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1948 United Babyface follow up.

By 82Trooper

10 years ago



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#1 10 years ago

So several months ago I posted a "looking for...." request here on the forum. I needed to locate the light/contact caps for this game. I knew it was a long shot, but figured what the heck........I was missing 3 of them--2 in yellow and one in red. The "9", the "F" and the "C".

They have been missing for the 30+ years my family owned this game. Just did not look right with out the caps. Several years ago, I made some crude substitutes with a 35 mm film canisters, rattle can paint and stick-on vinyl lettering colored with a magic marker. They looked better than nothing, but still pretty crappy.
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I was fortunate to locate 5 here. All yellow, and with the incorrect #'s and letters, but no big deal. I gently sanded and buffed and polished the old #'s of the top. I located better vinyl lettering that more closely matched the original and installed them.
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Not perfect, but pretty good, especially for a game that gets played weekly......
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Just wanted to share a success story!!
When I look at my this old gal all light up on a Saturday night...I know Ralphie was right when they talked about
the allure of "the soft glow of electric sex...."

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Mike

#2 10 years ago

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

#3 10 years ago

Nice work 82Trooper

#4 10 years ago

Looks great.

You could always just get all replacement caps and re-number them the same as you have already done if you want that "it came that way look" and just save the originals.

Just my 2 cents.

Enjoy!

Ken

#6 10 years ago

Thanks for the positive comments, I was very pleased with this little project.
Mike

#7 10 years ago

Very NIce.................
Thanks for sharing.

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