worst case scenario, you can always make a back door out of plywood... might be able to find one at a pin show fleamarket?

paint templates don't exist for em games, so you'll have to make your own... since you are handy with graphic arts, that's doable... there are a few threads on how to make templates, and clay has info on how to do them on the pinrepair site... www.pinrepair.com

you can probably remove the blue paint, and with any kind of luck, the original paint is still there underneath the blue...

there's also info on clay's site about how to properly repaint a cabinet...

cool game, and good luck... pics please! we like pics here...

that caught me out at first too, but i think he's referring to a "san francisco"...

hey alex... thanks for the heads up that stencils might be available... i know i could use a set for a game...

good point on the door... given dimensions, an hvac shop should be able to fabricate one... i shoulda thought of that...

chris

you've been leaving your wallet in a lot of places lately...

shot you a pm...

op, where are our pics????

that transformer looks good to me... transformers are VERY hard to kill... they can be much uglier than that one and still work...

and yup, removing the paint off of anything is a very slow process... unfortunately, there is no "easy way"... just kinda poke along at it little by little.... looking at the pics, you'll have plenty of other things to keep you busy when you need a break...

alex, have you had any luck with brake cleaner on legs? i tried it on a set, and basically got nowhere with it. i know some people swear by it, maybe i used it wrong...

do NOT part it out... if you don't want to put the work into it, offer it back up for the 50 you paid for it, someone will take it off your hands rather quickly...

to be honest, if you are even asking this question, em's are not for you...

sorry to be blunt... but once a machine is parted out, it is gone forever, and i'm not fond of flippers...

owning em's isn't about "making money"... yes, grow a set...

i want to see more em owners... but i definitely do not want to see the disease that has infected the community of owners of *modern* machines be spread to the em world...

@pin-it...

i'll try the aircraft stuff... worth a shot... thanks...

@alex...

dunno on the rust removal part, although it has gotten it off of brakes for me before, but brakes aren't chrome... just saw that someone had success with it, so i decided to try it... most of the other recommended methods i've come across end up costing as much as a new set of legs, so i had bought new ones for the two machines that had really bad legs... i may just paint the ones i'm working on now, chrome cleaner and elbow grease got me nowhere on them (which is why i tried the brake cleaner)... one thing is for sure, brake cleaner is noxious stuff...

couldn't agree more with the rest of your post...

good luck...