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Offline studley67

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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2011, 12:55:09 PM »
congrats mate,welcome to the paragon club.you will never part with it. #*# @@* $#$ %)%
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2011, 04:29:51 PM »
Hey Mitch
           yeah will get the full treatment eventually but like most of my games will take time probably get a quick clean and a wax for now so its playable.   To many machines lined up for other people at the moment.      I still have not touched creature from the black lagoon yet how slack is that @.@
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2011, 10:13:52 PM »
Quote from: ddstoys on March 09, 2011, 04:29:51 PM
Hey Mitch
           yeah will get the full treatment eventually but like most of my games will take time probably get a quick clean and a wax for now so its playable.   To many machines lined up for other people at the moment.      I still have not touched creature from the black lagoon yet how slack is that @.@

Sounds like my situation with Stellar Wars.. brought it home and only did enough to it to get it playable  :lol   BUT... it WILL be done soon enough  *%*

looking forward to when you do get around to doing the resto on this one.. Glad to see you getting one of your grail pins. KISS was my #1 holy grail but there are a couple more grail pins on my wishlist still  *%*
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2011, 10:46:42 PM »
well done Daniel  @@*   when I saw it @ marks place I knew it would go quick   what did your wife say    ?? lol   
                                                       

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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2011, 10:57:39 PM »
 


That's a HUGE pinnie!!
It's big compared to the dmds your've got. Congrats Daniel and let us know what the gameplay is like.
That backglass artwork is fantastic - kind of reminds me of He-Man....i loved He-Man as a kid.

ps - what the fu_k is that statue?? That's freaky!
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« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2011, 12:42:08 PM »
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2011, 11:26:09 PM »
Great Machine

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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2011, 01:30:57 AM »
Daniel, fantastic pickup!   ^^^  I've never played this machine, but I would drool to do so.  The artwork is something to itself in this game.  And yes, that backglass does look superb (at least from the images ), and it does "dwarf" the Strikes & Spares next to it.

Yup, widebodies aren't just a bit wider than the norm - they're on steroids.  The only wb I have played is a Future Spa back in my uni days.  You notice everthing about them .... not only the PF width, but the apron, lockdown bar, etc.  After playing the normal width ones, you really seem to stretch your arms further apart on the widebodies.  And after playing a widebody, the default sized pin seems narrow for a while.

Look forward to the progress, and congratulations.

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« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2011, 05:29:27 PM »
Saw this game when it was at PSP, looks like an amazing game, looking forward to the restore.
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #24 on: July 22, 2011, 08:50:55 PM »
Well its been a long time since i touched my paragon but thanks to Swinks te old girl as been given a bump up the que.   
   Freshly painted cab off ebay looks great has some very slight overspray which looks authentic the prep work looks really good still unsure if im going to use rails without nails Any thoughts???

   Inside the headbox still has all the alliminium and PCB brackets but sadly there is yellow overspray on them all.  Brackets are no sweat some time on the buff and tey will shine but any ideas how to remove the paint from te aliminum and make it look nice and shiny???

   Here are some pics as it arrived for those who missed the other thread
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #25 on: July 22, 2011, 08:54:41 PM »
Here she is with her head back on.
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« Reply #26 on: July 22, 2011, 08:56:53 PM »
and a comparison of te old and new  &&
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2011, 09:00:35 PM »
Looks like your off to a great start with that cab Daniel  ^^^
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Re: BALLY PARAGON.... ANOTHER GRAIL PIN TO THE COLLECTION
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2011, 09:37:47 PM »
The new cab looks great Daniel, that's a really good pickup ^^^
Do you know what type of paint was used, I would be trying any solvent I had lying around first, hopefully you can find something to break it down. I wish I had used smooth rails after nearly breaking through the side ply with new nails on my FP, keep this in mind if you go with nailed rails, ie take a few mm of them.
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« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2011, 09:46:58 PM »
Hi Daniel,

Try acetone (cleaned up my tiles after a bathroom reno recently) on the aluminium panels but do not touch the regular paint work - don't even leave the rag on painted timber, will soften and dull it in a flash. Can get it from Bunnings under $10.
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