Doctor Who Restore

[turbo27]

Next on my restoration cue is Doctor Who.
If I have played this game it was a long time ago and only a few times at best.

It's going to be a full re-decal and replace of broken parts (that I can source), everything cleaned and rebuilt.

I purchased the game partially dis-assembled. The strip down of the playfield had started, parts have been labelled but it's going to be a big ask for me to put it all back to together without the reference of pulling it apart.
Cabinet is actually really good, removed a few rogue screws from the underside, and re-glued and clamped.
The headboard was a little rougher. After removing the corner brackets she almost few to pieces. Lots of glue and clamps.
Electronics look pretty good. Both power driver and sound board have been used for testing, so a least I know I'm on a winner there. The rest is unknown.

The before pictures

[turbo27]

Cabinet was as expected very dirty.

The box of hopefully all the playfield components.

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Playfield removed and cleaned, big difference

[turbo27]

Overall the playfield is really nice.
Removed the mylar around the bumpers, and really just a jolly good scrub.

The main point of damage is on the 15 red inserts in front of the mini playfield.

Removed with a heat gun and gentle use of a rubber hammer and socket.

Cleaned, wet sanded on 400 then 1500, followed my novus 2 and buff.

Question - what type of glue are people using to re-fix the inserts.

[turbo27]

Cabinet was stripped using a heat gun and scrapper.
To remove the glue residue, soak white spirits and then scrap with a blade - comes off in balls
Glued and clamped where needed.

Body filler applied.

Sorry for the amount of posts - with only 4 photos per post it's difficult to show everything

[McKie1]

Cool write up. Thank you as we will have to re-decal our DW at some stage soon :)

[ddstoys]

Keep me in mind I have a few new Dr who parts

[turbo27]

Keep me in mind I have a few new Dr who parts

Sweet will do, cheers

[Boots]

Should come up nicely
Those red inserts look a lot better, not a fun job though

[Strangeways]

Rare to find a DR Who with almost all the insert decals intact. It is a tough job removing the 15 red inserts. Make sure you use a green scotchbrite to rough up the areas that sit against the playfield. I used super Glue Gel. Dispense the glue in the playfield cavity and drop each insert in the hole. Never apply glue to the insert as any surplus glue will gather on the playfield surface. Tedious and time consuming - but you do need to be careful.

[turbo27]

 ^^^thank you for the advice, truly appreciate it

[pinnies4me]

Nice work, thanks for sharing - a mate of mine has a Dr Who which I do enjoy to play when I am there.

[turbo27]

Small update, continued to sand and apply body filler.
Back box picture shows the 'balls' of glue after scrapping. If you don't do this step your sand paper continually blocks up and you end up wasting heaps of paper and time.

Cleaned lock down mechanism and gave it a polish - new decals applied.
Re-grained the lock down bar with 400 grit wet and dry and a spray of WD40. Followed by the polishing wheel

[ddstoys]

Looking good mate

[Crashramp]

Looking good mate

+1 nice work. She'll be looking like new in no time.