The pics above show the coin door reinstalled and the side rails, which were removed prior to painting. The side rails were fairly scratched so I decided to try polishing these out as best as I could. First I placed them on my bench, and block sanded them with 80 grit wet/dry sandpaper to remove most of the scratches, then sanded them again with 220 grit and then finally 400 grit to get them nice and smooth. Finally I polished them with Auto sol metal polish to bring out a nice shine before reattaching them to the cabinet.
The coin door was completely stripped of all parts and paint before doing any work. I had the holes that were drilled by a previous owner welded up during a visit back home to Port Macquarie, my brother did the welding for me.. Also I got him to repair the leg bolt fixing plates by welding 3/8” nuts to the backs of them, thereby repairing the stripped out original threads.
On returning to Armidale, I straightened out the dents in the coin door as best as I could before spraying both sides with automotive primer/filler. This was allowed to dry, and then I sanded it back with 400-wet/dry paper, wiped it down with Prepsol before spraying the door in silver acrylic, rather than hammer finish, which I know now is what the original finish is (it may get re-done one day). Once completely dry all of the parts were cleaned/polished and refitted to the door. The 2nd pic below shows the finished coin door installed. Notice too the coin entry plastics which I remanufactured by scanning the original and editing the image in photostudio. Then I printed the image onto clear adhesive label and stuck them onto pieces of clear polycarbonate plastic. New locks for the coin door and backglass were purchased and fitted.
The original “beehive” shooter assembly was cleaned up, drilled out and a new shooter sleeve from Mr. Pinball fitted and painted in gloss white acrylic before refitting to the cabinet. A new shooter rod and springs were installed.
The legs were very dodgy looking so I completely stripped the old paint off them with a clean n strip disc and a wire wheel in an electric drill before spraying them in acrylic primer filler. After the primer had dried I sanded the primer back smooth, them sprayed them with several coats of acrylic gunmetal grey followed by clear topcoat. I know they probably should be silver hammer finish too, like the door, but these were gunmetal in colour so I repainted them in that colour. New leg levelers were screwed in and the leg bolt heads were cleaned up with the clean n strip disc in the drill and polished.
