Gottlieb Genie Restoration

[Strangeways]

Very nice, impressed.
Is that the first time you have used Frisket film? great stuff.
Did you print/make the '000 mask section. And then cut out with a pen knife?

My T2 playfield has been clearcoated, pics look amazing, will see it in person soon. Cabinet prepped and ready for colour!

T

I use Frisket all the time for playfield restorations. Gavin did the mask for the bonus numbering. I placed the mask on the red section and airbrushed the white areas.

The playfield restoration is done. There are still minor things I pick up on, but it is getting to the point where I need to step back and just move ahead with the clearcoat.







The playfield will be cleared and I'm moving on to other parts of the restoration.

[oldskool1969]

mmmmmmm very nice, great artwork and well preserved for the future. Lucky owner 

[Mr Pinbologist]

Lookin' great Nino 

Can't wait to see the end result!!

[pinball god]

Saw this in the flesh last week and looks great.

[Strangeways]

The playfield touch up and clearcoat part of the restoration is completed. I'm thrilled with the results. It has been a long hard road, but I've learned a lot and we have the clearcoat process on the older games down to a fine art now. The owner saw the playfield "in the flesh" today and he was very happy.

First of all - here is what I started with ;




Here are the photos taken today ;



















On the home stretch now !

[Retropin]

Shiny shiny!!! Looks lovely mate...

[GORGAR 1]

Far out that looks sensational :) one lucky owner there I wonder who it is??

[pinball god]

Dunno if the owner would be happy, but I sure would be. Btw I know the owner is stoked. 

[pinnies4me]

Stunning!

[Crashramp]

I have to say after dropping by today that the pictures don't do it justice, I couldn't be happier.  The playfield really is stunning, just like the cabinet. I can't wait to see it all installed, Nino has done an awesome job of it. You can clearly see he's gone the extra mile at every turn, it's on the home straight and I can't wait to get it home. 

[tonyt]

Sensational job Nino, has come up a treat.

[riverinapinball]

Purely a thing of Beauty

[greenechidna]

And this is where patience pays off...High Hand will definitely benefit from all this collected wisdom.

Having seen the cabinet restore and now this  playfield finish, the whole project has been upgraded to a much higher grade outcome. Every thing from the replating to the stencilling to the finishes used has improved out of sight since  I went with APR for a grail project and I couldn't be happier.

It's great to see a whole bunch of skill and knowledge come together to get this sort of result

[Strangeways]

And this is where patience pays off...High Hand will definitely benefit from all this collected wisdom.

Having seen the cabinet restore and now this  playfield finish, the whole project has been upgraded to a much higher grade outcome. Every thing from the replating to the stencilling to the finishes used has improved out of sight since  I went with APR for a grail project and I couldn't be happier.

It's great to see a whole bunch of skill and knowledge come together to get this sort of result

This is where future projects will benefit. I cannot even image the hours I put into this playfield, but I enjoyed ever minute. when I looked at this playfield and the high Hand - I thought the High Hand would be impossible. But the techniques and "tricks" I've learnt from the Genie have been expanded on to the high Hand. Techniques with lettering I learnt on "Ace's High" will be applied to High Hand. what seemed to be be very difficult, can be broken into smaller sections and as the puzzle comes together, the playfield becomes the original work of art - and that is what we are doing - replicating the art. The playfield restoration of the Surf Champ has led to around 4-5 years of EM playfield restorations. but I feel the high Hand has the potential to be my best work.

[greenechidna]

When we First agreed on High Hand it was a mid level restoration a la Buccaneer.

My expectations have risen in that time over the course of collecting a bunch of really nice pins. At first I just wanted a reliable player. Now my taste for a shiny bit of eye candy has become more of a priority.

Going to Cams last weekend broke my brain in a nice way.....to see all those sweet machines playing like new. Mitch is turning out some really high end results.

The whole game has been taken up several notches....it's a good time to be investing in a restored machine if youre prepared to be patient.