Refinishing GOLD parts - Yes or No ?

[Strangeways]

that sucks about the gold plating, hopefully you can find another option. but if you had to get the coin toss chromed which i am going to do on mine. i dont think it would look out of place, it would look really good imo

It is going to cost $100 for the coin toss assembly, and there is no guarantee that the inside of the assy will "take" the plating in a uniform finish. The only viable option is to chrome plate the assembly - which would work well and cost $30.

Unless another option pops up - I'm going to polish the coin toss assembly and leave it "As is". MartyJ has TIG repaired the assy - so it will work 100%.

The gold ramp should be ready on Wednesday for pickup. I will post pictures.

[johnwartjr]

Michael Chestnut in the states has done plating for me and numerous other collectors out there.

He does parts in brass - not gold - and due to the volume he does, he has many parts ready for 'exchange' - you send in your 'core' part, and he returns a replated part with a bill.

Thinking I may have him brass my coin toss and wireforms when I get to that point. WCS is a great game.

I bought a NOS gold plated wireform off eBay years ago, and it was damaged in shipping. Too bad, as I got a great deal on it!

[Strangeways]

Michael Chestnut in the states has done plating for me and numerous other collectors out there.

He does parts in brass - not gold - and due to the volume he does, he has many parts ready for 'exchange' - you send in your 'core' part, and he returns a replated part with a bill.

Thinking I may have him brass my coin toss and wireforms when I get to that point. WCS is a great game.

I bought a NOS gold plated wireform off eBay years ago, and it was damaged in shipping. Too bad, as I got a great deal on it!

Greetings John !

I ended up having the wire ramp nickel plated and then gold plated. It is well worth the extra expense. I will post pictures tonight. The coin toss assembly was going to cost around $100 to gold plate, and the center section might not turn out well. I was advised that the coin toss area should be done in brass. In the end, I polished mine, and it looks fantastic.

[Strangeways]

Finally have pictures of the ramp. It was initially nickel plated and then GOLD plated. It looks AMAZING.

All I have to do not is a clearcoat over the GOLD and it can be fitted to the game. The clearcoat is optional, but the place that plated the ramp suggested that I take this extra step.

Here are some pictures of the ramp







I think the best result for the coin toss assembly is definitely BRASS. Gold is just too expensive. I ended up polishing the coin toss assy and it came up REALLY well !




I'm pleased with the results 

[GORGAR 1]

That ramp looks great Nino its so important as its a main show point of the game i reckon well done.

Peter

[ktm450]

It sure does look nice