Wow - looking good!
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I always cut away the decal under the leg protector.
And also where the adhesive strips for the side rails will come.
Danville, CA
Soulrider911... FishTales is looking sharp!
Question; did you powder coat both sides of leg plates? Reason I ask is: PC would not be a good conductor for the ground braid behind it.
Kerry
Thanks Kerry_Richard for pointing that out I dremmeled off the pc contact points for the ground wire
g94 great point, think I should remove the legs and do that?
Quoted from Wiggy:That looks so good.
Sorry, but it does not.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:Sorry, but it does not.
I gotta go with you on that Bryan. As long as you like it that's all that matters but just not for me.
I knew the blue would be controversial. Personally, I like it...
Yes, I think the coin door is overkill. I could have done chrome, but I wanted something different. At the end of the day, this is what I wanted and I am happy with it. But as I said, everyone will have an opinion. I welcome all feedback.
Putting kruzman playfield I talk kit to good use, predrilling... more predrilling... and maybe even more
some holes where not drilled out so this kit has helped immensely.
The syringes with super glue is genius for sealing also.
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Finally moving the harness over
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1 week later
It’s been slow going over here but got a few things done yesterday.
Pre-drilled and installed pop anchors
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Recreated my own coil wrappers. Cleaning all coils, new sleeves and new wrappers
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Finally had a day to spend on fish tales. Work has been consuming my life lately, so thankful to just have a relaxing day working on a pin.
The new CPR boat ramp is all done! Just an FYI for those that may be doing a restore, I highly recommend keeping the old boat ramp until you are done to use as a reference as most the holes are not pre-drilled.
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Pop bumper coils and ball feed like new!
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Catapult and fishing reel all back together like new!
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Caster Club got some new decals
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Inner cab decals are on!
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Quoted from Soulrider911:Hey mschonbrun actually I have rivets, I just don’t the tool to press them Together? Thanks so much
I have the squeezer. If you come down, I’d be happy to do it for you.
Budapest
Pop bumpers are done and the whole bottom is done as well! Moving onto the top! Will
Start my way from the bottom up and ball guides to begin.
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The anodized nuts are from chromapinball https://chromapinball.com they are great I have them on all my machines.
Yes those transparent pop bodies are pretty cool! I found here http://pinball-mods.com/oscom/game-specific-products-star-trek-the-next-generation-pop-bumper-body-p-42.html
NICE, I was debating on color for mine. I just got my order in this a.m. I went with Teal Skirts, clear base, (Bought Blue & Green) tops, couldn't decide, figured they are cheap enough to try each out, lol. I did blue lane guides
NIce to watch yours and see it coming together.
Sorry to be a dissapointment but no blue plumb bob 
, but the light blue rubbers from Titan_Pinball sure are looking nice!
Quoted from KornFreak28:Nice job! Keep it up!!!
How did you clean your wire harnesses?
I have mime off right now, I think i'm going to toss it in the dishwasher soon. Top rack, put 'er on pot's and pans cycle
Quoted from northerndude:I have mime off right now, I think i'm going to toss it in the dishwasher soon. Top rack, put 'er on pot's and pans cycle
The wife would kill me if I did that 
So I just put it in thmy sink got a big brush and used simple me green, bushes it with hot water as well. I also had to hand clean a lot of the right area and for that I used a rag / toothbrush and some crazy clean. I used that stuff constantly it’s great
Sprayway SW031 Crazy Clean All Purpose Cleaner, 19 oz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ONYSJ8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_iymCAb263WEBJ
Quoted from Soulrider911:So I just put it in thmy sink got a big brush and used simple me green, bushes it with hot water as well. I also had to hand clean a lot of the right area and for that I used a rag / toothbrush and some crazy clean. I used that stuff constantly it’s great
Sprayway SW031 Crazy Clean All Purpose Cleaner, 19 oz amazon.com link »
Can the targets, slings and switches get wet?
Here is info from the best
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cleaning-playfield-harnesses-vids-guide
Sorry for highjacking Soulrider
More progress, got some of the more “tricky” plastics together and in, had to regence a bunch on my old pics, could not remember how it went together
Polished boat ramp supports
Spinner is in with new decal
Stretch th truth ready to go!
Next I need to fix the giant fishing reel plastic and get it in.
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Decided to change a few things. Originally I was going to go with blue posts with blue rubbers... but I noticed they kind of get lost if you will.
So I decided to go yellow with light blue rubbers. Except for the slings which are blue. Looks much better imo and still resembles the original colors a bit
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Well deduced to change a few things. Originally I was going to do blue star posts with blue rings. After looking st that olayfield for a bit the blue seemed to get “lost.”
So went with the original yellow and light blue rings to keep it close to the original.
Only blue posts I used where under slings. I think it looks great with tha light blue plastics.
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IMHO, the best post are the green ones from TMNT. They look awesome in fish tales. I use those and the light blue rubbers, looks great.
Interesting suggestion BrewNinja I’m going to order a few and see how it looks, just concerned they are a little too “neon”.
I do have Williams green ones which are darker I could try but actually appear darker than even the blue
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