Tag: pinball
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Power box resto
I was able to find the proper fuse holder on Amazon and I got to finish up the power box reassembly. As of now, everything is ready to go back in the cabinet, aside from the coin door. Looking at the “before” photo I can’t help but have a sense of pride. I really am…
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A full day’s work
I took a day off today and mostly worked on the machines. It was fun and very productive. Painted lots and lots of stuff for Big Guns, mostly cabinet related. Regrained, buffed, and polished lots of metal for Space Mission, and some for Big Guns. Painted the blue metal arc for Space Mission and unfortunately…
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Spraying!
Took advantage of the windless evening and sprayed paint for about three hours. 4 coats gloss black on the cab, gloss black on the transformer, and 3 coats textured black on the coin door. At the rate I’m progressing I should have the cabinet stencils painted and the cab reassembled in 2-3 weeks. Exciting!
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Big Guns cabinet paint prep
I ended up spray priming the cabinet last night, but there were a couple places that I filled with putty and forgot to sand down, so I finished sanding those spots out and would have finished priming too if it weren’t for the heavy mist outside. I sanded out the coin door parts and nailed…
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Yet more playfield prep
Yesterday I decided that with all the touch ups I did, I really need to seal the playfield. I figured out what my approach is going to be, but i needed to strip down the rest of the playfield so it is completely bare. So every switch and pin that protruded from the playfield was…
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Spinner woes and a stop gap solution
I used epoxy first, then super glue to try and fix the spinner, and I reinstalled it into the game but it took all of two balls to destroy it. I’m placing an order with PBR this week for a bunch of stuff including a generic spinner replacement. Surf Champ is one of my favorite…
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Final round of touch-ups
Touched up black and the darker turquoise in some if the worst areas, and black around all of the inserts. I attempted a few spots with yellow but it’s just too difficult to match the faded and weathered tone, so I decided to not press my luck.
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Cabinet repair and prime
It’s not perfect, but I’m really pleased with the patch job I gave the Big Guns cabinet. Sanded the KwikWood out today and managed to get it primed. There are one or two places I need to fill some more, then I can finally start repainting it.
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Touched up some red paint
Spent some time carefully touching up some of the worst wear spots on Space Mission. Red was standing out the worst so I started in some hidden spots and kept going. I should be using an airbrush but my experience as a painter helps me out. It’s not like I can make this playfield worse!…