I had a break - a week off at the beach. Naturally, I picked the week that the weather was the coldest Summer weather in 50 years
Been back on the Terminator 3. Still working on the playfield. All the mechanisms are rebuilt with new coil sleeves, and worn or broken parts are replaced. Here's a typical scenario - I've tumbled the pop bumper rings, but they are still dull. I hand buff them on the buffer, and they look better than new ! In the pic below, the upper ring is hand polished.
The ball trough is also cleaned and rebuilt. Re assembly does not take too long. As per usual, the metal ball guides are regrained and all other hardware is tumbled and some polished on the buffer wheel.
My HUGE LED order from RTBB arrived. This game will be fully kitted out with LEDS. Here's some pictures of some experimentation with different colors and types on the playfield. Concentrating on the GI areas to bring out the Blue of the plastics. Red is also another color that will be highlighted.
While I was stripping the game, I noticed two of the 89 Globes had burnt out the blue hoods. These were replaced and I will double check that there is no issue with these lights. They are going to be replaced by LEDs.
Here's the plastic that was also burnt from the globe. I purchased a replacement which I will install.
Here's some really cool shots of the game with LEDS installed. It looks awesome at night !
I think the mirrored panels on the sides would look great in this machine.
