Getaway: High Speed II, The
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This is one game that will turn out very nice for you. I'd wish you luck but from the list of your other restors you really don't need any....just a kick in the butt every once in a while when you slow down. 
Have fun and I'll be following.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:I started the restore about 3 weeks ago and have made some progress.
After disassembling, I started with the cabinet. Since I won't be using decals and will be doing a mixture of original art and "enhancements", the first step is making stencils. I use a product called TransferRite Ultra commonly used in the sign making business but also by airbrush artists which is where I learned about it. Easy to move from one surface to another, cuts extremely well with a blade, and is overall easy to work with.
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Kiwi Terry (airbrush artist and friend) and I took a few hours to hand draw the artwork onto the TransferRite. Honestly, Kiwi Terry doesn't allow me to help much. He can be a little touchy.
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We then mount it on white butcher paper.
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Photo copies are made so we have as many backups as needed! It isn't necessarily the least amount of work but using vinyl cutters has not proven as successful either for one off projects, which is true of all of my projects.
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Custom airbrush art too, cool.
That is super custom. I'd hate to have police choppers that look like that come after me. How many coats of clear are going on?
Quoted from neverahighscore:Yes, you're work is amazing! So much talent out there.
Yes there is but what was the cost, artwork like that costs $$$ I know guys that do cars, bikes, boats etc and one time I asked them how much it would cost to do a pin for me, I just about fell off my chair when they told me the price.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Some things to keep in mind if you ever want to do custom art. If you provide stencils, prep, base color, and clear, the price will be significantly less than hiring someone to do all of it for you. The vast majority of custom artwork on cars and motorcycles is in the prep. I can spray a motorcycle gas tank in 20 minutes. It will take several days to prep.
I understand all that, if you have the time, place, equipment and talent to do all that. 
I don't know how to do much and have had a tech come out a few times but those times the troubles were things like finding and replacing blown transistors and stuff. Pinball will really be taking a back seat for me when my Mustang comes back from the body shop but in the mean time I have an entire garage to finish on the inside so the car has a home to come back to. Life is toooo short.
I love your vision for the game and can't wait to see more.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:I have got my work cut out for me today with the prep of the playfield. The original plan was to find a NOS playfield but that has come up short. The cleaning, color sanding, and the repair of the scoop begins today. Then a few coats of clear, some color sanding, and then the customization of the playfield will begin.
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Wow your whites are still nice and white but man is that thing dirty. Looks like it will clean up nice though.
Quoted from jawjaw:Maybe your airbrush guy can touch up the play field.
I have a feeling we aint seen nuttin yet.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:I am pleased to say none are raised or sunken! Total luck. This playfield has held up well.
That's great news. Since your going to do the pf custom (and probably clear the pf) may I suggest you epoxy the inserts in as an insurance measure.
That powder looks great. If your putting chrome leg bolts on the Refinery's are the best, real show chrome and don't forget the black nylon bolt washers.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:I had the bolts powder coated as well. I didn't think about the black nylon washers. Good call. Thanks!
I've got powder coated bolts on my Mustang and they look nice but the coating is so thick that I had to use a Cresent wrench to tighten them down which chipped up the coating a bit. So the more I take them off and on the worse they will get. Be careful. I've got purple, red and black on my coated legs, they work and look great.
Quoted from Aurich:Do you have a tumbler?
He better or a sand blaster.
I was just wondering if you were going to keep the stock stainless side rails or are you going to powder them.
Quoted from Triumvirat73:The picture of the powder-coated parts earlier in the thread shows the newly powder-coated side rails.
Oups, I forgot about that.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Powder coating the external hardware seemed straightforward. The question is whether I should powder coat the mechs under the playfield. I have never done it and wrestle with the ROI.
Cleaning them up and having them re-plated would be cool.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:I checked the bolts and they followed my instructions and only powder coated the heads. However, several are screwed up. Back to the powder coater.
Yeah I was talking about the heads, because of the thickness of the coating the proper size wrench wouldn't fit. Hope you have better luck.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Added some around the pop bumpers as well and changed the orange to blue with the idea of it being a bridge going over water.
Thanks!
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How about a ship or boat going under the bridge. 
That's pretty neat, fits your custom theme perfect. How does it know when to light up and how long does the battery last?
Quoted from Tbgolfen:It has a push button on/off top. 2 lithium 3 volt batteries. Don't know the life of the batteries.
With 2 3v it should last a long time as long as you remember to turn it off when not in use. It just slipped over the shaft then?
Quoted from Tbgolfen:The shaft is 5/8 and the knob will fit up to 9/16. There is a little more tolerance than they say. It slid over the shaft like a charm and then 3 set screws hold it snug.
Thanks for the info.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Getting some more parts put back together tonight. I hope to clear coat the cabinet this week and start reassembling.
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Has that been chromed? Looks beautiful.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:The clear sat pretty flat. If you look at the reflection of the fence the lines are reasonably in focus. I still need to color sand using large blocks and respray. I will see if I can't get a similar shot after the second coat to A/B. The distortion is commonly referred to as orange peel. It can be eliminated by sanding and respraying.IMG_3545.jpg (Click image to enlarge)
and buffing.
Quoted from Aurich:Going to leave the toys stock, or have them airbrushed up with extra paint?
I'll bet they will light up during game play and the rotors may even turn.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Apron, shooter, and shifter are cleared.
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Soooo nice. 
Quoted from Sparky:If Pinside had a "Best of Show" award, I nominate this project!
My vote too.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Good news to report. As I was emptying the trash today I noticed some pinball parts and took a quick look to find the cabinet switches. Installed them and all is well. The pinball gods were kind to me today.
Great news.
Quoted from swinks:a little expensive but you could go for 3 round lcd displays with graphics and trigger on other features in the game as well
closed graphic look
butterfly valves open
stop light signals
game rules / goals
uLCD-220RD
http://www.4dsystems.com.au/products
It would take a real electronics wizard to make that kind of set-up but it would be cool.
Thanks so much for posting your project, it was fun to follow your progress. You have the BEST Getaway on the planet.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:I haven't taken a single pic that looks good. Between the reflection of the glass and the translight I give up.
Try a polarizing filter.
Quoted from Tbgolfen:Preparing Getaway for its first trip to a show. It will be leaving tomorrow for Arcade Expo in Banning and will be available to play Saturday night. I have been working hard on the reorchestration in preparation for the show. Getting the new sound effects, voice, music, and jingles properly dialed in is a tedious process. Amazing results but certainly not a plug and play process.
The original voice script has been redone by professional voice actors. The pinsound card allows for files to be added into folders creating a randomizing of call outs. The game started with approximately 45 call outs. Last I checked I am over 100 call outs.
The game was surprisingly missing a jackpot callout. Since I love a jackpot callout, it has been added to the games current choreography. It still has the winding engine and crash sequence but with Jackpot included! I will try and grab some video of people playing on Saturday and post them here.
Man that sounds great.
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