Tag: team one
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Vectorizing Team One fundamentals
I’ve built every element on the playfield into vectors, setting the stage for a document that will serve as a full scale design template. VERY close to handing off to my partner in crime who’ll be doing the playfield art for this project.
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More Team One vectors
Added the plastic posts, drop targets, and wood rails (just barely shown), and made the inserts the correct colors.
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Team One, vector reconstruction from trace
After trying to find a place to scan my trace for a few months with no success, i finally decided to scan it in piecemeal and stitch it back together in Photoshop. After i got that done and tweaked the image so measurements were extremely close to 1:1 with the actual playfield, I started vector…
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Shiny pops
Cleaned all the pop bumper parts, which were really really grimy. Thank goodness for my little ultrasonic cleaner. I need to find a replacement for the paper tubes that shade the lamps behind the drop targets. I don’t have all of mine. I tried looking online but I haven’t had luck. I’m going to look…
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Scrub-a-dub
Cleaning up all the Team One mechs. A few more hours and I will have cleaned all of it, including rebuilding the flippers.
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Getting back into Team One
Space in the garage has opened up a bit so i’m getting back into my Team One restore. It’s a bit slow going as I try to remember where i was with everything. I pulled out the Chime unit and tilt mechs. Rebuilding chimes with the Pinball Resource kit is absolutely worth it because… BELLS!…
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Tracing Team One
Our retheme project stalled for a few months as I tried to figure out how to scan this playfield. I tried a few methods with less than stellar results and eventually decided that tracing, then scanning was the best idea. All I really need is a 1:1 digital file that contains the basic playfield layout–inserts,…
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Polishing stuff can be fun
Actually i hate polishing most things, but metal shooter rods are really fun to polish. I just pop the rod into my drill and work it through scotch pads. In the end i’ll spin it on a rag with mother’s.
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More Team One teardown
Getting everything ready for the tumbler, including all the rollover lane switches. ayayyyyy. Also put together my Pinball Resource shopping list. I need quite a few new parts for this machine, so much of the plastic is cracked, and pops need to be rebuilt.