Re: Black Widow CPO differences?

Tom-

Thanks, I did search a bit and did come across Joe Bachmann's page - his is
different though - look at the "web" ring colors on his vs. mine -
completely different.

-Steve P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom McClintock" <tomm@mgcap.com>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Black Widow CPO differences?

> http://joesarcade.com/games/Black%20Widow%20Marquees/black_widow_marquee.htm
>
>
>
> Steve P. wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I recently picked up a bare Black Widow control panel (well, no sticks,
>> and no buttons, but the wiring was intact). Anyhow, the overlay at the
>> time of purchase had several globs of what looked like paint on it so I
>> figured I'd grab a replacement overlay and restore the CP all of the way
>> before installing it. The repro overlay arrived yesterday and looks
>> stunning.
>>
>> The only problem that I have is that my control panel overlay varies a
>> bit from the repro.
>>
>> 1. The instruction box on the right side on my control panel is blue.
>> The same instruction box on the repro is green.
>>
>> 2. The web grid "rings" on my overlay are also different from the repro.
>> It has the following ring colors (from outer edge inward):
>>
>> blue, pink, orange, blue, blue, pink, yellow, blue, blue, pink orange.
>>
>> the repro has:
>>
>> purple, pink, orange, blue, purple, pink, yellow, green, purple, pink,
>> orange
>>
>>
>> Any ideas on why the color differences? I pulled out pics of the Black
>> Widow I owned back in '96 and it had the normal green in the overlay the
>> same as the repro and the ring coloring is the same as the repro.. I am
>> stumped. It does not appear to be caused by fading either.
>>
>> Here are some pics. Notice that the paint globs are gone from the used
>> control panel, I was able to get the paint off by using a small brass
>> wire brush. :)
>>
>> http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-cp-front.jpg
>> http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-cp-rear.jpg
>> http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-tag.jpg
>> http://set-in-led.0catch.com/misc/bw-overlay.jpg
>>
>> Input would be appreciated.
>>
>> -Steve P.
>>
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