After the cabinet was completely bare I decided to sand out the inner cab and spray it black, I know you hardly see in here but it looks pretty cool.

Below is the 1st side decal in place , photo taken before excess trimmed off. I use the dry method to apply decals, generally I start to peel off the backing , stick the back edge down and then smooth the decal out as I remove the backing as I work towards the front.

I use a metal straight edge to trim the edges.

You can get an idea of how I lay the decals using the dry method at my Fish Tales backbox decal page

And here are some random shots showing the new cabinet from various angles - First image shows the decal on with the edges now trimmed to fit.

 Looking nice now with the legs on

 Here is your first look at the front decal applied as well - I dislike doing the cabinet fronts due to the door hole possibly making the new decal sag as you attempt to apply it, so I have a piece of MDF board cut to the door shape that I place in the hole temporarily when I do fronts, that way the decal doesnt sag and end up in the wrong place when you are finished peeling the backing off.

 And some close ups to show you the colour in this game

  Here are some front on shots of the front to show you the door after it was sanded smooth, patched and re-sprayed

This next shot will show you my newly chromed shooter rod as well as the coin door all now sanded and re-sprayed. I thought by chroming the handle it would be to much for this game , but it turned out SUPERB thanks to Mark C at Child Amusements

You get a better look at the door in this shot below as well

Don't forget to go back to my main Fish Tales page and check out the playfield on this game as well as a page dedicated to the backbox re-decal.