The Restoration begins: July 2003.
All of the hardware was removed from the cabinet. All of the boards and the backglass were removed from the back box and the back box and the playfield were removed from the cabinet.
First the stencils were made by tracing the artwork with tracing paper and then placing the tracing paper onto white cardboard and cutting out the shapes. The cabinet was paint stripped, then sanded back with 80 grit sandpaper, all major dents and scratches filled with automotive body filler and sanded back again with 220 grit then 400 grit sandpaper. It was sprayed with enamel undercoat and allowed to dry; I then sanded back the cab again with 400, wiped it down and sprayed on the black gloss enamel basecoat.
After the basecoat had dried the speckling was applied by dipping a toothbrush in thinned white paint, holding the brush about 2 feet away and scraping the bristles with a piece of plastic.
When the speckling had dried, the cabinet was laid over onto its side, (one side finished at a time). The stencils were placed on the cabinet, aligned properly and then weighted down with sockets, spanners or anything else I could find to hold them in position while spraying. The back box was done first. The yellow was sprayed first in several light coats (given about 10 – 15 minutes between coats), allowed to dry properly then the orange was sprayed on. The same technique was used for the cabinet (one side at a time, first yellow, then orange).
