Red Lion, PA
If you told me that Bad Cats only had 200 plays on it since new, I'd believe it!
Just an incredible survivor right there.
-Paul
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Quoted from Pablito350:If you told me that Bad Cats only had 200 plays on it since new, I'd believe it!
Just an incredible survivor right there.
-Paul
Yeah. It’s just been sitting somewhere a long time.
It smells like an old country store and all the rubbers are dry rotted originals.
The ones for the moving target have literally melted away.
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The topic index has all the games he's completed in this thread. You can click on that and then (alpha sort to put the keypost subjects in order) click on Centaur (special version) and it will take you right to the white one.
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Tough choice between the red and white version. They're all killer though. Gorgeous and creative work!
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Don't forget the silver Centaur. This one was the first "non original" version that Chris did for me back in 2016. That red version is fantastic looking too!
30_G.sized (resized).jpgBad cats cabinet is ready to sand and paint. BD5D02DC-BECC-49AE-8DA9-399E5818D9B0 (resized).jpeg
Biggest issue on the lower is expansion cracks.
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The most challenging part for me will be cutting out all the fine details. All these whiskers everywhere!
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Bad cats cabinet sanded.
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Going to need some repairs.
Mostly indentation issues from the bolts,locks bar, legs others are just roughness in general.
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That is a denser form of fiberglass infused filler.
It’s smooth like bondo but strong like fiberglass with structural needs like the leg indentions but little real estate to work with a one and done application is needed.
All leg locations were done but just one picture for example.
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These are the tools I will use FC98F9C9-0DEB-4B42-9F29-936FA89B4019 (resized).jpeg
Mask is applied. 3EF4B71C-F1F5-44FF-8600-FB65A8E45AB8 (resized).jpeg
The cuts that are most challenging will be things like this and much more. All are double because it needs to happen on both side. Then there is the front and the head.
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This orange is really vivid and coverage is very poor.
Sometimes colors that have a lot of pop don’t do well without a bright foundation so white is sprayed on the break throughs and repairs first.
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Unmasked. Hours of cutting and masking .
Minutes of spraying.
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I still have to sand it again. Paint the black some other colors tighten up a line or two.
Matte clear it etc.
Was too nice to decal but not as nice as it can be so it is proving to be a lot of work to save it but worth it.
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Minutes of spraying.
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Just like a holiday dinner; days of planning, hours upon hours of prep. All for 20 minutes of eating!
Me: Well, it won’t be possible to redo all the orange paint, because of the artwork, you would have to cut a frisket for every little hair and whisker, it’s just not possible.
HEP: Cuts a frisket for every little hair and whisker, paints all the orange, it comes out perfect.
Me: 
Also, you just can’t underrate the fact that you used Kitty Hair filler (which I never heard of until now) to fix a Bad Cats pinball machine. 
Melbourne
I can only imagine the expletives that come out of someone's mouth the first time they accidentally scratch or ding their HEP restoration.
Chris, looks fantastic as usual!
You bought 3 units of orange, is that quarts or pints? Pints seem too small, quarts too big. How shelf stable is the paint, opened and unopened?
Quoted from ToucanF16:Just like a holiday dinner; days of planning, hours upon hours of prep. All for 20 minutes of eating!
20 min of eating? You are doing it wrong. I eat for at least an hour and pass TF out.
Bad cats cabinet is ready for the final repaints and clear. F1E313E2-028B-49C9-877D-6914C719B1B9 (resized).jpeg5F79ECD1-2650-4462-93EE-941F0FE6E32F (resized).jpeg
Lots of little things. Mostly scratches little dings
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It is dialed up to a 70/30 gloss level so it will flatten out some as it cures but will still retain a nice sheen.
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Both Centaurs now have doors.
I installed the playfield slide in the red and the regular system in the charcoal one.
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Maverick fresh from the groomer spots it immediately.1010C5E9-3CE4-4B49-8B44-DDDB12EC0BBF (resized).jpeg
I throw it down he is like “Did you drop this?”2A8DC788-DEF2-44FE-911A-A0E2CFABD248 (resized).jpeg
Two seconds later he attacks. He’s like the Khabib of Shih Tzu’s. Definitely a grappler 6E396ECA-82D4-4902-8E0C-99634AB74545 (resized).jpeg
Amazing cabinet work on the Bad Cats.
I can't begin to grasp how you are able to accomplish what you accomplish on a daily basis.
Leduc, AB
I am so jealous of how your clear looks....do you add anything to it? .. does using a slower activator help it smooth out? I have always went with medium but now kinda has me thinking slow and steady wins the race.
Whose a good looking dog...whose a good looking dog ....Maverick is!
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Since maters are getting harder to come by I am going to try Nemos.
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I've got a small dog like Maverick. When I get that look (Maverick is standing next to Nemo), it's his way of saying, "If you don't pick this up, I'm humping the ever-loving hell out of this thing."
Quoted from robotron911:I've got a small dog like Maverick. When I get that look (Maverick is standing next to Nemo), it's his way of saying, "If you don't pick this up, I'm humping the ever-loving hell out of this thing."
Yeah. The toys are safe Maverick is neutered but occasionally he still seems to have a foot fetish
Ready to tackle the underside. 48D4E9E5-A6FD-4EA5-BF11-F5B5D534835B (resized).jpeg
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System 11 wiring harnesses tend to work best when left together.
Unlike WPC or WPC-95 harnesses that divide easily these tend to be really grouped together.
I can have and will break them apart when needed but it’s not ideal but if not.
It’s been cleaned snd roughed in place.
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One of the biggest trouble spots on these harnesses is the GI jumpers.
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The sockets are jumped together with a generic solid core wire that is really fragile it easily breaks at the sockets and is poorly insulated. A3062356-3567-4219-86C1-36DBBA071F2F (resized).jpeg
This same wire is used to jump anything including feature lamps on this era. 738DC0FF-EB35-49BC-9696-8C33797527CA (resized).jpeg
Really we need yellow and blue here not just yellow.
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I will replace all that with color correct wire and replace the sockets as well for the GI.
It’s more troublesome to desolder clean and reuse old ones than to replace when possible.
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Could be an easy retheme ?
Great job as always Chris. One day I would love for you to do a restore for one of my personal collection pins. Now go grab that beer and steak. 
Painted some color matched bolts.
Much easier since I painted the cabinet itself. 60AAF983-4F48-4525-8B6F-371E3967D64D (resized).jpeg
Working through the harness
Lots of GI trash. A7482B96-00F2-4956-93F7-12C4CB0920AF (resized).jpeg
Much nicer and more importantly more durable.
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Chris
This has always puzzled me. Painting bolts with paint instead of powercoat, how do you avoid chipping? Multiple layers of paint? clearcoating? material prep before paint? Just curious as I always seem to get chipped items down the road when I do this.
Mike
Cant quite read what you posted in full so if this doesn’t answer or address let me know.
The bolts are blasted then metal prepped,metal etched then painted and cleared.
The key is the blast,prep and the metal etch from there on you are bonded.
Having bolts powder coated is actually less than ideal because film thickness and limited color range for my purposes.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Cant quite read what you posted in full so if this doesn’t answer or address let me know.
The bolts are blasted then metal prepped,metal etched then painted and cleared.
The key is the blast,prep and the metal etch from there on you are bonded.
Having bolts powder coated is actually less than ideal because film thickness and limited color range for my purposes.
Chris
It does but it now raises more. I get sand blasted, but what type of metal prep and etching? Are you doing that or are the parts sent out for that?
Mike
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