Gtb Pinball Pool project

[Mr Pinbologist]

More pics… holes for bolts and wiring cut. Now its time to do a few dent repairs and prep it for undercoat.
The rectangular base piece was yet to be finished and attached when these pics were taken, and was just sitting on the backbox ready to be worked on... it has since been finished and attached.

Will add more soon  

[Mr Pinbologist]

Hi guys, just another quick update for anyone who gives a shite   

After giving the undercoat on the backbox a sand back this morning, i got the basecoat done on the backbox done today, as well as the black splatter paint 

some pics of the backbox sitting on the cab.

[Mr Pinbologist]

A few more pics for now... backglass frame being prepped for undercoat, and the backbox pedestal piece which i have to remake due to it being water damaged. This is what had happened to the original backbox, yes the BB was just as bad as this (wasn't quite so obvious in the previously posted pics of the original backbox), hence why i replaced it rather than repaired it.

[Strangeways]

Looking good Mitch. Nice base color and finish 

[goodolddays]

Been watching this one Mitch . The colour looks great and nice job with the black splatter 

[howzat]

From blue to orange     the new orange is looking a good  match with the original.

 I was one of the a/p members to play the Vortex   I had it in my shed for 3-4 mths  and with the lower p/f it was challenging and lots of fun, it also talked to me   

Mitch I know that you will miss it but nothing is wasted  as pinball pool will be a great fun game

your reato is looking really good      Howzat

[ajlaird]

Nice work so far! This one will come out great.

[Mr Pinbologist]

Well its only taken me a year but i have finally had some time to get back onto my Pinball Pool 

have done the stenciling on the backbox

pics below, yellow being done..

[Mr Pinbologist]

More pics, black done.

Somehow i managed to f**k up the registration a bit on one side  i'm a bit pissed off about it, but i really couldn't be bothered doing it all again so i'm gonna leave it as it is. Besides registration errors were common on most of these old games anyway as most of you will know already.

Will start on the cabinet over the weekend, (being a bit more careful to line the stencils up of course)  

[Crashramp]

Looking very nice, this will be a very nice game when your done.

[Boots]

nice

[goodolddays]

That looks tricky to line up exactly spot on Mitch . The colours look great 

[femto]

Looking good. I love seeing these old girls fixed up.

[Mr Pinbologist]

Hi guys, just thought i'd post a quick progress update;

below are some pics of the cabinet side stencils being traced and cut

1st pic, tracing the art on the old cab which i kept for just this purpose
2nd pic, yellow stencil ready for use
3rd pic, cutting out the stencil for the black
4th pic, completed black stencil.

Same as i did on Ian's Genie cab, i made one tracing for both colours, then traced this onto the cardboard with carbon paper for the yellow stencil.

For the black i just cut through the tracing paper and cardboard rather than trace it onto the cardboard then cut.

Notice in the last pic, after i had cut the yellow stencil, i had traced the 1st stencil in green marker pen onto the carboard for the black stencil. I did this to help ensure good alignment of the two stencils when i did the cutting of the black stencil, and ultimately for correct alignment and registration when spraying.

I'm using the back and bottom edges of the cardboard to align the stencil to the cabinet for this one (stencils were double checked for correctness on the old cabinet).

[Mr Pinbologist]

More pics.

yellow left side done
yellow on front done (these were done yesterday).

Last two pics, the black done on the left side and front after i had allowed the yellow to dry overnight.