Data East Star Wars High End Restoration

[Strangeways]

Black VS Blue

Those that have seen the cabinet in Black have been impressed. It has been renamed "The Dark Side of the Force" 

[coon82]

What a great idea. It looks awesome.

Like the new trademark too. 

[Strangeways]

Playfield has been touched up and clearcoated by Tim and Stu at HRP. There were some repairs to inserts etc - All the normal aspects of a tired playfield that have been restored. The result is exactly what you would expect - simply the best that is available anywhere. Pictures don't do it justice.













I might try to take some shots with better lighting.

[Mr Pinbologist]

Awesome work so far Nino (as per usual) 

The cab does look great having been done black instead of blue 

[Strangeways]

Awesome work so far Nino (as per usual) 

The cab does look great having been done black instead of blue 

I now have to do another TWO "Dark side of the force" restorations 

[KBRI1700]

Data East Star Wars - Pop Caps

[Strangeways]

All the mods and add ons have arrived over time. Bench full of them, and the biggest one (topper) isn't in the photos !




On to the playfield rebuild. All the parts are sorted and the broken, missing or worn are identified for replacement or repair.








All the parts are cleaned, washed, polished and tumbled !








Even the head locking assembly is polished !





Pop Bumpers rebuilt ;





New Target kits need to be assembled ;




Mechanism rebuilt - new switches in this example ;





All the #44 sockets needed to be replaced ;








Even the sockets on top of the playfield !





Playfield underneath is almost done !









New EMI Filter, power cable etc ..





Topside is also coming along nicely !











Next Update - Playfield done !

[ddstoys]

Looking good mate


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[KBRI1700]

 


Looking very nice!

[Strangeways]

More progress pictures. Really enjoy this part of the job, as all the planning, ordering, plating, painting all come together.

CPR Plastic set is a very nice addition - great timing for this restoration.










I love the blue plastic protectors in the photo below.



Standard clear plastic protectors on the Death Star entrance. I've never seen an unbroken set !







Will be moving on to complete the mechanisms under the playfield. Tim's plater has the metal ramps ready so hopefully they will be here this week. In the meantime, the boards will be refurbished, and I have some plans for the headbox lamp insert panel. There are some VERY cool mods going on the game, so the ones that I can install, will be done.

I'm very pleased with the puzzle as it comes together !

[Strangeways]

Parts that we replaced along the way ;

The ball trough mechanism ;






Death Star Target ;








Ball launch bracket was a butchered old bracket - so in goes the new replacement ;





Then the apron is installed





and a bling shot of the remainder of the playfield.





Currently, the boards have been refurbished and the speaker panel with interesting upgrades is almost done.

[onetaste]

Incredible resurrection, Nino! Make sure you put in the updated custom roms. Vast improvement over the original gameplay.

[pinnies4me]

Looks fantastic mate!

Incredible resurrection, Nino! Make sure you put in the updated custom roms. Vast improvement over the original gameplay.

I regret selling the one I had before those came out. I have the updated JP rom in that game, and now it is close to and in many cases exceeds the rules and gameplay of many B/W games of the era.

[Strangeways]

On the home stretch with this amazing transformation. The aim now is to have the game 100% working with the factory setup, then move to the mods and some custom mods that I think, will really set off the finished game.

Whilst working on the game, the colour LED display was released, and along with the speaker light kit and Flipper Fidelity speakers, it is going to be a busy speaker panel. After doing some research, the speaker panel and apron can be clearcoated, but with risks and there's no long term guarantee that it will last. So Tim advised of an awesome product called "Auto Glym". VERY expensive, but it gives the plastic parts the appearance of being cleared.

Before we start, clean the speaker panel, and mask off areas we don't want the product to be sprayed on ;






First pass - spray on, leave for 5 minutes, then buff off ;




I followed the application process four times, and here's the result ;





Mount the LED Display ;





Speaker panel installed ;





Apron - Same process ;








Metal Ramp - This was a VERY long saga. Can't be chrome plated, better off polishing. Needed to be TIG welded and then back for more polishing and a stainless ramp flap. Looks awesome.





Upper playfield ;





Can't wait to see the finish line !

[4_amusement_only]

Looks great. Been using Autoglym for years on the cars etc. Their 'Bumper and Trim' gel is good for lasting shine on decal/ screen printed cabinets