Cabinet airbrushing ?

[Wotto]

Curious to know from the experts ( Gav ? )

Could a pinball cabinet ( that there are no stencils available for ) be cleaned up , filled patched smoothed etc and then re-sprayed over the original artwork by a professional airbrush artist ?

[Retropin]

Yes, but youd want to minimise the amount of work you have to do as much as possible. There are some effects which are very hard to recreate without using silk screen... namely the dotted shading that is found on a lot of pop art, but with some light blending techniques you have to know its there to be able to spot any difference. You still need stencils to get sharp edges....LOL- what cabinet are we talking about?

[Wotto]

Embryon

[oldpins]

Had a look at the machine artwork on IPD. Bit of time tracing in CAD software from photo, but could use adhesive vinyl, laying blue first with black over the top.

[Retropin]

Stencil can be made for this... LOL- how quick do you need it? I have a backlog here of things to do, but they can be done. Of course these wouldnt be available comercially you must understand???

[Boots]

Curious to know from the experts ( Gav ? )

Could a pinball cabinet ( that there are no stencils available for ) be cleaned up , filled patched smoothed etc and then re-sprayed over the original artwork by a professional airbrush artist ?

Is the original paint or a big sticker?

[Strangeways]

I did this on the Fathom Restore ;

http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=6318.75

Page 6, down the bottom.

I found this to be easy. Just use the airbrush with a friskit mask and take your time. I ended up using a matt clear and it blend it quite well. You could see the repaired area in the sun, or in a photo with the flash on. Looked 100 times better than the gaping hole !

It was very easy, but I would recommend it only in small areas.