Message #93173

[Jango]

A small update on progress on the Spacies machine... I have completely stripped the playfield (not in the pics but its now done) and I have removed all of the clear contact that had been placed on the machine.  It all came off very easily using a hairdryer and going very slowly and carefully.  The artwork under the clear contact is just superb and the colours are extremely vibrant.  Quite amazed how its been protected.

Here are some pics taken whilst removing the clear contact.










Here are some pics taken whilst tearing down the playfield.  As you can see the playfield is very dirty but its actually had the affect of preserving the artwork etc.  I will also remove the black wooden siderails and clean those and repaint with some Whiteknight satin black






























Once the playfield was stripped, I hit it with my treasurecove cleaning kit.  It has come up absolutely beautifully.  I have only done the clean so far and have not done the wax as yet.  I have also started on the underside, taking a tonne of pics to aid me when I need to do reassembly.  I have purchased a tonne of new parts from the US including new switch targets, all new coils for the entire machine, pop bumper caps and assemblies, finned red posts, switches etc etc and have been busy preparing bits and pieces (soldering new diodes and capacitors to target switches etc).  I've taken some time to really have a good look at the underside and noted that the flipper assemblies had wires that had come loose etc.  I have all new rebuild kits for those as per Nino's specs from his install.

I am also thinking of installing red Cointaker leds in the playfield

Also here are a few pics of the newly rebuild boards installed into the headbox.  Again, I have cleaned the wiring basically wire by wire with Nifty, babywipes and an old towel and they have come up magic.








I am in the home stretch now with this recondition of this machine.  I have all new insert decals so I am thinking of maybe removing the inserts and reapplying etc.  I also have a new apron decal from the US