Jungle Queen 1977 Restore

[ktm450]

WOW looks fantastic 

[FirePower]

Well done, great results that's one really good looking cat and cab 

[JD]

Speckling is applied after the base coat. This WAS how it was done in the factory. But restoration is a personal thing - so don't let the speckling (or lack of) detract from such an AWESOME resto repaint.

Keep in mind the "reason" behind the application of the speckles ! They were painted on the cabinet to distract from the stenciled artwork. "Back in the day" they had brass or copper stencils pressed against the cabinet and the paint was sprayed on in a couple of minutes. The distance between the stencil plate and the cabinet would determine the amount of under-spray and over-spray. The NEXT stencil plate for the next color would be placed over the first and the registration would never be perfect.  Combine the over-spray, under-spray and registration issues, and you have a painted cabinet. They were never perfect. So the idea was to have the speckles to distract the imperfections in the cabinet.

So a "true" restoration (is there such a thing?) would incorporate all the flaws of the original methods - over-spray, under-spray and speckles. I tried this a couple of times and it is labor intensive. You need acetate sheets with the images to be painted cut out. This will give you the over-spray and under-spray. Speckles are easy. Registration "flaws" can be done easily.

The low tack adhesive stencils available on the market are perfect - no flaws. You really cannot make a mistake. No over-spray etc. So why bother with speckles ?

I will be using Gav's stencils on quite a few machines, and I've nothing but great feedback !

Thanks for the info and feedback Nino.

J.D.

[JD]

The cabinet is now finished and moved to the games room for assembly. I am working on the headbox re-paint and found 4 brackets (2 top and 2 bottom, top 2 and bottom 2 different shapes) which I am not sure what they are for. They will need a lot of work as they are rusted fairly well. If they are of no value I will fill the holes and throw over my shoulder. If not I will restore. Help???

The photo shows the top brackets.

J.D.

[FirePower]

I have a couple of GTBs of this vintage and neither of them have these extra brackets.  Maybe some after market security idea?

[Retropin]

Over the shoulder with those..

[JD]

Over the shoulder with those..

Thanks Firepower,

Gavin what are they?


J.D.

[ddstoys]

There right JD throw em never seen them before

[Retropin]

Nothing to do with pinball....... looks like some sort of mod so a previous owner can sit something on the top of it and not have it fall off

[JD]

Here is the cabinet paint final with black tower.

Another one of the brackets, this time on the bottom of the headbox. Any ideas?

J.D.

[Boots]

Looks like some sort of custom latching bar setup for the back of the headbox.

[Strangeways]

Looks like some sort of custom latching bar setup for the back of the headbox.

+1

Can't see why this would be done as there's no need to prevent (with this setup) the back door from being opened.

[ddstoys]

Maybe it was easier to create a whole new locking system than buy a new lock 

[millsy]

get rid of it and fill the holes. 

[JD]

Already done so.

Thanks to all.


J.D.