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Bally 1979 Star Trek restoration

By tmuir

1 year ago


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#8 1 year ago
Quoted from tmuir:

I've finished cleaning the playfield and I've touched up the paint to the best of my ability which I'm first to admit isn't much.
This is the first time I've attempted to mix paint to match an existing colour and whilst it is good enough for what will just be a player I still have a lot to learn.
I used the suggested paints but I decided to just hand paint rather than invest in an airbrush as I can't clearcoat this play field as it has already been hand varnished in the past and I don't know what was used and don't want to risk an incompatibility with that and the clear coat I would use, so I will be applying Mylar over the areas I have painted.
The playfield is far from perfect but it is a massive improvement on what it was.
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I used a sheet of mylar on mine, it came out great. Covered from the base of the flippers all the way to the center stand up target.

#13 1 year ago
Quoted from timab2000:

The boards are 50 yrs old. About the time ya fix one problem and stick it back in the game something else is going to fail.

I have a Bally Supersonic at work on a timer. It runs 12 hours a day for the last 2 years without a single minute of downtime with original boards.

The SDB has new caps, ground mods & reflow headers.

The original boards are very robust, I'll take any you wish to discard.

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