher than it will be and also the sur
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Lower in final clear.
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No more hardlines under the various colors.
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After this final clear dries I can begin prepping the cabinet for rebuild.I know the neck should go black on the face
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I will prep and paint the neck black now.
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Neck refinished in black as needed.
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Cabinet is now in the rebuild area .
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In the background I have been slowly making/repurposing a harness for the lamp panel.
The lamp panel harness is a big
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This took about 2 full days and should be the worst of the wiring task although there is much more to be done to oth
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Apron is stripped of rust and flaking paint.
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Apron is primed.
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Apron is sanded and prepped for paint then clear.Also throwing in the tilt panel so it can perfectly match the rest of t
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Apron and panel are based in the same paint that was used for the cabinet.
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apron and panel are cleared,
Panel is not as perfectly smooth and dust free as the apron because it was a bare piec
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Up on new legs with new rails.
YI may change the legs to chrome but at first I am just going with the original sche
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Head is placed although I do not have the correct hinges.The ones provided with the game are the wrong style and the c
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Door is built up with a new skin and harness.
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All the rusty parts were nickel or chrome plated.Mostly nickel so it looks fresh but not over the top.
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Door is in place.
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The amount of time spent making the and adapting the harness for the cabinet is hard to summarize but the main thing
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