Ah, but I'm repainting and reflooring the game room while this cures.

Opened it up per advice. I will be closing it when I'm working on the walls and floor as it kicks up a bunch of stuff that may stick. But when I'm not working I will leave it open.

Here's a couple new photos. I don't know if the first one conveys it, but it is really smooth and shiny!

The second photo shows the worst run. There are two other smaller ones too. It sort of looks like a lot of glue was spilled and it sort of looks like the end of a porno movie. Aside from the runs I'm really pleased with it. I'll sort those out.

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I've got a lot of free time.
Thinking I might be turning around and doing it all over again on the second F14 after I have this one playable again..

I've been working on the game room too. Below is a photo from two months ago and a photo from today. They were taken from almost the same spot, slightly different angle. I'm quite pleased with the difference.

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Not happy right now.

I went to wet sand some runs, got carried away, and sanded off some inserts. They look like crap now so I'm going to order new inserts, sit around waiting for them, reapply them, and try again. I guess I didn't spray on a very thick coat last week. I seems like it can be saved, but it's disappointing.

I guess things were just coming along too quickly..

Words like 'light', 'heavy', and 'thick' are subjective. I think my definition is heavy is other peoples light. I used 1.25 cans with 4 coats (2 light, 2 heavy).

I was watching the pindude video where he does a light coat of auto clear on the first coat. It was much heavier than the heaviest coat I've ever sprayed.

Just want to say that I am back on the horse. I sprayed some good coats this weekend, now I'm letting I harden so I can reassemble it.

Reassembling has begun! This part if fun when it isn't frustrating. Mostly fun though!

Getting close now.

When I started this project I had lots of free time. I don't have as much now so the second half is taking much longer.

It is reassembled and plays! It's really easy to put back together when you have a second machine to look at. There are a couple switches that need adjusting. The pop bumper won't light up, I'm going to resolder it.

My primary headscratcher is the scoreboard. When I started it worked fine. Now I get very little from the top row and most everything from the bottom row. I get the same results with the scoreboard from the second machine except the top row is totally out on it. I had presumed the scoreboard from the parts machine was broken, but are they both? Does this photo look like your run of the mill bad scoreboard?

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