kings and queens

[mark jackson]

...the blank playfield (which started this whole affair) ...almost complete but for two small metal bits and the p'field plastics. Can you tell which two bits are not there???

[mark jackson]

...just one more...

[Strangeways]

WOW !

Patience has paid off. Outstanding !

[ktm450]

Fantastic results, looks great 

[ddstoys]

Thats looking awsome Mark.   i Still have the lift mech here but having trouble finding the playfield brackets did you want me to post what i have then  post the rest if i find them?

[goodolddays]

Great looking playfield Mark . This game is going to look fantastic  . I sure admire your persistence.

[mark jackson]

Thanks for your positive comments and support. Daniel, if you could just keep aside the relevant bits that would be great. ... I'm still 'waiting on' for the 60's wedgehead cabinet. When (if) I get this it will come with no rails, no metal at all, so when it arrives I'll put up the flag for all of those metal pieces. If you had said to me when I began this job that the hardest part would be finding a cabinet, I would have thought you were speaking a foreign language. This really 'burns' as I have had very generous offers from US, a couple of guys are happy just to give me a cabinet.... Sadly, the freight costs just put it out of the game.
   While I'm here, I'll mention a few parts that I'm still trying to find
1. A back door from any wedgehead.
2. The 'U' shaped metal on the base of the head which the back door sits in.
3. Small metal 'bridge' part (rectangular with a curve to it) which sits across the ball shooter lane, up near where the balls leave the lane and enters the playfield.
4. The funny metal bit which attaches from the apron to the outside right timber lane piece. This is where the ball actually comes up to the firing lane.

I know that pinball resource has these small metal bits but if I don't have to give my bank $25 for making a US dollar draft, then I'd rather not. Every time I have to get a US draft, I just can't help but tell the bank that it's akin to legalised robbery. They must be sick of hearing this from me but I look on it as my duty to tell them this. If they get enough customers complaining about their outrageous fees, then MAYBE they'll re-think this greedy self serving attitude they have to their customers.....You know the 'customers' ... the people that put their money in a bank and make it possible for them to have and stay in business.
   As it's a rainy day today ther'll be no pinball work done. I might get 'online' and play my favourite western game 'The Call Of Juarez'. Is anyone else into this fun but timewasting activity? Have agreat day everyone. Cheers, Mark

[mark jackson]

I've been doing the 2nd head of Kings & Queens. I'll put up some pics of the 'webbing' I did, and the 'tool' I use to to this. I always try to get the skewer fibres to be mangled at the end and pointing in different directions. Then I wipe off most of the paint on paper. Then you can give it a bit of a twirl on the box and get that 'random squiggle' look that these machines originally had. This is a hard part of cabinet restoration. I guess there are a lot of different methods but this is as close as I know how to get it. I also work on the premise that "less is more" when it comes to webbing on the box.

[mark jackson]

Hi Everyone, ...a few pics.

[mark jackson]

...The pics are: The inside of the head that I made, after the wiring has been tied by the waxy string. It maked the whole thing very stable and 'strong'.
There's a couple of shote of the two heads I've redone, and one pic of the 'blank' playfield, which was the start of all this.
It seems like I can pick up a cabinet next week. It will be missing the rails, and all the cabinet metal pieces. Mike Shalhoub has the front piece for me, but I'm on the hunt for everthing else. I'll put some pics up soon of all this metal. Basically, if it's metal and comes off a wedgehead, then I guess I need it. If anyone has this stuff for sale, please let me know. The cabinet is the last main component to deal with, and I'm exhausted looking for parts and bits and stuff for this restoration. It's been fun, but all good things come to an end and I'm looking forward to finishing this. Along the way I've really done 2 'Kings & Queens'. ...   

[ddstoys]

Ive still got them rails here and the ball lift assembly when your ready Mark

[millsy]

Coming along nicely - will look great next to your Sweethearts.

[mark jackson]

Thanks guys, I'll put up a few pics. .... I finally got a five ball push-up cabinet, which I'll also show. So, I'm now "putting up my hand" regarding the metal parts for this cab. Rails, push-up stuff, plunger unit, Gottlieb's locking bar and brackets, the 2 pieces of metal found where the glass fits up into the machine, close to the head, 60's flipper 'actuating arms' I think they're called, the weird 'M' shaped metal for holding the playfield inside the cab, even the metal rings for where the flipper buttons go, and of course the big metal which sits on top of the front panel. .... gee, there's a lot of stuff when I list it all so any help with this will be really appreciated. Anyway, some pics. Cheers, Mark

[mark jackson]

....the cab .....

[mark jackson]

.. a fistful of pics, ... and a few pics more.