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Freeplay40 Ramps

By Freeplay40

8 years ago


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Post #1 List of remade ramps Posted by Freeplay40 (8 years ago)

Post #200 F-14 ramp mold Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #210 F-14 ramp preview with various colors Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #232 Examples of the F-14 ramp installed in a game Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #241 F-14 ramp finished Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #258 Hurricane ramp form test Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #264 Original Hurricane ramp differences Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #289 Hurricane ramp finished Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #305 Finished hurricane ramp photi Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)

Post #310 Finished hurricane ramp Posted by Freeplay40 (7 years ago)


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#3822 4 years ago
Quoted from sc93cobra:

I'm trying to help someone I sold a Dredd to, his ramp is broken. Upon further investigation, it appears a lot of folks are looking for that one. Any plans to do it?
Thanks so much for what you are doing!
Chris

Which one?

JD has 4 plastic ramps:
Left ramp (the big one, usually broken at the end)
Right ramp
Blackout ramp
Air raid ramp (small ramp, usually broken at the entrance)

And 2 subways.

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#3864 4 years ago

After 5000 miles journey, new Space Station ramp has been arrived. A "bit" better than the old one
Thanks Mark!

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#3869 4 years ago
Quoted from Freeplay40:

Just 11 days from Seattle to Hungary....Not bad!

Right, this was quick.
As installed:

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#3871 4 years ago
Quoted from ToucanF16:

Post some more pics of the Space Station!

Don't want to hijack the thread, but few pics with normal and blue GI:

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#3873 4 years ago
Quoted from Freeplay40:

As the maker of that ramp, I would offer one thought concerning your installation. The existing holes for the hold down screws at the entrance are most likely not appropriate for my ramp. In the photo, the entrance of your ramp appears to be too far to the left and not centered. This would increase impact exposure to the right side entrance of the ramp. If I'm correct in what I see in your photos, I would recommend that you center the ramp entrance properly and make new pilot holes for the hold down screws.
Just my 2 cents!

I agree - and thanks! We will see what we can do.

#3877 4 years ago
Quoted from yellowghost:

Awesome. Was the original color green? Makes more sense as blue

The original is black.

Quoted from Mr_Frog:

I'm sorry if I come off sounding critical, but that blue GI looks so much worse than the standard GI lighting. It's too much blue, looks really harsh, and overwhelms the rest of the artwork on the table. If I could make a suggestion: maybe only use some blue as highlights and keep some of the white in there.

Space Station has 2 GI string: one standard, one colored.
See at 1:55:

6 months later
#4089 3 years ago

I have also a question for @lrosent345, @JodyG, and @Freeplay40.
Is there any chance for the Air Raid ramp for Judge Dredd?
It's a small ramp (probably the smallest I have seen), and almost always broken at the entrance.
Thanks.
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#4094 3 years ago
Quoted from lrosent345:

Hi Jody. There is a downside to placing smaller ramps around the big ones. Let's say you add an Airraid ramp to an Addams Family tool. You run 50 and when the Addams Family ramps are gone you still have 45 Airraid ramps. Probably a bad example but you get the point.

Is this process area based, isn't it?

2 months later
#4169 3 years ago

This the full Judge Dredd set, 7 pieces.

Main ramp (left ramp)
Black Out ramp
Air Raid ramp
Stake Out ramp
Subway 1 (2 parts)
Subway 2

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#4180 3 years ago
Quoted from lrosent345:

Here is my tool. I'm supposed to have another but can't find it.
[quoted image]

Thanks Larry.

Judge Dredd puzzle is complete:

Larry:
Main ramp (left ramp)
Black Out ramp

pin-pimp:
Air Raid ramp
Stake Out ramp
Subway 1 (2 parts)
Subway 2

#4183 3 years ago
Quoted from pin-pimp:

Yes between the 2 molds it’s all there. Now there a question of ownership and who’s running what. I didn’t get this from PPS. I got it from twisted pins when they went under. I basically saved all this from hitting a landfill. Where twisted got it I have no idea. That was a long time ago. I just assumed I’d give the stuff back to PPS after that buyout.

What does it mean? Repro won't happen?

1 month later
#4222 3 years ago
Quoted from Davi:

Thanks Larry.
Judge Dredd puzzle is complete:
Larry:
Main ramp (left ramp)
Black Out ramp
pin-pimp:
Air Raid ramp
Stake Out ramp
Subway 1 (2 parts)
Subway 2

@lrosent345
@pin-pimp
No hope for Judge Dredd?

2 months later
#4369 3 years ago

@freeplay40
@lrosent345
Guys, any chance for Corvette ramps? Race track ramp and Skid Pad ramps are not available.
With decals would be good, but clear ramp would be also a huge help.
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#4470 2 years ago

@Freeplay40
@lrosent345
Guys, any chance for Corvette ramps? Race track ramp and Skid Pad ramps are not available.
With decals would be good, but clear ramp would be also a huge help.

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#4474 2 years ago
Quoted from Freeplay40:

Larry... Do you happen to have molds for those?

Quoted from lrosent345:

I do and planning to run them next.

Thank you!

1 year later
#4835 1 year ago
Quoted from underlord:

Definitely Judge Dredd ramps. Soooo many folks restoring these now. JD has so much in it compared to more expensive Stern Pros.

Judge Dredd story is not easy. See my posts and investigation about this:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/freeplay40-ramps?tu=davi#op

#4844 1 year ago
Quoted from Freeplay40:

With that thought in mind, any chance someone could measure the long side of the big ramp and report back?

The long side is 80 cm / 31 1/2 inch.
Other dimension is 53 cm.

1 year later
#5051 74 days ago
Quoted from lrosent345:

Where did you buy it from, the moon?

-Offtopic-
It's built to order based from Brazil or Hungary.
4 weeks is nothing in pinball world, you know it very well

3 weeks later
#5060 48 days ago
Quoted from Freeplay40:

Judge Dredd update... I've been pretty quiet lately, so thought I'd give this update. There are a total of 7 pieces in the Judge Dredd ramp set. What I call the nonfunctional lunar subway is actually two of those 7 pieces. With the functional subway, we have three pieces below the playfield and 4 above the playfield. I have successfully formed 6 of the 7 pieces. Of course the one left to form is the BIG ramp. So far I have had 4 failed attempts to form this ramp.
I designed my big machine to accommodate plastic of varying length but only 24" wide which nets a formable area about 22" wide. Given that most pinball playfields are about 20" rail to rail, this width is sufficient for most ramps. Judge Dredd, however being a wide body, the BIG ramp is wider than the max width that would fit in a non-wide body game. The big ramp at its widest point is over 21". Technically, that sounds doable, but given the ramp's contour which affects the height of the mold, there must also be draft angles in the mold to facilitate the mold to release after forming. All that said, this mold pushes my width ability to the absolute maximum attemptable.
Over the past week I have made various modifications to may machine in attempts to accommodate this width problem. I will make one more attempt to form this today, but I am not sure it will work and more importantly, work consistently.
Now not to fear... In making the mold for the BIG ramp, I effectively destroyed my own ramp....so I am incented to solve this. And, I am sure I can. If my attempt today fails, I will need to build an additional platen specific for this ramp which should solve the width issue. Without going into detail, I simply need to make a deeper platen. Today is Friday, and as I want to get this resolved this weekend, I have already ordered some additional steel that I will pick up today, that I would need to do this.
So stay tuned as I work through these challenges...

Is this a help for you?
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/freeplay40-ramps/page/84#post-5912645

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