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Offline Romano

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My First Ever restoration
« on: July 13, 2009, 12:51:35 PM »
Greetings All,

just posting a couple of before and after shots of my very first restoration. It was a Gottlieb "High Hand".

Cheers.
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2009, 01:10:00 PM »
Wow that original almost looked like a write-off!!  Nice work there Sandro :)
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2009, 01:28:20 PM »
Is the after shots the same playfield? Jezuzz!  #*# #*# #*#
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2009, 01:30:44 PM »

Nice work - Do you have any "during" photos ?
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2009, 01:53:50 PM »
awesome work!

out of interest, did you clear coat or mylar the playfield after the restoration process was complete?
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2009, 02:21:58 PM »
Quote from: shansta on July 13, 2009, 01:28:20 PM
Is the after shots the same playfield? Jezuzz!  #*# #*# #*#

Yes it is.
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2009, 02:23:12 PM »
Quote from: Strangeways on July 13, 2009, 01:30:44 PM

Nice work - Do you have any "during" photos ?

I certainly do. I will dig them out and post. They are on another computer, but wont be a problem to find.
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2009, 02:26:13 PM »
Quote from: Ric on July 13, 2009, 01:53:50 PM
awesome work!

out of interest, did you clear coat or mylar the playfield after the restoration process was complete?

Greetings Ric, it was a clearcoat of automotive finish. I did the same on my drop-a-card and it too came up a treat. the only difference is that I took the drop-a-card to an autofinisher because I was not going to get a chance to do it myself for some time. Took it to the guy and had it done overnight for $50.00.

Sandro.
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2009, 03:32:13 PM »
Quote from: Romano on July 13, 2009, 02:23:12 PM
Quote from: Strangeways on July 13, 2009, 01:30:44 PM

Nice work - Do you have any "during" photos ?

I certainly do. I will dig them out and post. They are on another computer, but wont be a problem to find.

And here they are:
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2009, 03:36:52 PM »
Quote from: Romano on July 13, 2009, 02:23:12 PM
Quote from: Strangeways on July 13, 2009, 01:30:44 PM

Nice work - Do you have any "during" photos ?

I certainly do. I will dig them out and post. They are on another computer, but wont be a problem to find.

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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2009, 04:02:27 PM »
Thanks for posting those Sandro :)  Hey what's the stopwatch for?
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Re: My First Ever restoration
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2009, 04:07:53 PM »
Excellent work mate!

The shot with you in it - you look a tad frustrated!

Just one question - not a beer bottle in sight - please explain!

Wouldn't of been that long ago that game would of been parted out, or simply thrown out!
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2009, 04:17:23 PM »
i know that look of frustration - I must have had that look on my face heaps of times in the past few weeks...

A great job and thanks for the reply regarding the auto clear

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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2009, 04:23:47 PM »
Quote from: Evro on July 13, 2009, 04:02:27 PM
Thanks for posting those Sandro :)  Hey what's the stopwatch for?

The stopwatch was so that I could keep track of how many hours went into the artwork restoration (was 53hrs 23mins and 17seconds); starting and stopping the clock accordingly.

Sad, I know....
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« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2009, 04:44:24 PM »
that is torture

it shows complete dedication

I have spent hours just mixing colours to get it right - the way I knew how time was flying was how many times I had to change the record yet still hadn't painted one brush stroke
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