Great instructional How-To vid OP!

Only thing I won't be doing is masking off the entire game/spraying flat black indoors (because of other games nearby).

Suppose I could wheel it out to the garage and give it a full bio-hazard suit...who knows, it may come to that...but thinking I'll take a stab first at separating/removing the assembly.

Wonder how difficult that'll be?

Guess I'll find out.

Thanks for the fantastic mod idea!

If getting it black is important, why not just mask it off an use a brush instead of spray.
such a small bracket should be very easy to paint quickly without much fuss, and most of it is covered anyway. If you ever put the original cannon plastic back on, God forbid, it will cover it up anyway.

Why not leave it polished?

I plan on making a black plastic cover for the assembly to hide the coil and plunger and all of the area that got painted...

Hello

usually ,i first introduce myself if am new in a forum , but i actually has to thank matt for this great idea.
Just ordered 2 , now only my ACDC has to arrive .

Andreas

I ordered 2. Great mod!
-Ed

Brush strokes could end up being visible; black is the worst color for showing flaws.

Might do that, but I like OP's idea of making it blend in with the black cannon; blacking something out in flat kind of makes it "disappear" by de-emphasizing it. Subjective call in the end though.

I was thinking the same thing; might be able to leave the assembly stock by hiding it with a cover & covering the coil at the same time.

Ideas on material?

Black decal sticker...and about 5 mins...

Thin black ABS plastic like used on the Glare Guards. I have a plastic bender. Once I make one and get it just right, I could possibly get a bunch more cut by laser and bend them...

Orange Hemi has ordered a few and will be contributing ideas as well as making up some prototype flashers for this. Again...nice find Matt!

That would be sweet: no seams.

I was thinking some kind of little plastic box that you paint, but good luck trying to find that size.

I'd be in, LMK how it works out; thanks.

Orange Hemi - Hope you use a orange LED inside the cannon and have it tied into the fire button. That would be killer. Ordered a couple cannons - maybe a swop out service once you get it perfected?

Great find and idea Matt.

I do have orange LEDs now in stock and I will prototype them along with the other colors once I get the cannons. Hopefully I can make this add on easy to install like my other mods that I build, then I will not have to do a swap out service for everyone. I will see where to tie the LEDs onto the machine to get the best effect out of this new cannon.

More to come....

Awesome. This just keeps getting better and better.

Killer!

Ordered two. Can't wait to put it in my Premium. Thanks Matt.

Not yet. Figured it would take awhile for those of us who ordered from China.
Maybe some of the early EBay people have gotten theirs

plus the chinese holiday

cant wait...

a guy on Aussie Pinball did one with a cover over the coil bracket
http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=9965.0

Can't see the pictures? I guess you have to be logged in?

Received my cannon from Great Britton on Saturday. Pretty quick shipping for sure. I will not install it until I see what Orange Hemi has up his sleeve for the mod.

Me either

No pics = no good. I'm not interested in joining an Aussie forum, but if anyone else is a member and could snag some pics to share...that would be great.

Didn't realize on the pics, I will cut and pasteafew tonight.

here are a few photos from AP Forum, I do prefer how Matt here did the cannon frame, but this one has a nice simply cover over the bracket (the cover was just a ink jet print and then laminated) that finishes it off.

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I like the OPs cannon mod better .

Not an AC/DC fan and therefore not a pin owner, but what a great mod. The cannon design was definitely the weakest feature. Nicely done.

I like the cover, but the text on it is a bad idea. Black or black and flames would be good, but who would put text that is half covered? Free Play (or should I say "Play")...there...really?

Thanks for the pics.

Definitely a good idea to cover the switch with... something. A laminated card isn't a bad idea, and it looks okay. I'm sure a more creative solution is down the road...

swinks, I'm flattered you used my original cards, here's one without text for you to try.

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i just purchased a case of them. JK
(got my one)

hummmmm this could be the biggest credit card scam ever... we all go there and buy this little dumb ass Chinese made cannon for $7.49 and then wake up only to find out that we (overnight) bought 5 apple Mac's each. HA ..... maybe not HA???

just watched the video... nice.. GREAT WORK!!!! looks like even the clumsiest of us could handle this one!... watch MY cannon not work after i follow every step! HA

Not trying to be a dick or anything but noticed the inside upper part of his cab (the black area) was all scuffed up at the lead edge near the glass? jeeeez how many times has Matt had the playfield up??!!! Makes me wonder what other tricks he has up his sleeve?

Got mine. Ordered 2 and here's the first attempt. Made a shroud...

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That looks great.

Zdoor...Looks like a very good first attempt .. . I am still waiting for mine to arrive so I can add some light/flasher effects to it. I will post my work here when I have it ready.

Looks great. A much better alternative to spray painting.

Where did you get the material for the shroud? How does it adhere? Do you have a link?

I made the shroud. Took a little time to layout a template but wasn't hard after tweaking it a bit. I used a thick craft paper and once I had the size and shape I re-cut everything and used contact paper (similar to a thin mylar) to add strength. It is adhered through the same mounting holes as the factory cover.

It would not be hard to fashion a plastic shroud out of thin ABS plastic no that I have a template. But, I do not have a plastic bender. Not sure you'd benefit much anyways...

Didn't do anything on the rear section and hadn't really decided if I was going to cover that area.

Zdoor

Did you get yours of eBay or the Chinese version pandawii? Ordered mine 2 weeks ago fr china and not a single word of pandawii ...

Me too....Mine still says processing.

I have not received or heard anything from Pandawill either.
Zdoor, does your cannon wheel magically move, like the original posters did?

Nice work guys! I kinda think the black wrinkle painted cover looks fine. We will probably see lots of creative solutions from members on this one.

Yes it moves a little from the vibration.

Just finished mine. I spray painted the visible silver metal and covered the coil with painters tape. I also moved Hemi's Cannon Flasher Mod to the underside of the plastic cannon so the flashes are now coming from inside the cannon. I'm very happy with the results. Thanks to the OP for finding this cannon, I got mine from ebay in the UK.

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The gold screw is a nice touch.
What will keep the painters tape from sagging and getting caught in the coil eventually?

Zdoor received his toy cannon before I did and he is prototyping some cannon lighting mod for me.... I will be doing more lighting effects to this cannon, as well as the entire machine in a up coming HUGE MOD for AC/DC. Just a note: As he said in his post... We are starting a website together and it will be ready soon with all of our mods listed on it for sale.

Also I have and can sell everyone that has my current cannon mod in their machine this orange LED as shown in his picture(s) if you want this look.... Just send me a PM.

Here is the link that he started and one of the pictures from his machine. There is lots of pictures on this thread.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-cannon-mod-with-prototype-flasher-awesome

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I used painters tape since I was using it taping up the machine before spray painting. I kinda like the look, but I can make a more permanent solution if or when it sags.

The link doesn't work any more. Anyone else selling them or are they all gone now?

My pandawill order is showing as "shipped". Now it's time to see how long the slow plane from China takes.