Removed the grips on the back. Here it shows how the blue has faded (although the pink faded much more):
You can see that the covered part was darker, more blue. The rest is going to aqua....
And than....after carefully laying down the Ms. and applying the correct anesthetics, work begins.
First I remove the old T-molding on both sides and then....
May the arcade gods forgive me !!!
And the result after some first sanding. I found AMAZINGLY few dents/holes on the sides, maybe one or two. The bottoms and corners there will require some bondo too though. Hooray for
HollPlywood !!!
Actually I had very little feelings when starting the sanding because I _KNOW_ it will be for the better in the end
Now, I need to apply some bondo here and there (my favorite job, not) then sand some more.
Since I will have to have mixed up the blue paint anyway, I will use that on the sides too before applying the decals. This should give a good base for them to stick too. Blank wood or only primer is not suggested. (Esp. primer is obvious) because it won't e a good base for the decals...
Also, even the smallest tin will have enough paint to do this...
