Wms Travel Time

[oldpins]

I like this machine, my brother has the one and I have offered to buy it, however he won't part with it. Great resto ! Excellent work !

[Mr Pinbologist]

Thanks for the kind words guys 

Nino, yes i do block sand the touchups to level them out a bit, with 400 grit wet&dry and a little bit of Windex, followed by 800 grit.

Today i'll start cutting out the holes for where the posts screw down and for the rollovers etc, and start reassembling things

[Mr Pinbologist]

Just a few pics showing the pf going back together finally

all of the posts have been cleaned and every screw head has been polished to a nice shine.
I ended up having to fill most of the screwholes as they were stripped out. I used pieces of bamboo kebab skewers cut and glued in, works a treat!!
did the same thing on my last few restores as well.

[faza]

Looks fantastic how bright is that playfield now 

[Mr Pinbologist]

Looks fantastic how bright is that playfield now 

well lets just say that the photos dont do it justice at all in showing up the fluoro colours. here are some before and after pics. I tried all kinds of thing to get pics, flash on flash off, different lighting etc, trying to get the best pics to show off the brightness of the new paint on this pf.

the new fluoro colours were pretty much an exact match for the old unfaded colours i found, the pink under the side wooden guides when i removed them, and the original orange i found underneath sections of black lines that had worn away, allowing to check the colour match there before spraying.

[pinnies4me]

That is looking great! Thanks for the update. 

[ddstoys]

Your the man Mitch another machine saved keep up the great work

[ajlaird]

Looking amazing!

Good tip on the bamboo skewers - do matchsticks work just as well?

[goodolddays]

Looks like new  . Well done Mitch 

[Mr Pinbologist]

G'day all, very quick update:

haven't gotten too much done to this game lately due to other commitments, but i have started refitting all of the removed items from underneath the pf, targets, kickers etc. I got to refitting these rollover buttons, only to find.. and i have come across this a few times with using mylar on the PFs, that when installed the button sits slightly below the pf surface when pushed in, due to the thickness of the mylar i use... which would result in stuck balls!! not good

here is my solution.. pretty self explanatory in these pics, after removing the clip (carefully  ) i remove the large washer from the underside of the rollover and place it on the top side over the button shaft! Resulting in the rollover sitting nice and level with the pf surface when the ball rolls over it.. and less chance of stuck balls

[Mr Pinbologist]

Also i now have the top arch and wooden guide rails all repainted!!

I had to get the colour custom mixed, i took the top arch into the paint shop where my bandmate works and got him to match the colour for me, and put it into spray cans, i got two cans of the colour mixed, he got the colour match pretty damn good Its acrylic paint as i usually use on PFs and aprons etc.

I just got the top arch finished just a couple of hours ago.. stripped it back to bare metal, wiped it over with Prepsol and hit it with some etch primer, let it dry and rubbed it back with 400 grit wet&dry and water, then wiped it down with Prepsol again before spraying a about 3 coats of the colour.
I'll let these items cure for a day or so before i refit them to the PF, will post more pics when done!

With two cans of this colour mixed, plus a touchup can of the leftover colour that was given to me as well, i ended up with leftover paint, which, being an exact match for the colour on my Klondike pin BG, i'll use that paint to do some 'much needed' repairs to my Klondike backglass

[Mr Pinbologist]

I got the wood guides and and top arch fitted this afternoon

Before fitting the top arch piece i had to first polish up the ball gate and the metal mount for the rebound rubber, as well as the screw heads. The new rebound rubber from the rubber kit has been fitted as well.

Nearly finished now... i only have to polish up the ball trough components, and rebuild and install the bumpers (waiting on the new bumper bodies)..... and its pretty much finished!!

[deadlydave]

Great work as usual Mitch, looks very tidy 

[goodolddays]

Gday Mitch . I only have one word .. Wow ! 

[Bayview]

yep..she's looking a treat Mitch. Well done