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Title: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 01:14:36 AM
Hey guys finally started another one of my old game not sure of the year it was made I'm guessing 1940s or 1950s it's called Sky Jump insert your penny which releases all the balls the knob on the right you twist and it feeds the ball upto the top and the knob at the bottom moves the metal rails kind of in a flapping motion.  Aim is to get the highest score you can with the 5 balls.  

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  First thing is to repair the cabinet I'm told these were built with animal glue (yes sending the old racehorse tonthe glue factory was a real thing haha)  this glue dries out and crystallises and flakes away so most corners were shagged lots of cleaning clamping recleaning reclaiming till it looked tight then pump in the clue before reclaiming again
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/0ffd69451841b0c8fffbe141f377bbb2.jpg)

While that dries I stripped down the Playfield

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/fe5aaba5194aafe91c5f4fd4866148cd.jpg)

After stripping it down gave it a scrub didn't come up to bad wasn't game
To try anymore for fear of rubbing off the art.(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/148c3326a532a0db58b1204570a5d565.jpg)
Title: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 01:15:55 AM
Also freshened up the paint on the instructions sadly someone had half chiseled the P
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 01:17:58 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/38be8365770512b696c5190cbf240967.jpg)
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 01:19:39 AM
Polished up all the ball guide things and the rails then reassembled
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/07db5195ac3154efb2295ea139ee1527.jpg)

Sanded down the door and gave it a coat of clear which showed some imperfections I wasn't happy with don't want it to look new just not beaten to crap. 
   Fixed those walked outside gave it a second coat beautiful literally walked into the shed to clean up and beautiful Victoria blessed me with a 3 second taint burst by the time I ran outside it was stuffed and the rains had stopped wasn't a happy boy
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/313350f730a02f09ad73af26990e76a3.jpg)

  Gave it another sand down got a much better result this time without the rain
M(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/5b5d2c7cc75f3fa16c682dc85ddfb3be.jpg)

Put the door back together and I'm pretty happy with the result can't wait to finish the cabinet and mount it somewhere
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160220/e3941cebab690606c1bdb247ddb7399a.jpg)
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: Pop Bumper Pete on February 21, 2016, 04:58:45 AM
it has cleaned up nice
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: oldskool1969 on February 21, 2016, 10:27:18 AM
AWESOME, where do you find this stuff?
Two people I know with a a GYB Sky Jump would love this!
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: Strangeways on February 21, 2016, 11:06:52 AM
Nice mate - what about the topper ?

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Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: pinnies4me on February 21, 2016, 11:55:59 AM

I love those penny arcade games, gorgeous restore!
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 12:11:23 PM
Yeah it's coming up pretty well so far.

  I have a guy I the UK with one who is going to scan the original topper for me I'll keep the home made one with the game incase people remember playing it back in the day.

  I've woken up feeling like shit so might not get any more done today but see how the day turns out
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: oldskool1969 on February 21, 2016, 10:27:18 AM
AWESOME, where do you find this stuff?
Two people I know with a a GYB Sky Jump would love this!

To be honest most of my games find me now.  After years and years of nagging everyone to keep there eyes out for me there slowly finding them ;)
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: Crashramp on February 21, 2016, 03:07:28 PM
Very nice work Daniel. Another one gets a new lease of life.  ^^^
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ktm450 on February 21, 2016, 07:32:19 PM
Very nice mate  ^^^
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 21, 2016, 08:55:50 PM
And here's the finished product
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160221/b169056e975c6bb23f43a4bc84d5fc2e.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160221/7bef45ce3a87b48e9f049065a59fb3bc.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160221/52af352bf611d718a3a3e9f6188df05a.jpg)
And I actually found a wall for it
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160221/05d12c67a3ab7ccf301da760303109bc.jpg)

But if a difference
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160221/51465cddc1fa1d9bc4c7eceffd7edec4.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160221/45b342bc82f096fcae1f2463c8b23308.jpg)
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: Crashramp on February 21, 2016, 09:07:52 PM
Bloody lovely and not just miss August either!

Really does look great Daniel.
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ralph67 on February 22, 2016, 11:59:40 AM
Looks great Daniel , well done , will you paint those corner parts with the Red, Blue ,Yellow and Green stripes ?
Miss August looks great too &&
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: ddstoys on February 22, 2016, 04:35:00 PM
Quote from: ralph67 on February 22, 2016, 11:59:40 AM
Looks great Daniel , well done , will you paint those corner parts with the Red, Blue ,Yellow and Green stripes ?
Miss August looks great too &&

  Yeah I'll eventually paint the colours back into the corners everytime I look at it it will annoy me and will hopefully motivate me to buy the nickel kit ;)
Title: Re: Sky jump penny arcade wall game
Post by: pinball god on February 23, 2016, 10:50:35 PM
Looks like brand nude....I mean new. All the metal tits....um bits have come up a treat. I dunno what the other guys are on about miss august, all I've been admiring is your great work.