You can see the machine (it is REALLY dirty) and progress here:
http://www.lightweightmiata.com/arcade/airborne/

I am a complete noob when it comes to restoring pinball machines. I don't even know what the parts are called (just found out today what a pop bumper and mylar was). At first I thought I bit off more than I can chew with this Capcom Airborne pin because of the huge number of parts but I'm now thinking I can handle it. I've taken most of the playfield apart and want to start cleaning it and putting it back together. I have some Meguiar's Cleaner Wax and Show Car Glaze #7 I found in the garage and will use that after I clean it with some Novus #2. There are a few issues:

Mylar bumper shield coming up with dirt under it. I ordered some new pop bumper shields.

Broken ramp metal. I ordered a sheet of spring steel and will cut a new piece. There is a guy in town who has a rivot press and hopefully he will help me mount it.

Broken plastic. I'm thinking I can just use superglue unless you guys tell me it will ruin the clear plastic.

I will more than likely clean the hell out of this machine, fix everything and put it back together to sell it. It is just too nice for me to have sitting around. I'd rather have a cheaper machine here to play around with and one with less rare parts. I'd like to get top dollar for it so I want to put my time into doing a good job on the restoration. I do have a Future Spa and a Mr and Ms Pac-Man as well (both need restoring) to keep for myself.

Is there a way for me to add pictures to the body of my post or do I just attach them? I don't really understand the instructions on how to do this and have not been able to add any. I'm thinking that even if I did figure it out the forum wouldn't let me because this is my first post.

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I have no idea what you are talking about???

As far as I know, it was stored with the glass on but left alone for 10 years. It is in fantastic condition compared to some of the other stuff I bought at the same time (note the picture below of the dead possum in my Zero Point arcade machine). The spider came out of the same machine (I think he killed the possum).

I don't see how to have the forum notify me that someone replied to my post. Is this possible?

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I have all the bulbs pulled now (well, the ones that are removed from the top side). What is the benefit of putting LEDs in? What kind of cost am I looking at? I just bought 100 x #44 bulbs and 100 x 555 bulbs to replace everything (I guess that was what I needed).