Ghostbusters Pro and Premium / LE needed some love and more of the city added to the already cool world under glass.

Mini New York City

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Pro Mods
- Sky Mod (Pro / Premium / LE) - $225 AUD
- Library Mod (Pro) - $245 AUD
- Flat Iron Mod (Pro) - $235 AUD
- Fire House Mod (Pro / Premium / LE) - $550 AUD - with a choice of 2 different spinner toppers
- Storage Facility Mod - Static (Pro) -



Premium / LE Mods
- Sky Mod (Pro / Premium / LE) - $225 AUD
- Library Mod (Premium / LE) - $265 AUD
- Flat Iron Mod (Premium / LE) - $225 AUD
- Fire House Mod (Pro / Premium / LE) - $550 AUD - with a choice of 2 different spinner toppers



MODS PRICES:
all in Aussie Dollars = AUD



MANUALS:
for the above mods are available via
https://swinks.com.au/manuals



FIRE HOUSE:
got to this part of the thread for the Fire House as it was developed later:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ghostbusters-gozerian-sky-mod/page/7#post-7881500



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The Original Post was this but the thread grew

1st June 2023

This is a mod more because it has always been on my list to do for me as the Ghost Trap on the rear backboard floating in the sky was always weird to me. I thought why not add a swirling Gozerian Storm Cloud to the backboard. The following screenshots were my inspiration and since the backboard has the green box I thought to place the Sky Mod in the area and go with green lighting.

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All parts are professionally printed
- mount panel is PA12 Black Nylon
- with the front cover professionally printed resin and airbrushed jet black
- there will be a custom pcb with 6 x green breathing leds that with randomly phase on and off so the pattern will always vary (currently is and the goal for the pcb). The pcb will be all surface mount leds and resistors so I can install them and test, and also means anyone can maintain them in the future and swap out green leds for pink leds for example.
- the 2 flashers up there in the backboard are still functional and will flash through the Sky Mod and if you want to change out green flashers up there instead then you can do that as well.

This is a summary install and a closer look at the mod.

Ghost Trap
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Ghost Trap - removed
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Sky Mod - mount Installed using the 2 existing screws. Also notice the 6 leds have shades so to cancel out the led spot light effect and give some cool shading
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Sky Mod - sky scene installed and locked in with 2 screws on top
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Then you just need to run a Swinks supplied lead to a GI socket under the library but can be installed without removing any plastics - all from under the playfield - and don't worry no alligator clips - all Comet Pinball gear.

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This is a short video showing the Sky Mod

Can someone post a few pictures of the ghost trap area on a Premium / LE please?

Thanks in advance

Jady

People have been curious on the other mods.

Library Mod
- 80% scale of Sterns Library but lit
- still working on some tweaks and dye colouring
- mount currently designed for Pro but would consider Premium / LE but only if people are serious
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Flat Iron Mod
- mod over the rhs captive ball area
- sample arrives this week, test fit and photos coming
- will be working on some tweaks and dye colouring
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Fire Station Mod
- I am not wanting to steal order from wolffcub and my approach is very different to his and Mezelmods and even Sterns approach. It is more of a passion project and not sure I will sell it but it will be more accurate in design to the original - in the same vein and scale as the Library and Flat Iron buildings with the aim not to cover that lane where the spinner is. More to come soon on that one.

thanks heaps, a shot looking a tad lower along the bottom edge of the Trap plastic so I can get an eye of the green shading and ramp differences. It will be close but quietly confident of no issues.

thanks can you get a rough measurement of the screw that holds the plastics to the backboard - should be the same as a Pro.

Centre of the screw to the top of the backboard -

thanks I will check against a pro and might move the mount points on the mod so they sit a few millimetres higher on all games and then won't be a issue.

much appreciate the help.

Everyone that has posted here is on the list - thanks for your support

As Jon said the Firestation is a more realistic version like the Library and Flat Iron to complete that similar scale world under glass - will share a picture soon.

thanks Master_of_Trolls I have a list running for GB mods in general and the first is the sky mod but capture interest in the others on that list

do you have a Pro?

Flat Iron Building turned up today and just had to install to check but will need to remove and do purple dye testing to add that night time feeling, but looks good - well I am happy with it.

I think slimer will hit it on the Premium / LE - something to think about.

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Again big thanks to BoilerUp for some more reference photos.

It has been confirmed that the library would not be suitable for the Premium / LE owners as while I can design a custom mount the bigger issue is the plastic actually has a large clear / no art section in the plastic. The issue is my library is 20% smaller for cost reasons but also wanted it scaled down a little for a better balance. So installing my library would leave a couple of largish clear spaces with light blasting through.

So looks like the library is a Pro only mod.

Premium / LE - plastic
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Pro - plastic and my version of the library installed
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just thought to post here as cottonm4 asked in another thread.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ghostbusters-club-we-got-one/page/238#post-7608610

Flat Iron base fastens with one bolt and one magnet to the existing metal plate.
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Then the main building section drops down and locked in with 2 screws - one in the back and other inside and then the top keys in and secured with 2 small bolts on the top. This shows the end of the building is equal to the a small vertical section near the rhs gate. Hope to cross reference measurements from BoilerUp tomorrow.
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I assume you meant - the Flat Iron ?

Ok a few people have asked about Flat Iron sizing:
- 80mm high and steps back 80mm on the slimer side and 70mm on the rhs side
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It mounts using the one existing screw as well as a magnet on the underside and a vertical rise to rest against the gate and it is very firm.
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The mount finishes roughly 23mm / just under one inch from the corner of the bracket.
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BoilerUp has been awesome in helping me with photos and measurements for Slimer on a Premium / LE. I placed a pink line to roughly represent the building end and then the slimer hand extends 15-20mm further to the player. The red line represents a known part - end of the bent down section of the bracket.
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So with the mod for Premium / LE people it won't work how it is.
- Red line is the same red line from BoilerUp image
- Pink line is where slimers body would hit
- Green line is approximately where Slimers hand would clear - but affects the magnet, vertical brace of the gate and bolt down point.
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Then here is the building - pink line represents the possible cut down 25% off the back which I am personally not happy with as then it does not look like the traditional Flat Iron building - so hate to say it - but the Flat Iron Mod might be a GB PRO only mod. I do not want to invest in time and custom changes and then no support as similar with the Proton Mod - I did a extra batch and all people promised to get them but 3 of the 6 pulled out and left with over $2k of stock.
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I did some dye tests today and even though the product said simer at 90 Deg c for 10 minutes some of the parts went to a dark grape colour within 4 minutes which is a way too dark. I did some other parts for 1 minute and look closer to the pop bumper building colour but are Foo parts - live and learn... get more printed and try again.

I have ordered pink dye and hoping with the grey professionally printed material I can achieve a better lighter colouring closer to the original library.

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I assuming Grape tasty....

I will be airbrushing these and will do another dye test in a couple of weeks otherwise will stick to painting.

Update - 6-6-23

- Sky Mod - tweaked a little and designed / ordered a few sample custom pcbs for the lighting effects - will fit Pro / Premium / LE
- Flat Iron Mod - tweaked a little - will fit Pro Only (at this stage ??)
- Library Mod - tweaked a little - will fit Pro Only (currently looking into designing for Premium / LE)
- Fire House Mod - still a little way off

I have updated the list to include all interested including people only wanting buildings and have a spreadsheet capturing everyone's interest for the various mods and see what happens from there.

Had a few people concerned about colour - don't worry I was not happy with the too dark - this will be improved upon. I will concentrate on getting some more samples and correct the colours and then finalise pricing so people can decide what they want if they still want anything and only then will determine what will be made.

Jady

thanks for the support

much appreciated

Well after much thought and research the dark plum / grape dye has actually aided in the end result as gives the parts a nice shadow effect. Then air brushed some lilac to lighten up the main areas but leaving in some of the shadows, and lastly finish off with a purple clear which removes the total satin look and darkens up a little, and came out real nice.

Here is compared to the original library, a fraction dark but the next dye run will be lighter.
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This shows the difference between the dye and painted surfaces
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The finished parts
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Here are the parts installed back in the game and now looks finished apart from a Pubic Library Decal

Library Mod
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Flat Iron Mod
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The first proto-type library was 80% of the Stern library but the Premium / LE guys have a large no graphic window if you remove the library so the first library will not work for the Premium / LE people.

This next proto-type library is now 89% of the Stern library and the library, windows and magnetic mount will work for the Pro / Premium / LE as this allows me to standardise parts and get them a bit cheaper in bulk as opposed to 2 different libraries etc.

The difference is people with the Premium / LE will need an additional base (black in this image) which the magnetic mount will be bolted to. Then the additional base is bolted to the plastic with 3 bolts supplied and there is a hole there to pass through a lighting cable.

The green line is a rough estimate of the clear window in the plastic that we need to cover.

Not sure if I am wasting my time or if there are Premium / LE guys wanting the lit library

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thanks for your interest, everyone that has shown some interest is on the list and I will be ordering final samples early this week and can then finalise prices and then reveal in a couple of weeks

Thanks for your interest, you and everyone that has posted here is on the list along with some Pinball Info , Website and Facebook Pinheads

I don't do a trap just the Flat Iron, Sky, Library and near future Fire House - I do my version of the Storage Facility with a ghost trap in it in which I will be slightly upgrading and refreshing this mod with decals.

Design Notes for those interested:

Library - I have scaled it up from 80% compared to a stern library to 89% so will now cover the lettering behind the targets but leave a few millimetres of plastic showing. The scale increase was mainly to increase to hide the blank box of the Premium / LE plastic. The Premium / LE version will be a little more expensive as still needs an extension base to cover this clear box and so the base extension can be mounted to the plastic first and then the library magnetises to the mount.

Sky Board - lifted the mounting holes up a few millimetres and trimmed the bottom to clear the Premium / LE ramp, had a custom pcb designed to house all the leds and resistors and cap (all through hole components for maintenance if needed in the future).

Flat Iron - minor tweaks and reduced the hardware a little for the roof and made the resin window insert a little thinner in an attempt to reduce the cost.

Fire House - haven't got a chance to work on it, more info in a few weeks time.

This is the current version in which I will be doing a white inlay for the door and will be removing those bolts on those 2 small panels and doing decals and bulbs on top are functional with the game and the ghost track does just slide in there. Also there is a slot in the upper side of the mod to clear the spotlight post. Might even change the mounting a little to a post and magnet - this revisit will be a little while as people were not interested a few years ago but it will be available if people are in the near future.

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