Concord, CA
cabinet looks great. Man, I was so close...
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Quoted from Gryphun:Sweet deal man. My wife and I will be going to CAX on Sunday. Today we are at Blues and Brews in Pleasant Hill. I will PM you.
Cool, shoot me a PM when you get into town!
Quoted from nvu4prod:Tough time eliminating the glare due to the glossiness of the screened art work. If these two shots don't work for you. I'll try closer to dusk!
Those worked perfectly! Thanks a ton!
-Jim
Received this playfield in the mail the other day.
Couple things of note
Majority of artwork is great - especially around the castle, bushes, and outholes, etc.
Sample / early production (my guess) playfield - some holes need to be drilled for posts/plastics, etc.
Registration issues - Makes woman with red lipstick look like a tranny
- American flag - red stripe bleeding into stars area
- Other misc.
planking / small crack by "C", "A", and "One Million" inserts
Playfield looks a little warped (see picture) - wondering what to do here? Lay playfield flat, protect artwork, place weights? Any advice is appreciated on this issue
My plan is to send this to HSA, have them clean it up (prob. stage 1/2, and clear coat).
Also want to cover the couple on the left side with just blue background or maybe Jaegermeister logo (tip of the hat to Porsche racing heritage) - always hated that picture of the couple and thought it was out of place / not necessary.
Anyway, here are some pictures...
I agree the couple on the playfield is odd. My playfield is in similar condition but with mylar bubbling in places. Did you remove the mylar on this one? I'm afraid of what might happen if I did.
Quoted from Orange_Julius:Is anyone aware of a cliffy like protector or decal like ring the could be installed around the pop bumper holes to cover the area that the factor Mylar did not cover. Does not have to be checkpoint specific, just something with the correct dimensions for Data East.
This is sort of what I am after but they don't list the dimension. The black would cover the no paint part of the PF.
1 week later
Anyone interested in a set of decals for the cabinet? My art guy is coming along very nicely with the art files. I can get multiple sets printed if people are interested...
Sydney
Quoted from Whridlsoncestood:Anyone interested in a set of decals for the cabinet? My art guy is coming along very nicely with the art files. I can get multiple sets printed if people are interested...
Very interested.
Are you making decals for the car, road, mountains, etc. or one large decal per side?
Quoted from Whridlsoncestood:Anyone interested in a set of decals for the cabinet? My art guy is coming along very nicely with the art files. I can get multiple sets printed if people are interested...
Also, what art files is he going off of? 600dpi scan then redraw in vector?
Yes full decal set. I did hi res scans of a decent cabinet and he is redrawing in Adobe products. Here is the last preview he sent me of one of the sides. image_(resized).png
What kind of prices are people comfortable with? I need to talk to the printer and see what numbers he gives me for a multiple set run.
Am willing to pay in that range as well dependent on final product.
Easier / more cost effective to go decal route vs. stencils and spraying multiple colors.
I will probably attempt clear coating over with semi-flat.
Would be awesome if your art guy can change the silly "kamikaze" on the Porsche to Jagermeister livery or Martini & Rossi livery
Quoted from smersh:Hi Folks. New to this club and I already got some great ideas on some mods. I need a good photo of the under the playfield area of the shooter lane switch around that area would be helpful. Thanks
These do?
Quoted from smersh:Hi Folks. New to this club and I already got some great ideas on some mods. I need a good photo of the under the playfield area of the shooter lane switch around that area would be helpful. Thanks
Get out Eric. You're not allowed!
Im restoring a Here's the top of the playfield area.
If you're missing the auto-plunger assy... I believe they are unobtainium, but you can sometimes retro-fit the newer Stern assemblies. (not sure about Checkpoint, but I know I have it on my DE Star Trek 25).
(and the coil number is shown in the 2nd pic I posted above)
Quoted from ScottyC:I'd be willing to go in the range of $200-$250 shipped for a full decal set.
Same range for me works.
Quoted from Timerider:Here's the top of the playfield area.
If you're missing the auto-plunger assy... I believe they are unobtainium, but you can sometimes retro-fit the newer Stern assemblies. (not sure about Checkpoint, but I know I have it on my DE Star Trek 25).
(and the coil number is shown in the 2nd pic I posted above)
Thanks again Timerider. I should have seen the coil number on the first photo. lol Not enough coffee this morning.
Quoted from smersh:Timerider... Can you shoot a photo of the top of the shooter kicker? and the coil size... If you get a chance and thank you....
Timerider. Hi! If you could and have the time, please shoot me a photo of how the Spin and Win - Advance R.P.M. light (plastic) playfield part is mounted. I am continuing to searching for a good internet photo but can't seem to find one. The machine I am working on came with it in pieces and I need to reattach it lol. Thank you if you can help
Quoted from smersh:Timerider. Hi! If you could and have the time, please shoot me a photo of how the Spin and Win - Advance R.P.M. light (plastic) playfield part is mounted. I am continuing to searching for a good internet photo but can't seem to find one. The machine I am working on came with it in pieces and I need to reattach it lol. Thank you if you can help
I had the same problem... I'm fairly positive the brass bracket at the bottom-right corner of the wood housing, slips over the edge of the spinner bracket. But I never could figure out how the top was really secured. So I slipped the PCB under the lip of the ramp edge, and the semi-loose wire tied the harness/connector up to convenient hole in the ramp edge.
It seemed to make the most sense to me. There are no other existing holes in the wood assy that indicated to me that there was any other factory mount attached to that RPM Advance assy.
Spoke with a printer today. Art isn't fully done but I got some good ball park numbers. In the end if I can get 6 commitments I think it's feesible to offer these at 250$ shipped. They will be printed on vinyl with a protective layer over them after they are printed to help protect from uv fade and running up against them.
If you're interest for real let me know and when the art is done and my printer is ready I'll take concrete orders and then place it with my printer.
OH MY GLOSS, That play field!!! The art is amazing. No idea how much you have into that PF but worth every $.01 is my opinion. Was this a DIYer?
4 in. I bet we can get 2 more. Art might be done in the next couple days. Moving along quicker than I thought!
Ok the art is done. Just need to give my printer a total number to print. PM me if you want a set and I will see about getting these ordered next week. Said it should only take him a couple days to print once I give him the ok.
-Jim
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