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We later replaced the cardboard bezel and polystyrene screen with more durable Perspex (Plexiglas) by masking the viewing area of the screen cover, using masking tape, sticky labels for the corners and newspaper, and then spraying the back with black acrylic paint. The whole cabinet was resanded down and given a new paint job using a gloss roller and some exterior satin paint.
A coin door purchased from E-Bay provided a more authentic arcade look and feel. Games now begin with the sound of the coin dropping through the mechanism.
  
We replaced the homemade control panel and marquee graphics with professionally printed artwork from MameMarquees.com. The control panel was printed onto sticky backed vinyl with our existing design. We changed the graphics slightly on the marquee which now included our own kanagaroo design and had these printed onto luster laminate.
We are more than happy with the quality as the backlit marquee is bright and the black areas block out the light much better than the original photopaper. The control panel is fairly tough and coated with laminate so we ditched the clear overlay. The graphics are clear with well defined colours despite being inkjet printed. You have to get very close to see any jagged edges typical of any digital process. I guess this could only totally be eliminated by using silkscreen printed graphics, (which woud be way to costly and difficult for this project) or else sticking to horizontal and vertical lines which don't seem to suffer from pixelation. They artwork was delivered quickly too despite being printed in the US and I doubt we could have got it done any quicker here in the UK.
The colours are brighter than they appear in these photos which have been washed out slightly by the flash.
 
The marquee photo also shows the new marquee retainers which screw to the panels above and below the logo.
Perhaps for a future control panel!
New retro control panel in progress (antique Crayola trackball as centrepiece). I've just started working on a new panel which is a mash-up of a Stargate Defender and Missile Command layout.
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