Here's my covid project. Just waiting for a new mirrored backglass to arrive before I call it finished, but it's close enough.

Before pics:

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After pics:

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So many mistakes were made, but I was able to recover from them. Not sure I'd ever do it again based on the amount of work, but it's not bad for a first time restore.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Yes, it's a CPR reproduction playfield. The area isn't black, but more of a dark blue. Definitely darker than the original.

I had a really rough time with this playfield. Every single dimple on the bottom of the playfield was off. If I had used them as guides I would not be able to play this game. There are zero topside dimples or holes drilled, so I spent a lot of time measuring where the holes were on the original playfield and hoping everything lined up correctly. A few times, they did not. Also ran into the problem that many have complained about in other Whirlwind restore threads where a hole for a post was drilled incorrectly by CPR and had to compensate for that.

I'm not sure if all CPR playfields are like this or if my Whirlwind playfield was unique, but it really makes me think twice about purchasing another one. At one point I thought about just using this one as wall art and purchasing a Mirco playfield instead. Opted to keep going and in the end it all turned out okay.