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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #60 on: January 22, 2012, 11:42:34 AM »
VERY nice mate and lucky to have that coin plate !
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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #61 on: January 22, 2012, 01:37:57 PM »
Wow.... what a beautiful job.  Cabinet looks just great mate.  Great colour!

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« Reply #62 on: March 14, 2012, 11:41:15 PM »
And today i finally got to the stage where i can say that i have FINISHED repainting the playfield!!!!  #*# #*# #*# #*#

One last coat of CC to go on for a light rub back and then a FINAL coat of the KBS Diamond coat... this is harder than any 2 pac and cannot be damaged by any chemical or solvent... once its on... its on for good.

Some close up detail pics... oh boy this was a lot of work

















Please dont let it rain over the weekend... the heavens allowing i can start to repopulate the PF next week with all the shiny goodies i have for it!!

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #63 on: March 14, 2012, 11:51:00 PM »
Finally get to see the pink bits on this baby without your nightmare.   Bloody beautiful Gav

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #64 on: March 15, 2012, 05:16:41 AM »
Great work Gav, Playfield looks awesome  ^^^ A big improvement from what you started with.

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #65 on: March 15, 2012, 10:10:16 AM »
How nice is that playfield now .   #.# #.# 
Beautiful work Gav  ^^^
I need more room ! and more $$$

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #66 on: March 15, 2012, 01:11:00 PM »
Very nice work mate  ^^^

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #67 on: March 16, 2012, 09:42:24 AM »
Beautiful work Gavin .... colours in that PF are alive and vivid - great stuff!

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« Reply #68 on: March 19, 2012, 10:45:36 PM »
really wonderful work Gav. I think you will grow to love Bank A Ball. Your playfield will look like a million dollars with the stuff on it and it's a great game to play. Well done, mate.

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« Reply #69 on: March 24, 2012, 03:11:56 PM »
Finally got the KBS Diamond coat down today.... its been absolutely pissing down all week and therefore too humid to do this... but sun comes out and i pounce!
This stuff is very user friendly, will not react with any other paint... sprays real nice and is self levelling... and oh boy it looks like a million bucks!







Touch dry in 1 hr, but fully cured to super hard coating in 7 days

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #70 on: March 30, 2012, 08:34:35 PM »
Fantastic job

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« Reply #71 on: April 06, 2012, 10:18:39 PM »
Finally got to start the playfield assembly... oh its all so BLING BLING!!!!



I couldnt hold myself back and had to restore the apron too.. paint was missing along all the edges and rust had set in... i enjoyed doing this, hit the exact colour within minutes and some fine detail airbrushing gave great results...


All targets i cut stencils for and resprayed the bullseye.. then a clear coat to protect it... im one of these missing for some reason  !@#



NOS metal flippers.. special thanks to Marco   ^^^ ^^^ for these who sent them through ages back... finally got to put them on and i love em!



Nice overall view... all new plastics i made some 3 years back or so...



But im in trouble... heres under the apron... what the hell goes here and more importantly.. where the hell is it???? This is a Push up remember so no under apron solenoids to kick the ball



I originally had all new bumpers for this game, but i must have used the rod & rings on another machine as they have gone... so cant put my nice new bumpers on till after Easter when i can order from Greg @ RTBB.

Once again, i couldnt help myself and had to turn her on.. she reset OK and went into game mode but i have 2 locked on coils... the end is within sight now, i just need to make all new balls and armatures for the back box animation.
I have a cunning plan for this and of course will post my progress

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« Reply #72 on: April 06, 2012, 10:42:09 PM »
Bulb holders... thats what goes under the apron!!!!... Now where are they????

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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #73 on: April 06, 2012, 10:56:42 PM »
Coming along nicely  ^^^
Have you got the metal shield (refer pict)?
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Re: 1965 BANK A BALL.... continued!
« Reply #74 on: April 06, 2012, 11:37:21 PM »
Yes... i think i have the shield... put it aside somewhere...LOL!!!