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Offline Caveoftreasures

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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2011, 10:56:12 PM »
The work looks excellent. Cant wait to see the finished product.  ^^^
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« Reply #31 on: April 20, 2011, 11:03:39 PM »
Thanks Cavey
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #32 on: April 20, 2011, 11:10:32 PM »
Hey Dave .. now I'm going to get a new PF will have to go down the same road as you and give my cab a makeover too ..  :D

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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #33 on: April 20, 2011, 11:15:27 PM »
Why not Dave, its all good apart from the dust.. ^.^
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #34 on: May 20, 2011, 08:27:55 PM »
Stencils arrived yesterday (Thanks again Gav) and I got the Red sprayed on today.
Came up pretty well and I'm looking forward to seeing it with the yellow on.
Gav did a great job with stencils, my first time applying these and I struggled with
the large ones, but got them on in the end. I will get another pair of hands
to put the second set on, to make it easier.
Here's a couple of pics.
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« Reply #35 on: May 20, 2011, 09:09:42 PM »
Man that looks friggin good. I have never seen a firepower with colours like that.

Vibrant brand new reds. Back to the day it came off the line. Cant wait to see it with the yellow.

Perhaps take a photo of the red n yellow paint products/brand incase someone wants to replicate the job for their cabinet.

LOOKS BLOODY GREAT DAVE.  ^^^  Great stencils Gav.  ^^^ ^^^
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #36 on: May 20, 2011, 09:25:05 PM »
Who says pinball aint sexy.

That is one very nice looking cabinet though.. i flogged my old FP off years ago... looking at Daves i wish i hadnt now.... looks absolutely stunning.

Great work mate.. glad the stencils worked out for you
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #37 on: May 21, 2011, 09:44:06 AM »
Looking fantastic! Now that gav has these available I can't wait to get mine looking as good as your!
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #38 on: May 21, 2011, 01:55:34 PM »
how much paint did you use and was it in a tin ect.?
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #39 on: May 21, 2011, 02:08:46 PM »
Hi all,
Brett I believe the paint codes are on the back of labels on tin,
Was supposed to be matched but the Red is not quite right,
Needs a darker maroon tint to be close to the original I think,
The yellow was a bad match so got them to have another go,
See how that looks when I put it on.it
Mitch, I used auto acrylic lacquer, mixed 50/50 with thinners and
Sprayed with a gravity fed gun. Used about 1 litre of black and about
400ml of Red, did not need this much Red, put it on a bit thick in hindsight.
It's my first go at this so I'm learning as I go.
Cheers
Dave
« Last Edit: May 21, 2011, 02:13:52 PM by deadlydave »
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #40 on: May 21, 2011, 08:42:41 PM »
Wow Dave .. that cab is certainly gonna catch the eye   ^^^ . Nice work with the stencils too Gav  ^^^
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #41 on: May 21, 2011, 09:20:05 PM »
Nice work, looks great  *%*
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #42 on: May 22, 2011, 10:18:09 PM »
Nice job Dave    all the bogging and sanding payed off, looking good I might do the same for my new Howzat.   Howzat $#$
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #43 on: May 22, 2011, 11:56:29 PM »

That's a fantastic result - Very sexy cabinet indeed !
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #44 on: May 24, 2011, 07:26:32 PM »
Yellow paint went on today  $#$
Made it a bit easier by cutting long stencils in half, registration was a smidge out on one side but nailed the front spot on.
Had a cock up on one side of head box, tried to take stencil off when paint was still wet and it folded back onto some wet paint and lifted it clean off  @.@
Not too stressed now (was at the time) I will tape it up and redo the missing section.
Very happy with how its turned out so far, colors look closer to original than what I thought now they are applied.
I am going to clear over the top and fingers crossed I dont cock that bit up..
Heres some pics.
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