Bally Dr Who Restoration

[Retropin]

The new Dr Who is the most downloaded show in the world... its online pretty much straight after the episode is shown on UKTV.. we get it a week later but many cannot wait that long and download it beforehand.
The new series is way above the old and a remake of this pin could be exceptional.. i hope STERN dont so it though..LOL

[Strangeways]

Almost a month has passed, and there's been a lot of work done. The inserts were removed and the decals scraped off them. I then flattened and then reglued. The decals arrived as well. The playfield was sent off to be clearcoated professionally. This work is beyond me at the moment, and I trust that my guy does a VERY good job ! The playfield was picked up today, and I quickly took some pictures. The light is bad because the weather is CRAP at the moment - and I could not wait to post the pictures !

So here is the clearcoated playfield. It needs to sit for around 3-4 weeks.
















A shot of the game under cover so you can see the colors really shine !





I'm absolutely stoked with the finish, and I'm sure the new owner will be when he sees it !

[Olivia_jason]

that is absolutely mind blowing. wow, pm sent

[MartyJ]

Looks great Niño. Should be a great player when it's back together.

[howzat]

Hi Nino   

It looks as smooth as glass, the ball will fly around    nice job      Howzat

[coon82]

The owner should be absolutely stoked with that level of finish. Great work.

[infinite1977]

Wow wow wow, blown away Nino. as per usual you have outdone yourself. I cant wait to get my hands on it :)

[noj472]

Hanging to see more pics of this resto!!

[Strangeways]

Hanging to see more pics of this resto!!

Will be assembling this over the weekend. Updates to come !

[Mr Pinbologist]

That playfield is just STUNNING Nino 

Cant wait to see it start to go back together 

I was supposed to have one of this title delivered to me Wednesday for some work but i didnt hear from the guy 

bit of a bugger coz i was looking forward to working on it.. still could happen though, maybe he just couldnt make it or he simply forgot what day i told him.. dont know what happened 

[Strangeways]

A lot of work has been done on this machine - so here's an update !


The playfield has cured and I can re assemble. I'll also be installing a repro mini playfield as the old one was chewed up badly. But first, all the mechanisms need to be rebuilt, coils tested (or replaced).





Top of the playfield is re populated. New slingshot plastics from RTBB.





Pop Bumper assemblies are rebuilt using NEW parts. No short cuts here. It is fast becoming my biggest gripe with "reconditioning" work and some "restoration" work where these are not properly rebuilt. The game looks GREAT with NEW parts !





Slingshot plastics are ALWAYS shot on this title. I've installed protectors as well,





Mini Playfield

The original was chewed up VERY badly and looked tired. So I'm installing a repro !





.. and here's my first BIG problem. The repro playfield has some registration issues. The holes were drilled 4mm out of where they should be !








I want to install Cliffy's to protect my repairs to the playfield, and to protect the new mini playfield. There's no way this can happen with the problems with the mini playfield. So the "easy" fix was to remove 5mm from the edge of the mini playfield to correct the manufacturing error. I guess I was unlucky, or I'm the first person to install this mini playfield with BOTH the playfield and mini playfield Cliffy protectors. I trimmed 5mm and it lined up perfectly !

Here's the rebuilt mini playfield. This is EASILY the most intricate feature of any DMD pinball. The game revolves around this working 100%. It is VERY rare to see these working in any game that I've come across.








I re route the cables so they don't catch on to the loom when the playfield moves. I also replaced the shims in this game. This is an extra step, but it ensures the playfield moves smoothly.





Here's a "before" picture of the mini playfield ;





After a long time was spent on the mini playfield, I had to make a few adjustments, and now it works well. Here's a picture of the game with most of the playfield re assembled ;











I have a few adjustments and parts to re assemble - but I've managed to play a few games and it is a really great player !


 

[oldskool1969]

Very nice.  Gives us noobs something to aspire too 

[Crashramp]

Just lovely! My wife always tells me this is the pin she wants us to have most. Hard to argue after seeing one come up like this.

[infinite1977]

Speachless !
Glad you worked out the mini playfield issue. Also very happy to see Cliffy and plastic protectors. Above and beyond :)

[Redback]

I've seen some bad ones too, ...
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Seen photos of some in Qld with possums in them, then some more from Cairns with more possums.
Something about Dr Who's and possums.

Would love a nice one, (Dr Who, not a possum)

Red