Stern Galaxy Restoration

[Sinbad79]

Has anyone had any experience with this stuff for DIY stencils?

(Fuji Xerox) White Bond Paper $10
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/fuji-xerox-white-bond-paper-610mm-x-50mm-x-50m-4-pack-fxbond4pk

and

(Fuji Xerox) Tracing Paper $50
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/xerox-tracing-paper-roll-xewftp150m?cm_vc=cross-sell

[Sinbad79]

Not much progress really but tonight I traced the LHS backbox artwork.. Will continue tomorrow night once I get my hands on some cardboard...

[Sinbad79]

A low tack adhesive specifically for stencils....

http://www.rustoleumaerosols.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=523&osCsid=98js7jhbpj5bgvv94je4o8cpg0

Has anyone had any experience with this stuff - looks to be real handy for home made stencils

[Sinbad79]

and for anyone reading...
Local craft shop suggested i use polypropylene sheets for the stencils...

http://www.eckersleys.com.au/products/polypropylene-sheets

[Sinbad79]

Alright so progress tonight.

Yellow stencil for backbox is complete. The process I took was to sandwich the tracing paper with the traced image in between two pieces of polypropylene. Then with a Sharp hobby knife, score the image on both the top side and bottom side son as to get two identical stencils....LHS & RHS.

Then pull it apart and finish off the cuts.

Here is the yellow stencil.

[Sinbad79]

This stencil can in fact be used for both LHS & RHS in this instance.

[Sinbad79]

Finished stencils - both red and yellow

[ralph67]

And so after an averseas holiday and waiting for the chrome shop to finish the last pieces, here it is, all finished.

Legs refurbished with new feet and rubbers too.

It's come up real nice for a terd! What is the blue button for? Bog that up! when you repaint her, I would also use the correct leg bolts if you have them. looks nice

[Sinbad79]

It's a credit button some genious decided would be a good idea, will definitely get patched up.

[Sinbad79]

Theres no turning back now, was always in two minds about selling or restoring this game and after trying to sell it unsuccessfully (Gtree and ePay) have decided to strip it and restore the cabinet and keep it, especially since a new backglass is on order from BGResto.

One thing i did notice - which i never knew before, is that Stern actually used hardwood in these cabs - impressive!
This cabinet is in particularly good condition structurally, so should make for a rather straight forward resto.

Pulled and stripped the backbox last night and began sanding. Not much progress yet, more to come tonight...


(some teaser pics)

Note to Moderators: Can you please re-title the topic of this thread to Stern Galaxy Restoration - Thx

[studley67]

the front part on my galaxy headbox is painted black.not sure whats original.get up the resto,mate

[Sinbad79]

Backbox stripped, puttied and sanded, ready for a high build 2 pack primer.

Pics attached.

[Boots]

Looking good Evan

[ralph67]

yes my "Galaxy" is black on the front , My one is Aussie built  LAI, Black inside and out and the Aussie one's Artwork seem to be Silkscreened whereas the US made were stencilled, IE you can see underspray   The Aussie made pins are a really smooth finish,  The Black looks almost full gloss but not 100% sure
 

[Sinbad79]

Thanks Ralph, mine is the same as you describe, black inside and you can see the layers of paint where the red was layered ove the yellow.

What I am debating at the moment is whether I remove the ground plate and spray the inside as well... Thoughts?