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Thanks for the motivation guys, after i get out of my pouting crybaby mode I'll get my brain into recovery mode for that rail. I'll probably use the Rustoleum 2in1 primer and filler to fix the wrinkle. I sanded the wrinkle down and it removed a lot of chunks of paint. It looks pretty terrible.
I sanded the playfield level and the inserts actually turned out pretty good. So thats a load off...

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DIODES!!!
Too many of them....
So far all the coils are done. Now I’ve moved on to the switches.
Using the matrixes and the schematics as a checklist. Going to be a lot of little check marks when I’m done.
To be honest, this sucks. By time I get through the switches I’m probably not going to have the motivation to do the lights.[quoted image][quoted image]

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So after drying it seems to have leveled a little but all the areas with decals are definitely raised so the clear will need sanded down.
I’m really hoping this bump on the top of the 6 Arrow is just a piece of dust that landed perfectly on the edge of the decal and not the tip of the actual decal. I cant tell. I was watching every insert like a hawk as I laid layer after layer and didn’t see any curling or lifting so who knows.
I should’ve just bought a damn hardtop. This is the stupidest thing I’ve wasted time on.[quoted image]

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Lock down bar receiver is ready.[quoted image][quoted image]

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9 cans in baby. It’s quitin time![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

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As a kid my favorite book was Ender’s Game and I always think of the book when I look at this game because of the ship on the cover. I know the book was published in 85 but the artwork for this book looks older, very 70s. But there’s definitely some visual influence here.
I bring it up because I want to do some more art with the ship but it’s hard to find more art work of it.
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There are a few more pics from John Harris his art work from Enders Game goes back a few decades before the 80s
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Also Angus Mckie
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The black lockdown bar looks so much better.
2 coats of primer
3 coats of black enamel
5 coats of clear
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Finished replacing (shot gunning) the diodes, resistors, and capacitors. I also replaced the GI light sockets and installed the mechs.
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Here we go!
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Well tragedy strikes the playfield.
While installing the flipper coil mechs I didn’t notice that the pin in the back of the playfield for adjusting flipper height had come out of the playfield.
So as I began to screw in the plate it was lift up by maybe 1/16th an inch and as I tightened the screw it pushed the pin in and raised the clear on the other side causing it to ghost. Maybe the plate was never screwed all the way down to begin with. Who knows but now I have this issue that I can’t unsee. And the flipper doesn’t hide it. It’s too large of a ghost...
Now what do I do?
I guess since it is not over an insert I could exacto the edge of the ghosted area and then eye drop clear in that area then sand it level and polish out. Might be a risky repair but the idea of this playfield having ghosting after everything makes me nauseous.
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I created a decal for the amp [quoted image][quoted image]