Backglass and PF looks to be in really good shape 

Actually the backglass has alot of issues, but Lindsay arrested this as much as possible with TT.  There are areas where the paint is "hanging in there", but the damage should go no further.

Hey I love the topper in the 1st pic!   

Hey Lindsay, yes, should have removed that before taking the image!  That's one of my kid's old drinking cups (decorated with who knows what), and now used as temporary container for spare globes.

I think that I also recall you saying you could only own 2 pins at a time due to funds or storage space or something like that...looks like you broke that rule.

Well I suppose more funding was found


After cleaning the playfield with Nifti, it was time to turn the attention to the areas of the PF needing touchup.  There were a few areas where the paint had been beaten away over the years, and others were there were some minor touchups needed.

These were done basically with some basic paint pots and brush – nothing special here at all.  I raided my kid’s paint pots, and where needed, tried mixing paints to get as close a match as possible.  I wasn’t fussed with it looking exactly like it did when it came out of the factory, but certainly was looking for a decent improvement.

Here’s an area usually affected alot on this machine, as I have seen in images of other Delta Queen’s – above the middle eject hole.  The paint was quite worn here, and I was happy with the end result.






Another area – significant wear on the right side of the left pop bumper and a bit on the left side of the same pop bumper (near “8000”).  There were a number of areas such as this one around the GI lighting hole to be addressed.






After touchup.






More areas – I wasn’t too happy with the colour match for the gold in the end, but left it at that.