Hi guys just a quick update of the things done today...
The 1st pic shows a mod i did to the light board in the backbox. Note the chip board strips marked with the red arrows... the two lower strips used to be one long strip which went from left to right, blocking light from Mr Universe's head on the backglass. So i decided this was something i had to change.. now normally i dont like modifying games in this way too much, but i felt that this mod was definitely needed on THIS game. I cut and bent a piece of 20mm x 25mm angle aluminium strip to fit into the area where i'd cut out the chipboard light blocking strips. As an added bonus, there was already a hole drilled in the lightboard for a light socket behind Mr Universe's head, so i just need to fit a socket and lamp here so Mr Universe is fully lit!!
2nd and 3rd pics show the coin entry plate being painted. This is made from chrome plated plastic on this game, and the chrome was damaged and peeling off in places and looked like crap (didnt get any pics of this damage). So what i did was to sand the coin entry plate back with 220 grit sandpaper and spray on some acrylic etch primer I did about three coats, sanding back between coats, then spraying on some silver acrylic. hopefully the etch primer and silver will stay put and not peel off, otherwise i'll have to try to find another Zac coin entry plate. I masked off the area with the name as the chrome there was still in good nick.
