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Offline Mr Pinbologist

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Re: Buck Rogers Restoration
« Reply #60 on: January 28, 2014, 04:54:36 PM »

Stencils - Ask Retropin (Gavin) if he has plans for this title, or if he can make you a set. He is the licensed Gottlieb stencil guy. His stencils are by far the best on the market. I've know that he has created stencils for some games to CORRECT mistakes made by other stencil manufacturers. From a professional standpoint, I can't afford to use inaccurate and badly drawn stencils. Can't wait for the full Paragon set !

With this cabinet, if the stencils are not going to be made, you can make your own using tracing paper, acetate sheets and about 50 hours of creating them. I've done it a couple of times years ago with good results.

I made my own stencils when i restored my Buck Rogers. I used white cardboard for the stencil material, traced the designs on the cab onto tracing paper (one tracing for each colour) then transferred that onto the cardboard.. i think i placed the tracing over the cardboard and just cut straight thru the tracings into the cardboard from memory, rather than tracing onto the cardboard with carbon paper. Takes a lot of time, and Buck is one of the more intricate stencils to trace/cut that i have done.

I still have the stencils i made for mine (i have kept every set i have ever made) and they can be reused several times. Unfortunately they are not the kind of thing i can roll up and pack into a tube to send to someone to use, as they need to be stored flat, and rolling them up would render them unusable.

As Nino suggest, contacting Gavin might be your best bet unless you want to have a go at making them yourself.