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TZ cabinet is gutted.
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Wiped
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image (resized).jpgQuoted from High_End_Pins:I have a few of them. Shoot me your friends address and I will send him a decent one.
That is insanely nice. Let me get it and I will PM you. I told him I would help to clean and rebuild the machine, I will go ahead and surprise him with this!
Quoted from Jarbyjibbo:If you can't find one I think I have one off of my old TZ I restored. Not repro or NOS by any means but it's pretty clean if I remember correctly (and local).
That is very nice as well! This really is the best thread on Pinside.
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Primed and guide coated.
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The last time I did this I matte cleared it but it did not gloss down as much as I planned.
It is just a little glossier than I want.
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Many would like that I am sure but there is a certain sheen and look I want and that is not it so I will sand it once more and dial the gloss down a bit more.
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This is more like it 
When it comes to gloss levels you can easily polish things up but dulling them down is more tricky so a flatter finish is more workable than a glossy one.
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Now I am going to prep the TZ cabinet for final paint. 87931E75-191E-4AE6-B424-45839CE4AF2D (resized).jpeg
Sanded.
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Bolts blasted. Will paint it all at one time with the same paints and clear.
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TZ cab based in black.
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beats my styrofoam bolt holder.
That is just drilled out wood. Works great.
Yum box arrived.
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Indonesia this month
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Lots of meat flavored snacks from there it seems
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My favorite part of this is watching Curtis
First the smell test. 12F9C44E-8E1F-4CA6-A3A2-FB61C269061D (resized).jpeg
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Now taste
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Uh oh
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Doesn’t look promising
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I think I'll pass...thanks. Plus the picture on the bag, bunnies sitting on a ear of corn is kind of weird too.
Curtis you are a brave man!
Quoted from timab2000:I think I'll pass...thanks. Plus the picture on the bag, bunnies sitting on a ear of corn is kind of weird too.
Curtis you are a brave man!
Indonesian Corno!
Taste as bad as it looks. Possibly worse.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Indonesian Corno!
Taste as bad as it looks. Possibly worse.
I order in stuff in from Japan all the time, but didn't know this service even existed. What would you say the success to nasty ratio is on the boxes? I might try it...
Well, who dares wins (but sometimes loses). My wife travels a lot and brings home snacks from Asia and other places. Most are great, some are very weird.
Dang so is a Gorgar coming? Very tempted to have one done for a few years now. Dont think you've done one yet.
Quoted from PinMonk:I order in stuff in from Japan all the time, but didn't know this service even existed. What would you say the success to nasty ratio is on the boxes? I might try it...
I would say it is a 70% good to 30% bad ratio which is kind of part of the fun.
The two worst I believe so far based on our taste were Cambodia and Indonesia.
Favorites here were Germany and Sweden. Both were chocolate heavy.
Korea was good too that had some unique stuff that was unexpected.
Quoted from turbo20lbs:Dang so is a Gorgar coming? Very tempted to have one done for a few years now. Dont think you've done one yet.
Yes. I have been waiting a long time for someone to send me one of these.
It is the game I most associate with pinball because it was the first one I can remember actually playing when I was kid.
Looking forward to it.
Looks like my TZ cabinet is ready to prep and decal after drying a couple days.
Will need to screen the back of the head first.
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Quoted from setzkor:It gets to graduate with it's head on backwards?
It just doesn’t want to be like all the other Centaurs out there. 
TZ cabinet is decaled.
These are PA decals.
I will refinish the edges soon.
image (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgQuoted from High_End_Pins:I would say it is a 70% good to 30% bad ratio which is kind of part of the fun.
The two worst I believe so far based on our taste were Cambodia and Indonesia.
Favorites here were Germany and Sweden. Both were chocolate heavy.
Korea was good too that had some unique stuff that was unexpected.
So what size box do you get? I'm thinking Medium might be the right size. Large seems like too much if it's a nasty month.
Do you have a referral link that will credit you?
Quoted from PinMonk:So what size box do you get? I'm thinking Medium might be the right size. Large seems like too much if it's a nasty month.
Do you have a referral link that will credit you?
We get a Super Yum Box.
I think we started out with the Medium but they would send a brochure with it about all the things that you could have gotten if you got the super. Then one month they sent a super free of charge just to give an idea.
Don’t think there was a huge cost difference between them.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:TZ cabinet is decaled.
These are PA decals.
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Chris where did you buy those tz decals from?
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Special Centaur flattened out much better this time around. It is reflective and slick but not too glossy. It is more what I have in mind for a Centaur look based on the theme.
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Sorry, color contrast doesn't seem to work. Black head frame kills it. Now I'll take a lot of shit for saying this, but it doesn't look good.
Quoted from mario_1_up:Chris where did you buy those tz decals from?
I got those off of EBay.
Quoted from jj44114:Sorry, color contrast doesn't seem to work. Black head frame kills it. Now I'll take a lot of shit for saying this, but it doesn't look good.
Nothing wrong with having an opinion.
I like it and think it is going to look great assembled.
I have done color changes many times. They are never completely loved or hated they are just deviations from the factory scheme and that alone is enough to make people scrutinize it.
If you like the original scheme better I have done it many times over but this time we are going with this.
Next time who knows?
I think a red one might be cool.
Quoted from mario_1_up:Chris where did you buy those tz decals from?
Phoenix Arcades
Quoted from jj44114:I get it, color is what someone wants. Just thought it might look better all white.
I actually have full creative control on most projects so it isn’t so much that.
Biggest thing I want anyone to understand about a color change is please don’t judge it for better or worse until the game is complete.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:I actually have full creative control on most projects so it isn’t so much that.
Biggest thing I want anyone to understand about a color change is please don’t judge it for better or worse until the game is complete.
Game looks stunning.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:After all that a fresh shipment of three notisseries(HEP TM) arrived. [quoted image]
Unpacked. Where in the world can I fit these things?[quoted image]
Right here [quoted image]
I am sorry if I forgot, but have you ever told us where you get these from?
Quoted from Aniraf:I am sorry if I forgot, but have you ever told us where you get these from?
Those are windshield cradles you have to get them through a glass distributor. It can be a pain.
My playfield rack is a windshield storage rack also.
For the most parts playfields and windshields have similar storage and handling needs.
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