They do look a little high.. getting any strange hops?

Regardless... nice job, bud. Looks fantastic!

Line the flippers up so they match the angle of the inlane guides. Screw the holes.

Just tighten them down a bit, them shift them in place, then fully tighten them.

Working on RFM is awesome, you can just pop the playfield out so easily, only 3 plugs and you can easily do it alone too..not a huge fan of the game myself, but it sure it pretty

+1.

Pin looks great!

Line them up with the rubbers on, don't bother with the holes. If they line up properly to that inlane guide then that's the way you want them..

look great,

just installed few leds in mine today but i'm not done yet rebuilding everything, i changed 3 switchs and one target.
also installed a new rubber (beer seal for lockdown bar) in front of the main target (part with plastic and the big piece of metal where the ball hits all the time..... lolllll, whatever you wanna call it) just cut the right size and it fits perfectly, makes it look new.
i see you also have lots of hits in front of yours too.
another great thing it won't damage your ball from all those hits directly on the metal (the little piece of vinyl don't do much... anyway...

my question is: is there any ghosting? in the inserts.

thank, bob.

Nice job dude. Looks great!

Can you elaborate on this please. Any pics?

I've always wondered what the ball was jumping in to on the center shot. Can't see back there with the monitor on.

beatmaster said:... also installed a new rubber (beer seal for lockdown bar) in front of the main target (part with plastic and the big piece of metal where the ball hits all the time..... lolllll, whatever you wanna call it) just cut the right size and it fits perfectly, makes it look new.
i see you also have lots of hits in front of yours too.
another great thing it won't damage your ball from all those hits directly on the metal (the little piece of vinyl don't do much... anyway...
Can you elaborate on this please. Any pics?

yeah i'll try to put some pics tomorrow, machine is in the garage office.
basically the ball won't be damage (and the black factory vinyl) from all those shots directly on that big piece of metal and it also makes a better absorbtion. beer seal gave me the best result.

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Flipper bats do look to high. I just shopped mine out and lining the bats to the holes made them angle to much it was almost impossible to hit the ramp shots. They looked like yours. So I lowered them to line up with the inlanes perfectly and now it plays like butter. It's odd becasue on SWE1 the holes line up to the bottom of the bats, odd they would not be the same.

Also the part in the back you have pictured above. The ball always dings that metal bar, its suppose to have a black sticker like film on it. But its always worn off. on mine I used black electrical tape and some mylar to clean it up. This also keeps it darker and looks better in play.

Mat

Yes sir. I haven't forgot about you.

I played RFM at the Nat'l Pinball Museum last weekend for the first time and remember thinking that the flipper bats looked high on the one there also. Since I had never played one before, I didn't know if it was normal or not. Interesting that BR's is like that as well. Maybe they are supposed to be that way???

Great vid, machine looks really clean. Funny comments . Good to have voice with face.

BR let me know how that amp install goes, I recall it sucking big time

B_R if you're installing the Ultimarc amp and have questions, I can help you out man - it's not difficult at all, just the original instructions are terrible. You just need to figure out which monitor you have in the RFM (either a Duckscan or Wells-Gardener, that will determine how to install the wires for the amp).

Looks cool.....Now I might have to find me one I think the kid would love it.

Dang! I forgot how awesome this game is. Especially with the serviceability. Employee lockdown key, easily removable playfield, bulb burnout detection... this thing was state of the art back then and it's still impressive! I really hope JJP incorporates all of these technologies. He hasn't mentioned anything about an employee lockdown but the cabinet IS an all-new design. It may be asking too much to have every little serviceability feature but I have high expectations in this regard.

Heck, how does the machine know when a bulb is burned out? Does it check for continuity when a certain cell of the lamp matrix is energized?

Capcom had a basic form of this also. I'm guessing P2000 tells you which light is burned out, &Capcom just tell you how many are out "somewhere," but still pretty cool.

Great job. Wish you were here to help with mine.

score!

Played RFM for the first time today. No clue why it doesn't get more love as I absolutely loved it. In my opinion it was much more fun than AFM but I haven't really played both enough to form a solid opinion.

I'm not in a place to buy now as I don't get my bonus till April 1st but when it sells I'd love to know what it went for. Just curios to know the going rate for a nice one so that I know if I should add it to my wishlist or keep it off due to being out of my price range.

Arg, I want one.

Nice score BR . So, when do you plan on selling it before or after ac/dc?

So its home use? Wow. The build quality is amazing on it. So easy to work on. You dont have to remove balls to raise playfield.

I feel this is must have if your a big collector.

There are a couple settings to make the game more fun.

Dead mode orbits loop and center shots loop..enable those 2 I believe...

Yes, one of the settings makes the inside lock loop send the ball through the loop vs stopping it with the pop up post. It flows way faster with the enabled and it keeps you on your toes as the ball fires down at you quick when not getting locked.

Also, I'll bet most are not aware of the super skill shot. Hold down the right flipper button when plunging the ball and it will send it around the orbit. Then hit it up a ramp or orbit for the super skill.

I agree that when I first got mine I thought I would dump it in a couple of months but I'm enjoying it more and more as I play it and get to know it better. I keeping mine for a while and need to adjust my rating.

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Same here, I've played quite a few and rated quite a few, but some after playing a real nice one my rating changes. Why haven't you rated many more seeing as you've owned many more in the past?

I'm waiting for you to say it's sold, B_R.

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Bringing this thread back from the dead...

How long would you say it takes your RFM to boot up? Reason I ask is because I just got one with a Nucore and it takes maybe 30 seconds. Thinking of swapping the mb/cpu with newer, using a SSD, and reinstalling OS.

Mine takes about 30 secs-1 minute to fully boot up and its all stock

Ok that's good info, thanks! I was concerned the nucore was slowing the process down due to emulation.

Congrats on the sale, B_R.

Some day I will own one of these!

Hope he wrapped that thing up some, shielded it from the elements somehow.. Or that it's a very clear night, bug free. Very cold up here in Ohio at the moment, but that doesn't mean anything to the Carolinas...