Safari
Bally, 1968I love using some different colors and
personal choices when redoing a game.
Love personalizing it to make it just a little unique.
You and tractordoc got me thinking that way after
seeing your restore threads.
Really liking the look of this one.
What an eye-catcher!
Quoted from lowbeau67:You and tractordoc got me thinking that way after
seeing your restore threads.
Really liking the look of this one.
What an eye-catcher!
Definitely dude. Why not. Making everything new looking but a tad boring when doing this amount of work just doesn’t make sense to me.
Personal touches are cool. Will a purist buy a game I’ve done? Probably not. But other people appreciate the uniqueness.
This game is turning out pretty bad ass. Definitely one of the most colorful ones I’ve done. But it works.
This is like a Safari LE now haha.
Quoted from Colsond3:Will a purist buy a game I’ve done?
Great looking game.
I have owned two and both had shit CAB paint jobs.
One was a repaint to a generic design
and the other was original but as with every Safari pin that I have seen
the paint from that era of Bally just disintegrates and flakes off if you just look at it.
But both BGs and PFs were in very good shape.
Quoted from pinwiztom:I have owned two and both had shit CAB paint jobs.
One was a repaint to a generic design
and the other was original but as with every Safari pin that I have seen
the paint from that era of Bally just disintegrates and flakes off if you just look at it.
That is the freaking truth. Again considering this is what it was. The only artwork I could see was after I took the coin door molding off.
I thought it was one of those times someone had painted pure white over the cab for some ungodly reason. But it wasn’t. Stencils were just flat out gone.
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Quoted from bigd1979:Absolutely gorgeous... awesome job sir..
Thanks fellas!! Hope all is well with you guys.
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No pinstadiums? 
Looking Good! 
When the Lower Bumper is tweaked right, a nudge will send the ball to skim the bumper and be shot quick, randomly!
The Steep angle on the slings makes for some very fast play!
Quoted from Colsond3:Polishing more screws Art.
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I wish my wife would do that!
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from Colsond3:Sounds like it’s time for a talk!
Thanks man. Maybe this game will sit in your gameroom one day.
Trip to Red Lobster maybe, lol
Few more pics. It will tie together nicely once the black legs are on.
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If you buy it, you can put whatever color flipper buttons on it you want.
They should have been lighted.
I might have gone with green for the PF apron, as opposed to Black.
Too dark when viewing from the player's perspective with the glass hood locked down.
Maybe it will look better once S/I cards are installed.
Otherwise fantastic.
Quoted from pinwiztom:I might have gone with green for the PF apron, as opposed to Black.
I did debate on that, but at the time I was planning on adding some black to the cabinet stencil. Just didn’t have time to restructure it.
But I also did that on purpose so when illuminated the playfield really jumps out. Which it does.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Maybe it will look better once S/I cards are installed.
Otherwise fantastic.
Working on the cards right now.
4A568DB5-740C-460B-BA3B-173E16DD204A (resized).jpegQuoted from radium:Really nice. I have a Gottlieb Aloha to restore and been thinking about doing a similar "reimagining" on it. Might design new era-appropriate cabinet art though since its so boring.
Do it man!! I was actually playing with a few designs for a while to redo the cabinet artwork and make it more modern and energetic. But decided to keep it original.
I powdered the leg bolts too, so I commonly use a regular socket with a strand of paper towel to prevent any scratches.
Some places like Marco sell a socket with a plastic insert to do the same.
And nylon washers to prevent the bolts from scratching the legs.
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I thought it was one of those times someone had painted pure white over the cab for some ungodly reason. But it wasn’t. Stencils were just flat out gone.
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I have a Safari and the paint on the cabinet flakes off if you so much as briskly walk by it and stir up a breeze. I’ve had a few Ballys of that era do that.
Great job bringing it back with that shiny butter!
Just got to put my hands on this smooth as glass cab!
Maybe next time I can play this beauty !
Great work cole!
Quoted from freddy:Just got to put my hands on this smooth as glass cab!
Maybe next time I can play this beauty !
Great work cole!
Definitely man. Thanks for swinging by. Just waiting on the two coils. Fixed the lift channel and got the backglass in.
1DBCD171-F209-446C-860D-01D380D02357 (resized).jpegC0A47E70-75AB-466A-86AB-14D01FC2F67C (resized).jpegLeft some incans, went mostly with Comet Sunlight. I really hate that Bally (and Gottlieb) didn’t illuminate their glasses better. They need twice as many lamp sockets as they have. A lot of the artwork gets lost in a dark gameroom.
Either way, I really need a better glass. 
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