Thanks for the kind words guys, much appreciated.
That Cabinet looks amazing Steve, how do you get your metal to come up like that? what sort of graining process? I really like how you finish a machine off!
Cheers: Brettski... :)
I take the door skin off the door assembly if needed to flatten any dents (and hopefully don't add any more dents in the process
). I then use a scotch brite and use this in a vertical motion up and down the front face of the skin to put a "grain" back into the skin.
The authenticity of the stencils is almost there. The EK stencils I have don't line up correctly. I'll have to fix that myself - not a major issue, as each game is different. No two machines are ever painted or stenciled correctly from factory as absolutely perfect. Customers always ask for overspray / underspray and the mistakes that were true to the original. It is great to see PP has learned from other's mistakes, and uses tried and trusted materials and processes.
Nino, maybe you have already, but if you haven't why not contact Jeff about this. For example on the NGS stencil I noticed from the images on his website (when he first put the NGS on his site) that the pattern was not quite right with the backbox stencil (he was missing some of the artwork), and he immediately corrected this. I have also read some examples that for some of the users where the stencil did not go as well as planned, that he resent a single stencil in the post to them at no cost. He really does seem like a top shelf guy. If you believe there is an error with the EK stencil, I would bring it to his attention as he seems like the kind of guy willing to listen to feedback.
Jezz you have good taste in games and that's some really nice work on the NGS I'd love to see more.
Thanks, I really love this era of pins from Bally, and was fortunate to be a kid/young teenager growing up during the late 1970's and enjoying these back in the day. OK, here's a few more images.
