F14 Tomcat resto

[Mr Pinbologist]

Spinner replace, the original one was long gone, someone had fitted an early Stern spinner which was broken so i found another one and made decals to suit.





Assembling the new light domes onto the new plastics.. new plastic and old for comparison.

After my attempts to buy the rivets locally had failed i eventually found them on the PSPA website. I made myself a rivet punch on the lathe to fit them.

[Mr Pinbologist]

Here is some of the butchery i found under the playfield; this is from one of the kickers in the center playfield!!





New parts on the left, old on the right. Notice the worn old pivot in the middle of the pic; I decided to make new ones up on the lathe to save time, rather than buying new. The new one i machined up is in the bottom left corner of the pic.
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I did this with the sling kicker pivots as well.. had them all done in a few hours rather than ordering new ones and waiting a week 









Assembly nearly complete, testing before installing the playfield back into the cab.

[Strangeways]

For a game that was hugely popular back in it's heyday, it is rare to see such a nice game. Playfield looks AMAZING - 

[Crashramp]

 Looking great.   

[swinks]

looking great, nice workmanship

[Mr Pinbologist]

Last update;

Game now done and dusted 

About time too as its has been a bloody nightmare to do













I ended up using LEDS for the G.I under the plastics to reduce heat and save wear and tear on power supply/connectors etc.
Looks MUCH betterer 

[Strangeways]

Amazing restoration - As always ! Well done 

[Mr Pinbologist]

Thanks Nino, and thanks for your help with the topper domes and plastics 

I took the game off the trolley this afternoon while Ian (howzat) was over and we played a few games on it (Ian is my official game tester and play tests every game before it leaves)  It has his seal of approval 

It plays FAST!! It was actually TOO fast (and tilted easily) as i had the leg levellers set too steep at the back. After resetting the levellers front and back and adjusting the tilt slightly, it played much better 

[Crashramp]

Looks fantastic all lit up, great work.

[swinks]

looks incredible, well done

[howzat]

I had fun testing it today
everthing worked as it should    the owner will love it       Nice job Mitch

[pinball god]

 

[goodolddays]

Looks FANTASTIC now . Must find one of these to play some time

[Mr Pinbologist]

Thanks for the kind words guys  

Some before and after pics just for shits n giggles  


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It is SOOOO good to finally have this one done  

As i said in a previous post it has been a farkin' nightmare job that fought me every step of the way.

Also in all honesty i can say i dont think i ever want to do another one.. especially a playfield.. or ANY Wms playfield for that matter with those inserts!!