I just recently found your website… nice job! I recently bought an original Pac-man and am going through the same trials and tribulations that you have experienced and described in your blog with respect to restoration…

Your entries to this thread ended a couple of years ago, so I wondered if you ever made anymore progress.

I was contemplating scanning the cabinets art to start tracing… it looks like you have done allot of work and I wondered if you were willing to share anything you might have done… I’d be glad to share the work that I can add.

Again, great job… it’s fun to see that others share this hobby… and the strange obsession of obtaining as many of these machines as possible.

Keep up the great work… I’ll be reading…

Thanks,
Dave

I haven’t made any more progress on it. I was dead set against the TwoBits repro art because it wasn’t the right shade of yellow, and was inaccurate. The left and right sides were mirrored, which is not how it’s supposed to be. I recently saw a thread where someone posted pics of their Pac-Man restoration using TwoBits art, and it actually looked great. I think they must have redone their art because it’s a night and day difference. You can see that here:
http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=195.0

I’m now considering just buying their repro art to finish it. I am also thinking of buying a plotter to cut and make my own stencils but not sure if I’ll get to it any time soon.

http://www.usscatastrophe.com/zettwoch/silkscreen.html

Seems like you could make your own custom frame to the correct size, print out the black section on tons of those transparency sheets, and use a standard shop light to provide the needed light for the project. If I try it, I’ll let you know how it goes (it would be quite a while before I would try it though, I’m not as close as you to painting my pac-man).

Thanks for checking out my site and for commenting. I thought about buying the side art stickers from TwoBits.com / Pac-Man.com. I decided against it partly because they are $300, and because I read a few bad reviews about the color. The cabinet looks so good when its painted and I want to make sure I can make it look as original as possible.

I’m not sure how I would make my own of vinyl. Are there printing places for that?

I’m going to use stencils for the red and blue, and silkscreen the black on top. I’m hoping it will look original, but if it doesn’t I will probably end up just buying those vinyl stickers anyway, or stencils.

I think it’s great that you’re paying such close attention to detail, and plan on doing such an accurate restoration. I’m sure your pac-man is going to be perfect when you’re done.