Jungle Queen 1977 Restore

[JD]

Well it is time to get into the restore of my Jungle Queen 1977 Gottlieb pinball.
This will be more of a tidy up than a restore given the extent of restoration I have seen on this site but here goes.
First some before pics.

[JD]

A few more

[JD]

The apron was sanded, painted and decals applied from pinball rescue. Then put aside ready for assembly.
I was pleased with how these came back to life.

[JD]

I had some problems with the rail retaining screws so needed to drill them out and dowel the cabinet. See photos as attached. I was pleased with the quality of this repair. Nothing worse than misaligned and loose screws holding down the rails. They get caught on the rags when polishing the machine!

[JD]

Here's the pics

[JD]

Painting of the cabinet has taken a while too but coming together well.
I am looking forward to using the stencils I got from Gav (Retropin) this week and putting some colour on the machine.

[JD]

With the playfield stripped and about to go back together, I find some paint damage which will need to be dealt with some how.
Some was there beforehand and some occurred when the mylar was lifted. All in all looks pretty good all minor, I think.. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated. I am not sure whether to use a texta then mylar or touch up paint. Or leave it and polish. Any thoughts?

[ddstoys]

Looking really good so far JD
   For the playfield touch ups I'd use some of the enamel paints from the model shop hopefully they will have very similar colors and there positions on the playfieldnyou should get away with wax as there not in the main area of play.

     Almost got me tempted to restore my jungle princess cabinet

[JD]

Looking really good so far JD
   For the playfield touch ups I'd use some of the enamel paints from the model shop hopefully they will have very similar colors and there positions on the playfieldnyou should get away with wax as there not in the main area of play.

     Almost got me tempted to restore my jungle princess cabinet

Thanks Daniel.

I will try to match this as you say.

When you say wax, do you mean Novus 1,2,3 or something else?


J.D.

[Strangeways]

That's a really good start there JD 

I usually do the apron last - no idea why, but yours came up a treat. How did you spray the cab ? Cans of paint or compressor etc ?

Keep the updates coming.

[JD]

I sprayed with a cans Nino. I had trouble matching but ended up with a killrust enamel colour so let's see how it goes with the orange and black. I usually paint with a gun but first go this way on the base.

I know it looks a bit patchy inside which I will fix.

J.D.

[FirePower]

This will be more of a tidy up than a restore

Given you are doing a cabinet repaint, removed mylar, play field rebuild etc I'd say you are are more than entitled to call this a restore!  The pro's doing their work are great, but that shouldn't discourage the rest of us mugs from showing our efforts.

The play field damage looks pretty small and I  don't reckon would stand out too much even if you did nothing.  Will you fill the extra holes?  It seems wrong to me to put mylar back on after all this work and for a home use machine that will be keep clean, but I have no experience on how it will wear,

Looks really good so far, keep the updates coming  

[deadlydave]

I would call it a restore JD, will look great when you have finished. 
Regarding the mylar etc, I have kept my QD constantly waxed since I removed its mylar but I reckon I'm starting to get some small wear after about a year, nothing at all major just little specks here and there, others may have different experience, but if its a keeper I would be putting some protection down, I will be clearing mine when I get around to it.

Cheers
Dave

[goodolddays]

Great start JD. Looking forward to watching your resto progress 

Cheers
Dave

[JD]

This will be more of a tidy up than a restore

Given you are doing a cabinet repaint, removed mylar, play field rebuild etc I'd say you are are more than entitled to call this a restore!  The pro's doing their work are great, but that shouldn't discourage the rest of us mugs from showing our efforts.

The play field damage looks pretty small and I  don't reckon would stand out too much even if you did nothing.  Will you fill the extra holes?  It seems wrong to me to put mylar back on after all this work and for a home use machine that will be keep clean, but I have no experience on how it will wear,

Looks really good so far, keep the updates coming  

Just got to remember which ones are the right ones and then I will fill em!

J.D.