(Topic ID: 225528)
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Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992-
Airborne
Capcom, 1996
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Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017
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Black Knight
Williams, 1980
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Williams, 1993
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Centaur
Bally, 1981
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Centigrade 37
Gottlieb, 1977
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Champion Pub
Bally, 1998
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Matthews, NC
Love how you use old mixing cups to put nuts and bolts in, been doing that forever. Something my dad started doing a long time ago.
Also some sad news from my neck of the woods. Our paint store is gone 
My dad went there before I was even born, and used to take me there all the time when I was little. I will never forget the smell of a auto paint store! And I think the smell of bondo will always be my favorite! Just thought I would share.
Great job as always HEP!
I have worked through most cool assemblies.
There are a lot on this game this is just a fraction but I think there are 16 or more in total with 6 of those being either flippers or flipper style.
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All are rebuilt and individually color correct wired with plugs as I go
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Many were in really poor condition mechanically or just kind of pieced together to keep them going on route most likely.
Flipper could were burnt. No getting the sleeve out of this one. image (resized).jpg
Flippers rebuilt on plugs as well with new coils.
image (resized).jpgCould I get a price check on these games or the entire lot.
I am trying to help out the family of a friend and customer that passed away a few months ago.
They are looking to move the collection on
I did the STTNG,Bally Star Trek,and AFM unfortunately he fell ill and passed before he could finish setting them up.
The MM is staying.
The games are located in the coastal NC area.
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Quoted from LTG:I'm sorry you lost a friend Chris.
LTG : (
Thanks.
Many here and in the hobby knew Kirk Perry. He was a very meticulous collector and early advocate for pinball in the post Williams dark days of the hobby much like yourself but with way less time served 
https://www.njherald.com/article/20090711/ARTICLE/307119985
The last thing I want to do is turn an unfortunate situation into a money grab but what I would like to do is put a realistic number on the lot or individual games by people that would actually like them and help his widow and family move these into collections or to owners that would enjoy them so they can move on from Kirks pinball obsession.
TSPP cabinet is gutted.
This one has seen some play.
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Not too hard honestly. No wonder these show such wear.
Marks are made for future repairs.
image (resized).jpgTSPP lower cabinet repairs are complete.
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The floor won’t sand as clean as I would like so I will Black it out instead to make the most out of that situation.
image (resized).jpgThese will require a good bit of primer so I will make a larger measuring stick and use the soon to be empty can as a mixing cup
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This primer is 4 to 1 so 4 parts primer 1 part hardner.
In other words when using a flat bottom mixing container for every inch of primer I need 1/4 inch of hardner.
I have numerous mixing cups with formulas but this is being done to use the existing can up and mix a large lot
4inches of primer
1 inches of hardner.
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image (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgQuoted from heni1977:Ahhhhh the old yellow primer. Works well with dusting black for a nice flat sanding job!
Yes it does. Went with blue this time.
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Quoted from High_End_Pins:I did the STTNG,Bally Star Trek,and AFM unfortunately he fell ill and passed before he could finish setting them up.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Also forgot to mention all games not restored are HUO or were NIB including the DE Star Trek which came from a studio executive.
There looks to be a (restored? by HEP?) GTB EM awaiting set up next to the BLY Star Trek,
do you know what that game is, as you did not list it!
Quoted from pinwiztom:There looks to be a (restored? by HEP?) GTB EM awaiting set up next to the BLY Star Trek,
do you know what that game is, as you did not list it!
Yeah, anyone know what that GTB is in post 2705 above?
The Gottlieb is an Astro
I did not restore it because at that time I did even consider doing EMs so I referred him to Nick(forgetting his last name right now) Who was considered to be the HEP equivalent for EMs.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Just a little bit of wood grain to deal with
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So what's your preference on that kind of situation? Keep sanding, or fill with another shot of primer, or filler?
You moved past it quick..
Quoted from flynnibus:So what's your preference on that kind of situation? Keep sanding, or fill with another shot of primer, or filler?
You moved past it quick..
There was plenty of primer on there so it sanded out without breaking through.
Had it not additional primer would be the best method to further perfect it.
Time to chill out
I settle in with my beer
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Maverick starts out calm enough. He picks a certain spot where he can keep an eye on mama.
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With the coast clear he decided to start chewing on the laptop
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Mama intervenes
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He then comes over to the love seat and watches to see if mama is still around.
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She is he gives in for now.
image (resized).jpgChris do you have a beer cellar? I know a lot of beer folks like alittle age on those big stouts and Belgian Quads.
For me it is hard to leave them alone long enough...
Quoted from Elicash:Chris do you have a beer cellar? I know a lot of beer folks like alittle age on those big stouts and Belgian Quads.
For me it is hard to leave them alone long enough...
I do not. I do have some small crates that I keep them in. That is in a nice cool dark closet.
Most of the beer I buy is pre aged already.
For instance I will buy old stock of certain styles when I can or Brewer aged releases because trying age beer myself can be challenging without a large stock of it.
TSPP cabinet is just about ready to rebuild.
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The bevel is defined around the start button. image (resized).jpg
Same thing around the coin door.
image (resized).jpgQuoted from High_End_Pins:Playfield topside is as far as it goes for now.
Underside is next. [quoted image]
Feel pretty good about this jet bumper combo.
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Looking good Chris. Very excited to get this pin back home.
Having a tspp I am following this with even greater interest as usual. I am sure I will be very jealous at the end 
TSPP trim was refinished factory style.
I had thought about doing some colored trim or nuclear rails but after doing the cabinet the art looked so nice I didn’t want to cover too much of it up or detract from that.
This allows me to stay with the smaller original rails.
image (resized).jpgQuoted from High_End_Pins:TSPP cabinet is just about ready to rebuild.
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heyy.. we wanted to hear how you finished those edges on such a busy pattern like that!
TSPP Braided
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Rails,buttons and protectors are placed
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When it comes to the edges they are sanded then refinished with black everywhere
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Except the places that will show after full assembly.
Those areas are done with similar colors and by filling in the gaps of the art.
It isn’t color for color nor line for line but it gives a nice uniform appearance.
image (resized).jpgHoly crap. Where did you get these decals? That looks SO much better than the originals. My cabinet is pretty flawless but these are amazing.
TSPP Playfield wiring is coming along.
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I used the nuclear hinges and refinished the perimeter around the cut out with the same paint used on the trim to match it to the rail and define the area. C8C8A356-0236-42F2-B0FC-017856AA488E (resized).jpeg
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