Tag: pinball
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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.
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Productive night
My original plan was to empty the tumbler and touch up some more of the Space Mission playfield, but the weather was so great with very little breeze so I had to paint the black on the cabinet. It’ll need to cure for at least a week, and then I can do the yellow and…
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Backboxing
Ended up having to work from home today and not having a commute meant I was able to get the backbox sanded and make a trip to the hardware store for sandpaper and paint before the kids went to bed. The littles were great helpers at Menards. I did a round of wood filling with…