Category: pinball nights
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Zizzle Pirates & Taxi
Allison and i were talking yesterday and she asked about Taxi. It’s been folded up in the garage since I got Surf Champ, and it’s partially disassembled of course. But honestly compared to Big Guns or one of my other projects, there’s not that much to do. I hadn’t learned to solder last time it…
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Filling cupped inserts
Filled up all the Space Mission inserts with automotive clear. I think I pooled it up too much in some places and not enough in others. Next step is a full coat of clear.
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Finished painting Space Mission
Finished all touch up restoration painting on the playfield. As you can see in the before and after, it’s a pretty dramatic change. It’s not perfect by any stretch but damn it’s good. Next up for this one is leveling the inserts and clear coating. Should be an adventure.
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Rolling over
I really love playing Surf Champ. It’s both fun and challenging. Always feels good to roll over the score 🙂
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Space Mission playfield touch-ups
Progress over the last week has been slow, but i finished the blue touch ups for Space Mission and painted yellow stencils on the Big Guns backbox. Again the stencils peeled off a lot of paint but that’s ok because I expected it and plan to finish the same way I did the cab. For…
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Space Mission touch-ups: blue
Started touching up the blue tonight. Managed to get it matched almost exactly and got ¾ of the playfield done. In the picture above the left side isn’t done and the right is. I’m doing all the planking, pits, and wear so there’s a ton of ground to cover but holy crap it’s gonna be…
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Space Mission touch ups: teal complete
Wasn’t planning on it but it was so nice outside so I decided to do a bit more painting. When I do it at night I have to shut the door because the spotlight attracts bugs. Turned out great, but there are two more colors left to touch up, and then probably black a bit.…
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King’s Chamber
Did some work on the Big Guns, restoring the King’s Chamber. The peroxide method worked wonders on the plexiglass (thanks for the tip, Chris), so tonight I put this baby back together. Also put in all new LEDs in place of the 44/47 bulbs and new incandescent 89 bulbs. Aside from finishing the backbox paint…
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Backbox metal
Cleaned and polished these metal pieces from the Big Guns backbox. I’m not going to paint this grille black, but I’m considering red or yellow.