F-14 Tomcat
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I thought I would come to you F14 guys to get some input. I know the inserts on F14 are notorious for raising and I have the same problem on BSD. How do you guys deal with inserts that have raised and chipped when there are no replacements? Do you sand their face's down until their are flat and put on new decals?
Quoted from Pac-Fan:On my F14 that already had the mylar removed (and then someone stupidly recoated with an oil based urethane that then yellowed that I had to scrape off), I was able to almost fully level each insert with just a blow drier set on medium, held up to the insert from the front for about 1 minute, then push with my thumb for about 5 seconds while the glue was still soft; rinse and repeat--multiple times.
I never got them perfect, but a LOT better than they were. Originally some edges were up almost the thickness of a dime above the playfield. I was able to get them to about a sheet of paper, perhaps 2 in spots, level in other. The rest of the playfield is not perfect so I didn't need to get the inserts perfect, just a lot better.
how do you deal with them being chipped though? I am tempted to just fill in the chips with acrylic but I know it isn't going to look right, it is just going to be smoother. I don't know what a good fix is. From what I have seen online, people tell you not to take out inserts if there are no replacements because if they crack while you are taking them out, you are SOL.
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