PART 2 - reverse hidden text.
At this point its pretty much a necessity to have a vinyl plotter or at least access to one.. if you can supply a file then most sign companies will cut the text for you for a bit of cash.
The hidden text is cut in reverse in stencil mask.. these are then applied to the back of the glass. Zaccaria games dont have a lot of blockout on them and so i only cut what i needed to.
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse9.jpg)
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse10.jpg)
Once in place standard silver enamel from a spray can is applied
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse12.jpg)
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse11.jpg)
Let this dry completely and using a scalpel, the mask can be removed. At this point i regretted not cutting a full strip of stencil to go along the bottom as the masking tape lead to some slight bleeding.. not overly disastrous.. more bloody irritating!
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse1.jpg)
At this stage on a normal backglass you really only have to remove the score windows... Zaccaria glasses are different and so a lot more is cut away. All this is done over a lightbox so i can see exactly what im doing. The light bulbs are interesting to cut!
![Confused ^&^](http://www.aussiepinball.com.au/Smileys/classic/Confus_24.gif)
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse2.jpg)
Once all the image is cut i can remove the centre piece thats not required.. i cut this down the middle to make it 2 smaller sections.. try to do it all at once and you risk cocking it up.
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse3.jpg)
Centre piece now removed..
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse4.jpg)
Flip the glass over on the lightbox and you can see all hidden text and get a good idea of how she looks
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse5.jpg)
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse6.jpg)
And now with backlight off, we get to see the normal glass
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse7.jpg)
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/retropin/DRreverse8.jpg)
And she's all done!.. Now i can put the glass trim on and fit to the machine. I forgot i havent yet made the neon for this, but once its done ill post a final pic