Gottlieb Haunted House restoration (by Ian)

[63wizz]

Hi guys,slowly plugging away with this restore, I have finally finished the attic PF, here are a few before and after pics. enjoy.

cheers Ian

[MartyJ]

Wow,

That mini pf came out unreal.  Great stuff.....Looks NIB!!

[ddstoys]

I agree with marty that does look NIB great work

[Strangeways]

Great Update Ian - looks very nice !

[illawarra_steelers]

Agreed - thanks for posting Ian - that playfield looks brand new - you should be really happy (as I'm sure you are) 

[pinball god]

Looking good Ian. Been looking at a few resto threads and enjoy gaining more and more knowledge before really having a red hot go myself. One thing I read a lot of is "making a decal for the playfield" What materials are involved to successfully make this happen. I'm presuming not buying clear inkjet sticker paper from officeworks or am I mistaken?

I've printed stuff on my inkjet and find it a little amatureish looking. So like I mentioned earlier, I like to plan ahead and when thinking of removing mylar from my T2, I'd like to be prepared in case paint does lift rather than worry about it once it has occurred and spew for days not knowing whether I can do a satifactory job.

An example of what I mean is Marty has given me leads for insert decals if they lift, so if it happens, I'm at least confident that I got a chance to get back to square one and use the best decals available.

[63wizz]

Hi guys just slowly plodding along with this restore, i have stripped the main play field of all its parts, given it a wipe down with shellite,
got the magic eraser with isopropol? on to the ball swirl,these thing are magic.
some pics for your amusement.

cheers Ian.

[Strangeways]

Looks great Ian - The ME makes a huge difference !

[ddstoys]

Your doing a great job with this game makes me want to get myself another project already lol

[63wizz]

Hi guys,
I have being touching up the play field with acrylic paints, i got lucky i think as i didnt have to mix any colors, and the colors of the shelf were a very close match, any way i have finished the touch ups and have covered the whole play field with a mylar, not every ones choice i know, but it is the easiest option.
I have repopulated the play field and need to strip the flipper assemblies and clean them.
legs need rust removed and new leg levelers.
still a bit to do but getting very close now.

for those that like pics, look now.

Ian

[Strangeways]

Look at that shine ! Does not look like the same machine.

Your touch up work is excellent - the orange is very hard to tell if in fact it is a touch up

 

[ddstoys]

Looking really good there Ian there are some very talented people on this forum

[63wizz]

yea the play field at the top edge of the window was worn to wood as you can see, it come up pretty good if i do say so myself.
I need to get a new window, this one was painted gold on the under side so you could not see into the cabinet, because it didnt have the cellar PF installed, any way i thought i might try and scrape the paint off, it worked pretty good but got some scratches in it.
i saw some Black Hole windows on ebay so i hope some green HH ones come up.
also i will have to make a couple of plastics, one for the secret passage and one where the ball pops up to the attic.

Ian

[Pinfan]

Ian would like to know the brand and colour of the paint used for the touch up around the window please...

Mine needs doing also and yours looks fantastic....

[63wizz]

Ian would like to know the brand and colour of the paint used for the touch up around the window please...

Mine needs doing also and yours looks fantastic....

Hi Pinfan the paints were purchased from Spotlight.

Ian