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When I arrived home the other night I was pleasantly surprised to see a delivery from”This Old Game“. I am about ready to start my Frenzy restoration and assumed that this was the order I was waiting for to get going on that project. Not only did the package contain that order, it also included my Donkey Kong 2 side art. The last piece of my D2K restoration!!! YAY. Staring at the art in Awe for several minutes I decided to put away the art with the hopes to install it later that evening but that didn’t happen. However, tonight I was FINALLY able to install the side art.

I got several opinions on how far down Donkey Kong art is suppose to be installed. In the end, I decided to install the art 4-1/2″ from the top of the cabinet. I went with 4-1/2″ based on another collector (whom I trust) giving me that dimension from his Donkey Kong cabinet. He installed his reproduction Donkey Kong art 4-1/2″ from the top because that’s where the original art was that he removed. Not sure if anyone has the correct answer on how far the art is suppose to be from the top and we may never know. But, 4-1/2″ looks pretty good to me. 🙂

I carefully removed the carriage bolts that hold the top of the monitor frame in place and pushed one bold from the inside to help support the monitor. Probably should of only did one side at a time but “whatever”. haa haa.

Now that the carriage bolts are removed and I have the masking tape showing where the top of my art is suppose to be I’m ready to install my art. Whenever installing art I always like to have a second set of hands “just in case” something starts to go wrong. This time I decided to install the art “the wet method” so using straight water in a spray bottle I misted the side of the cabinet and applied the artwork. Because I applied it wet I can “reposition” the art as needed but you still need to move quickly but still there is no need to rush. After everything looked good (or better yet, “perfect”) I used a plastic squeegee to “force” the water out and allowing the art to “stick” to the cabinet. Repeat on the other side of the cabinet.

After letting the artwork “dry” for a little while (Usually it’s best to let sit for an hour or so) I removed the premask.

As you can see, everything went as planned. All I can say is “WOW”!!! The quality of the art is better than expected!!! Well worth the wait!

Now to push the game back into the lineup to show off it’s new side art. 🙂

Once again, thank you to Rich @ “www.ThisOldGame.com” and Jeff @ “Jeff’s Rom Hacks” for all their time and effort to make this project happen.

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