Message #184325

[Mr Pinbologist]

OKAAAYYYY... So somehow by fart-arseing around with folders on Photo Bucket i have managed to screw up my pics in the previous posts  
NOT HAPPY  

Anyway some new pics, showing where i'm up to, Touch-ups completed and playfield remylared.








I made NEW wood side rails for the playfield, as the original vinyl (or contact??) rails were in a bit of a sorry state. So rather than try to refurbish the originals i decided it'd be a LOT quicker just to re-make them. I purchased a 3 meter length of 12mm x 30mm Tassie Oak from Bunnings and had it trimmed down to the correct dimensions (1 1/8 inch high). Rather than wasting time and money trying to source some new covering for them i decided to just paint them.

A couple of coats of primer followed by a few coats of black had them looking the part! Because i didn't put heaps of primer/filler on them the wood grain is still visible so they actually look pretty close to the originals  




And fitted to the playfield!




More parts being fitted;






One of the ball trough guides needed repair, one of the mounting legs was broken off so i fashioned a new angle bracket and attached it to the guide.




The stainless guide from the top extra ball lane had a mounting leg missing, so i raided a replacement leg from an old Stern guide i found in my stash of parts, and fitted it using small screws and nuts.






A few more pics showing where i'm up to so far.. Shouldn't be too much longer now!!