The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: ddstoys on September 20, 2009, 06:17:52 PM
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Well my brother had been coming over and playing my Pinballs for a while and mentioned that he would like to get one this one was offered to me from Dean my brother liked the pics so we made the trip up to Deans for a look.
It will need some work to get it going but its a great starting point for a first pinball machine.
Here is the machine set up (My brother had to go to work when we got back so he hasnt even seen it like this yet lol)
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TORCH was the 2nd pin i ever owned back in UK days - have a pic somewhere of me in front of it - will dig it out and post it.
Machine was bought not working for 70 pounds ( approx $180) - replaced a 7407 buffer and she worked a treat. I sold her on - cant tell you for how much - wouldnt have been anymore than what id paid though im sure
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Interesting machine. I've never played a Torch - so I look forward to your progress !
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I remember being in Goddards in Broadway, Sydney the day this game came in from the US.
They had just pulled it out of the box and assembled it.
Not many of these kicking about and pretty cool to play.
Can't imagine being in the Gottlieb factory when the US decided to pull the pin on the Olympic Games that year....and there went any hope for that game &^&
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Here ya go... me and my 2 pins.. must be 20 years ago cos thats when i had the waistcoat - i was also living in that place cos my flat had been repossessed - i had to get out fast and ended up in there... was a GREAT party house!
Funny - i lose my house etc but keep the pins, ach - well you can only sell so much,i recall refusing to sell the pins and my records ( still have the records but those 2 pins have gone)
Well... they are SEGASA TRAVEL TIME - stunning example, and of course GTB TORCH - me in the middle smoking a spliff
(http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/Meandpins058.jpg)
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and what are you smoking ......
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Gav how toasted do you look :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol....man I know that grin ()
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LOL!!! Looks like im flying there - guy next door had a steady supply of red seal hash.. think i had an account!
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Gav you look HAPPY there, high as a kite maybe ! *%*
Daniel, Wow looks awesome *)* Sure will come up well with a scrub. Did u try the lamp driver board?
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Thats a big smile on your face, Gav !
Did you get a "High" Score on one of the machines ?
#@#
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lol i may have re discovered pins,but im not going back to the demon weed. :D
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Great Picture Gav you look happy as a pig in shit squeezed in between two pinballs and a joint
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Well we stripped the playfield tonight. Left a few wire forms on as they were pretty well stuck and didnt want to do any damage
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After close inspection the Mylar had to go it had been applied over a dirty playfield ^.^
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Only lost a few tiny paint spots after all the glue was removed. Me and isocol then a polish with novus its looking pretty good ^^^ Still needs to be waxed maybe later in the week
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While i was installing the new Power cord and checking over the power supply i had my brother cleaning the inside of the cabinet
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Daniel, The playfield looks good with the mylar gone, I want it back :lol :lol
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Its all yours but i think you will have to kill my brother first.... He is so excited about it he does this stupid thing like a mouse when he gets excited he was doing it all night lol.
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Thats going to look great when its finished ^^^
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PF looks great under the mylar, should come up a treat.
Do we get a test game before your brother takes it away? &&
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Love it when the mylar comes off so well and reveals a nice playfield like that.
Looks like my share in Rannex will be going up I think judging from the state of the lock down bar mech! What's the rest like rust-wise?
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Love it when the mylar comes off so well and reveals a nice playfield like that.
Looks like my share in Rannex will be going up I think judging from the state of the lock down bar mech! What's the rest like rust-wise?
Yes i had a brand new bottle sitting in my car today when i was over. Rust wise its not to bad the lock bar mech is probably the worst bit.
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Well we have the playfield polished re rubbered and mostly backtogether but couldnt be bothered with a proper update maybe tomorrow night but here is a teaser shot
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Looks GREAT - But Black Rubbers look very strange on a system 1..
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He didnt like the look of the white rubbers which suited me fine as i got the black ones at a good price ^^^
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Well we stripped back the Apron and ball arch and gave it a respray in a similar color to the one in the flyer which came up pretty well im just touching up the artwork and will make some decals to finish it off.
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Looks awesome Daniel, what was the preperation as I need to do a few aprons. How did you prepare it for painting? How did you paint Spray pac? What type of paint? Sorry for all the questions but it looks great and as stated I need to do some of these.
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It was pretty easy i sanded it with an orbital sander back to bare metal. Gave it a few coats of pressure pac primer and lightly block sanded smooth with 1200 wet rub then gave it a light coat of color and then a thicker coat to finish off. I hope this helps
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Looks excellent Daniel - will you stencil the detail on the apron ?
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Looks excellent Daniel - will you stencil the detail on the apron ?
Im going to try a decal?
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Looks nice ()
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Well some of the ordered parts arrived from PBR so we have been plodding along doing bits and pieces in wait for the Pascal all in one board. We have reseated all the lamp inserts and installed new globes under the playfield. Any crappy rusted parts have been painted in the matching purple and we have installed brand new lamp sockets in the backbox its a big job but well worth it every globe is the same brightness and all the banging and wobbling they never go dim or stop.
Ive almost finished touching up the artwork from the top arch and hope to start on the apron art soon
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Here ya go... me and my 2 pins.. must be 20 years ago cos thats when i had the waistcoat - i was also living in that place cos my flat had been repossessed - i had to get out fast and ended up in there... was a GREAT party house!
Funny - i lose my house etc but keep the pins, ach - well you can only sell so much,i recall refusing to sell the pins and my records ( still have the records but those 2 pins have gone)
Well... they are SEGASA TRAVEL TIME - stunning example, and of course GTB TORCH - me in the middle smoking a spliff
(http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/Meandpins058.jpg)
Well here is a photo from around 1987 that was taken when I was still living at my folks place....this is my mate Kev looking like, well, um....same as Gav :lol :lol :lol
There is a real nice Surf Champ and a terrible Bally bingo in that shot though
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That T-Shirt would be worth a bit of coin to a collector !
I'd say it was taken in 1989 - around the time of "Hot in the shade" ^^^
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LOL!!!!! Spliffs were popular then!!!
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Every time I read the word "Spliff" - I just cannot stop laughing %.% %.%
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LOL!!!!! Spliffs were popular then!!!
Still are () &&
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Well the Pascal board arrived today. My brothers joy turned into dissapointment when it came up coil locked on so he really didnt get to enjoy it. But after he left i spent a few hours trying to nut out the problem. All coils and diodes tested fine, Power was fine but still got coil locked on warning. So i removed the plug for the playfield coils still came up with the issue i unsoldered every coil ^.^ ^.^ ^.^ Still no joy.
But with the coil fuse removed the issue dissapeared !@# There was also no sound so i decided to remove the plug to the original soundboard (No longer used) And problem solved there must be a short in the loom to the old soundboard GRRRRR But its all fixed now and the sound issue is a dead speaker.
Once the pbr order arrives we will have the remaining coils and parts needed to finish it off $#$
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I had a similar issue in SYS1 machine. It kept reporting the outhole coil was bad. Replaced the coil and I was done. The old oil measured as "good"..
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Well a few more photos while we wait for parts. We have everything ready to go once they do. Im picking up the new glass this afternoon so shouldnt be long now
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Any parts that were to rusty to polish up we painted in the same color as the arch etc looks better than rust
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And finally the whole machine
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Mate - that looks awesome !
Do you have 31 inch legs on this machine ?
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Yeah well spotted Nino they will be going onto my sons magnatron once marks legs arrive ^^^
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.. .. once marks legs arrive
I hope the rest of him arrives as well - otherwise will be messy.
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Daniel, tell your brother that has come up great. Better than I thought it would when I had the machine here.
Well Done.
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Daniel, tell your brother that has come up great. Better than I thought it would when I had the machine here.
Well Done.
Yes it has come a long way better than i expected aswell she was pretty rough with the old mylar on it
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Well the parts arrive to make torch playable and i must say its not a bad game for a system 1. All the hard work payed off when my brother played his first game he was so excited @@* Only a few minor jobs left.
Job 1 Roll under gate ( Thanks Skybeaux )
Job 2 Roto target repair (Again thanks Skybeaux)
Job 3 Apron and arch artwork decals
job 4 Get a high score he will never beat %.% %.% %.% %.% %.%
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Well after all the work scanning, touch up and editing the apron and ball arch artwork i printed out a decal for the apron.
DISSASTER looked great on the printed out decal with the white backing but as soon as the white was removed and put onto the purple the yellow and orange turned brown.. @.@
So a lesson for anyone thinking of trying this unless the apron is white dont waste your time #(&
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Print it in white adhesive paper, then mylar over the top ^^^
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Hi Daniel
Will add some white decal paper with the software.
Try and post tommorrow
Kev
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Well thanks to Kev who sent me down some White decal papers to try on the apron. Seems to have worked ok biggest problem is ive had to cut out each color and shape and place them on one at a time what a nightmare but looks better than the plain purple. Couldnt add the gottlieb bit as i had no way to cut out the fine detail so we are just going to add the Pascal Magnet we got with the All in one board.
Once its dry ill clean it up and give it a clear coat then report back ^^^
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Have you managed to get the high score yet Daniel ? ^&(
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Never played this one. Looks like fun!
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Well thanks to Kev who sent me down some White decal papers to try on the apron. Seems to have worked ok biggest problem is ive had to cut out each color and shape and place them on one at a time what a nightmare but looks better than the plain purple.
Looks great Daniel. Rather that cut and fit each shape separately, another way might've been to fill the white sections with a matching purple before you printed your decal (in photoshop etc) im guessing you used something like that to create the decal?? I use Arcsoft Photostudio (came with my Canon scanner) to do this type of thing.
Just a thought, thats how i'd try to get around the problem anyway. I KNOW it'd be a BITCH trying to get a good match for that purple too! Anyway like i said.. looks great what you've done ^^^
Cheers... Mitch
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Well thanks to Kev who sent me down some White decal papers to try on the apron. Seems to have worked ok biggest problem is ive had to cut out each color and shape and place them on one at a time what a nightmare but looks better than the plain purple.
Looks great Daniel. Rather that cut and fit each shape separately, another way might've been to fill the white sections with a matching purple before you printed your decal (in photoshop etc) im guessing you used something like that to create the decal?? I use Arcsoft Photostudio (came with my Canon scanner) to do this type of thing.
Just a thought, thats how i'd try to get around the problem anyway. I KNOW it'd be a BITCH trying to get a good match for that purple too! Anyway like i said.. looks great what you've done ^^^
Cheers... Mitch
Yes i did try matching the purple i even tried to scan the apron purple into the printer but it kept coming out crap. I did purple fill the shooter gauge as i had no choice looks ok tucked away down there but would stand out like dogs balls on top of the apron
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Gave it a clear coat this afternoon and im happy with the result.
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Very nice job done on the apron ^^^
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What gives with the Intel Inside sticker?
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What gives with the Intel Inside sticker?
It's a Pascal Janin thing - it says (from memory, I didn't keep mine) P1-x1 Inside meaning his board set.
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What gives with the Intel Inside sticker?
It's a Pascal Janin thing - it says (from memory, I didn't keep mine) P1-x1 Inside meaning his board set.
Ah, OK, I guess that doesn't cause any problems with Intel, then...
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Looks excellent Daniel! ^^^
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Well Torch is ready to leave. With a big thanks to SKYBEAUX for the missing roto target and the rollunder arch its now complete.
I finished the apron and arch decals last night and im very happy with the results. Not original but still looks pretty cool. All the white in the torch should have been purple but there was to much detail to try and cut the white out
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Looks fantastic Daniel !
Another one saved ! ^^^
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Heres a before and after shot
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Excellent result! Maybe one day I will do a resto...
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Yep, very nice job as always Daniel. Top stuff. Glad to see another pin saved.
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Such a big turn around - inspirational @@*
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Excellent work again Daniel ^^^ Well done . ^^^
Cheers
Dave
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Great result mate, glad you found the missing target
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Sensational ...............................
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Great work Daniel ^^^
There's something about the artwork on this game... very retro...I like it a lot
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Well Done to you and your brother Daniel, couldnt have gone to a better home.
Fantastic Stuff ^^^
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Well done Daniel !
Another pinball saved
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You did a wonderful job on the machine and it's come up looking almost new again ^^^
Happy to have helped out with the parts.. *%*
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Very nice, I'm sure your brother is enjoying it!
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Very nice, I'm sure your brother is enjoying it!
No not really its still sitting in my shed %.% I got sick of it sitting in the workspace so i pushed it into my line up lol ill get a pic if i remember
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Here is the current line up ^^^