How's the CCR speaker panel decal coming? When do you plan on having that available?

Bah. Michigan charged me my local tax. You win this round JoshieB.

Rick while your people are quick at getting back via email, it would be wonderful if you could actually call talk to someone on the phone to get things done.

That being said, can a shaker work on a original CC with the continued software

Just taking the opportunity to talk to Rick directly

Well I joined the waiting club today. Just sent Zach my deposit for an SE+ (no LEs of course). No worries that it will be a while. I have waited this long for this game so another 8 months (I am guessing) is fine especially since I waited so long to get on the list.

It would be nice if someone cancelled their Brian Allen Backglass order (hint hint) so I could get one of those but if not I will settle for the standard translite, lol. Love his work for sure.

I will absolutely be monitoring things for mods as I like the ones mentioned here already but as also stated they all look better painted and I would rather purchase them all set and ready to go.

Thx to those working to keep this thread up to date and to modding peeps for the work they do.

Got the train tracks and art blades installed today. I'm very happy with both of them.

I did go ahead and paint up the tracks before installing them. Luckily, I do boardgaming and miniature wargaming on the side, so I'm pretty comfortable with a paint brush at this scale.

I have to agree with others, these art blades from Brian Allen are very high quality. They reposition pretty easily, and are made from nice material. I found them a fair bit easier to install than some other blades I've bought.

Also, I haven't seen it mentioned, but the Brian Allen art blades really brighten up the game. The blue sky and bright colors lighten the game up considerably compared to the black side-panels that come stock.

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I think Brian’s art blades look better than the LE art blades from CGC.

Anyone heard anything about when they’ll be offering the factory art blades?

Looks great! What colour paint did you choose?

Richard

I did a dark brown for the ties, and gunmetal metallic gray for the tracks. All the wooden railroad ties that I've seen in real life, or found pictures of online, were a dark brown. So that's why I went with that color.

I spray-primed gray prior to painting, and then sealed with a matte varnish when I was done. I would have probably primed in black, but I was out of black spray primer. So I just did gray instead.

I need help. My machine was delivered today and box was perfectly fine. I tossed the box. My friends showed up and I started to prep. I realized that it looks like the strap down the middle may have been set too tight and displaces the board under the back piece. Not sure I can return it now. Any advice?

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Contact who you bought it from immediately.

And open a ticket under support on the help desk and include pictures.

It may not be seen until Monday. It's late on Friday now. If your ticket goes to me I'll alert it to George Bork.

LTG : )

Thabks for quick response. They are closed. 6pm where they are. Guess I'll leave it as is for now.

That sucks!

Looks potentially fixable with some wood glue. There aren't actually many components in yhe backbox of CGC games, most stuff is under the pf. My worry would be if the game suffered a big drop or something to cause that damage.

Let us know how you make out!

Hope it works out.

Richard

Looks like they're not far away...

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Looks like it blocks the view to Bart from the players perspective. Other than that it looks great!!

The scale looks silly when it's that close to Bart.

I'm in the club. Better yet, the wife loves it!

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Congrats Tom !!

I get a topic not found error on the link

Agreed, that's way too much imo.

Can anyone recommend a place to find lollipop style rails that would fit this game ? Either I'm not that smart, or I'm just searching the wrong thing .. probably the first one.

Perfect!

This is the color I'm going with for powder coating

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That was one of the colors I was looking at too. lol.

Which install method did you use-- "dry" or "wet." It sounds like if you can reposition them fairly easily "dry" then wet method isn't necessary... What is your personal opinion? Thanks!

Rapidtac is the easiest way to go. Done a bunch dry and wet. And prefer the rapid tac method.

I just put em on dry. Positioned them initially, and lightly tapped on the top just enough so they'd hold. Then I stood back and checked the positioning, before pulling them up and adjusting a few times until they were exactly where I wanted them. Then pressed down and smoothed out with a cloth.

Turned out great, and didn't take long at all to do. I've had some side blades that were super sticky and thin, and they did not pull up very easily for adjustment.

What’s up with rapid tac? I’ve never installed art blades before and “easiest way to go” seems right up my alley.

Good color, I think the rustic looks is the way to go on this title. I went with oil rubbed bronze, now I just need the game.

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I missed out on the glass version but I ordered the alternate flexible translite. When I receive it I'll post pics. I'm sure it will look good in the machine. Maybe not as good as the glass though.

btw, what did you do with the extra small CC decal that came with the art blades? Just curious for a good place for it...
Cheers,

We’re able to fix it?

It's a product to wet apply decals. You spray the contact surface of the decal with liberal amounts of rapid tac (or soap+water mix) before placing your decal or art blades. The wet application allows you to reposition the decal w/o it sticking firmly, then when in place, you wipe/squeegee the decal from the center to the edges to push out all the juice/water and leave it to dry and done!

the 'wet method' is more forgiving for placing large decals like art blades or cabinet decals.

Great! -- Thanks for the info. Very helpful.

I'm thinking of going the powdercoat route myself but haven't settled on color yet... Both the "rust bucket" color and your are definitely contenders.

While it might be a stupid question -- If I plan on purchasing a replacement set of siderails, lockdown bar and legs for purposes of custom powdercoating, will I also need to buy the plastic/rubber playfield glass channels that sit directly within the siderail? I don't believe those come with the siderails but wasn't sure and I'm unsure whether the originals can be reused or not. Also, if I'm planning this avenue should I buy "raw" unfinished siderails or purchase the ones that already have a stainless finish. Many thanks for the information.

No, those attach to the cabinet. The only thing I ever buy are lollipop rails because I use my hardware installed on the game to PC not buy all new. Raw is fine if you intend to PC.