''King Pin'' resto

[ralph67]

These are early shots of the game being restoed for a collector here in the west, She needs quite a lot of work, play field to touch up ,backglass 5/10 and they sprayed oil on everything! Cabinet will be repainted and restenciled. So far i have  polished metal trim. Legs, Lockdown mech and Door hinge repainted using 2 coats etch primer and 3 coats of hammer silver with a real light sand between coats. use wattle epoxy paints as they are far tougher. many new parts to go on game, Coin door and coin entrance plate, shooter assembly ,leg bollts/levelers ect also most playfied plastcs will be replaced, flipper kits to go in and all units striped, cleaned and serviced, resleeved ect hope you like ...more to follow....

[ralph67]

 Extra 'King Pin' before shots, just finished cleaning headbox inners. striped cleaned score reels,i use 'tonizone' lemon oil/ beeswax on score faces as it will not harm the ink. Score reels and stepper units all cleaned out including the pcb boards in score reels and wiper plates ect . Found contact missing on eos switch from 10 pt score reel which had cooked 10 point relay coil! Also another eos swich is missing. o just need to solder new coil and switch and the headbox is ready . 

[pinnies4me]

Big job, but worth it for this title,  love mine.

You mentioned new plastics - who does these?

[Strangeways]

One of my favorite EMs. This title will look great when finished. Looking forward to the updates 

[chillie]

So am I.

"The Owner"

[Strangeways]

So am I.

"The Owner"

First EM ?

[ralph67]

Big job, but worth it for this title,  love mine.

You mentioned new plastics - who does these?

i had the top plastic remade others were ok but new plastic posts,bumper bodies,caps and flipper bats will be fitted

[pinnies4me]

Big job, but worth it for this title,  love mine.

You mentioned new plastics - who does these?

i had the top plastic remade others were ok but new plastic posts,bumper bodies,caps and flipper bats will be fitted

I didn't think there were repros around, I hoped you had sourced them. How did the top remade one come out? That's actually the only one I would want too as it is slightly cracked, and I suspect the one that is most at risk anyway - any for sale?

[chillie]

Yes 1st EM for me. I have a second EM that I will be selling shortly as I can not find the love for it.

Chris

[ralph67]

Big job, but worth it for this title,  love mine.

You mentioned new plastics - who does these?

i had the top plastic remade others were ok but new plastic posts,bumper bodies,caps and flipper bats will be fitted

I didn't think there were repros around, I hoped you had sourced them. How did the top remade one come out? That's actually the only one I would want too as it is slightly cracked, and I suspect the one that is most at risk anyway - any for sale?

pinprick made it for me the colours are not perfect but better than the original ill ask him about one hes working on getting the colours right

[howzat]

Hi Ralph  Im also looking fwd to this resto    what a classic old game     

Im sure it will come out nice      Howzat

[ralph67]

Just finished sanding cabinet and head box back to bare timber almost ready to undercoat and finished the putting new switches and coil sleeves in headbox Recieved new door,coin plate etc from pbr,here is some pics of the parts that ive finished and the remade plastics

[goodolddays]

I think the new plastics turned out really well Ralph 

[Strangeways]

Can't help but get excited when a PBR order arrives full of goodies for an EM restore. Keep up the good work, Ralph !

[swinks]

Very nice work on the restore, those plastics look good.