Thought I would update this thread as I have done a lot this week.
In no particualr order here you go ..........

The Coin Door

Here is a look at how it arrived.
It is amazing how annoying NOT having a lock on a door is to be honest.



I went and got some Metal Hammer paint - this stuff.



I sanded the door back with 400 and 360 paper so it was as smooth as I could get it.
Here is a look after 2 coats - this is a wet pic.



I found that this paint was best to use in 2 decent coats and then one light coat to finish it off as that seemed to take any 'blotchiness' out of your final end result - worked for me.
Obviously the door trims and bolt heads are done with this as well.





I have a new lock on order and also a STERN door sticker and I will re-make the credit button surround soon.



You should also notice a vast difference in the coin insert section as well.
This was cleaned with a MILD steel wool and CLR and then polished with 'Reflections' chrome cream - my product of choice.

I also created new 'Free Play' text cards and cut new red translucent covers for them using this stuff.
It came in the standard red and also a matching ( to the old pinball style ) translucent deeper red - I got the deep red stuff.

*** I have about 2 x A4 size sheets of this left- so if anyone wants an offcut to do thier game PM me and I will send you enough to do ONE coin door ***





Pretty happy with this result 

I have a new shooter rod and beehive cover coming , so the front of this game will look sweet when finally finished.


The Backglass re-colour continues

I have purchased the full size sheet of perspex.
I realise I will have to cut rectangular sections in it so that once it is placed against the rear of my BG that it can fit in around the displays as they sit hard up against the BG normally.
I will show that when I do it.

In the meantime I am creating copies of the cards so that I can stick them on the BACK of my piece of perspex to be used as 'placement guides' for the red pieces of polycarbonate and cellophane I will be using.
Once I have stuck the new red pieces in thier final place these 'placement templates will be removed forever.

I started by stitching the scanned images together in Photoshop to recreate the cards image.
You can see I have my Layer 2 at 60% so that I can 'see through it ' to make sure it sits in the exact right spot.



Here is the same image with Layer 2 viewd normally.






Then I had to find distinct points to help me create the templates at the correct sizes.



I then had to 'translate' or re-create those measurements into my files I had scanned in Photoshop so that these templates will print to the EXACT same size as the cards on the actual BG.

You can see below I used the hieght measurement of the Jack and the width between the furthest left point of the 1 and the centre of the K in the King card.




And here I am using the 'ruler guides' in Photoshop to make sure I have those spots placed and measured correctly.



On Monday I will print this image , just in simple plain old black and white on our A3 printer at work.
Then I can cut it and size test it on the actual BG.

More soon.............



The Playfield

I have pretty much completed the playfield apart from the bumper caps and waiting to recieve a new set of drop targets.
Here are various shots of it from start to finish.
I dont need to go through all that I do as most of us here realise how to get the shine back in a playfield these days.

My method of choice remains a clean with Wax and Grease remover, a MILD wipe over with Orange Solvent, then the Novus 3, then Novus 2 to finish off.
I have re-flattened the playfield plastics.
Lightly sanded and ( brush ) clear on the top holes.
Re-rubbered and globed.
Cleaned all PF posts and uses new screws where possible.
I have hand painted new black around all the PF inserts as well.

Here ya go....the old.

Take note of the ( so called ) chrome parts and compare later.








Here is the playfield stripped of 95% of parts and cleaned initially.
I am waiting on new skirts so I will do the bumpers later.



I re-painted VERY lightly the white wood strips with a Satin White.









New Spinner Decals on, bracket polished and clean posts back in the game.






Starting to see the PF shine come out and the chrome like a mirror now





The new look top holes - I didnt go TOO crazy with sanding these - just smoothed em to 'baby's bum' status and then cleared.







All posts on and lit - ready for the rubbers and plastics to go back on





And how she looks today - just waiting on a few parts.
New acorn nuts on plastics as well.

New cards made for the apron.
I re-wrote the rules so to speak , in an order that should be more 'understandable' to a player.



I still have to do the playfield wear fix and re-spray the black lines on the apron card surrounds - but it's coming along fairly nicely