HEP Vector A Year in the making Finished 12-20-15

Quoted from metallik:
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Fixed link. Nice game.

Thanks Larry. Looks like the picture attachment bleeds into the link.

#5 8 years ago

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Quoted from GSones:
Great game for the full HEP treatment. Wish it was mine....

Ordered some Centaur stencils from The Pinball Pimp today for your game

#6 8 years ago

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Insanely nice, Chris. That's all I've got, man. Insanely nice.

Can I come work for you? I'll buy my own beer.

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Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:
Insanely nice, Chris. That's all I've got, man. Insanely nice.
Can I come work for you? I'll buy my own beer.

Yes I always have beer on hand so no need to worry about it.

#8 8 years ago

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Looks great. One less game available for Hammer of the Godz.

#9 8 years ago

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Awesome!

#10 8 years ago

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WOW! Great work as always.

#11 8 years ago

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just amazing work. Love these types of games getting the HEP treatment. Nice work Chris.

#12 8 years ago

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Quoted from DCFAN:
Looks great. One less game available for Hammer of the Godz.

That conversion looks interesting. I have a pretty rough Vector I was thinking about doing it on.Vector turns out to be a cool game itself with the double glass,playfields and all that. They put a lot into it.
From a restore standpoint I felt like it was more on the Krull level in terms of effort than say your typical Bally SS .

#13 8 years ago

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Not sure how I made a blank post so in the interest of content here is a picture of my Christmas tree. 1449795043653-1891263282.jpg

#14 8 years ago

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Looking at the pictures again. Wish my Vector looked that good

#15 8 years ago

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Quoted from High_End_Pins:
Not sure how I made a blank post so in the interest of content here is a picture of my Christmas tree. 1449795043653-1891263282.jpg

omg, you're an LED guy after all!

#16 8 years ago

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Quoted from TaylorVA:
omg, you're an LED guy after all!

The wife is in charge of the tree

#17 8 years ago

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The wife is in charge of the tree

ha!

#18 8 years ago

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HUGE respect. I sold mine for $500 - I didn't like the layout, but I thought the art and speech were great. I still think Vector has one of the best backglasses ever, and I would have kept it just for that if not for the guilt of not playing it enough.

I think it's awesome that you restore lesser-loved games like this. Really nice, Chris.

#19 8 years ago

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Nicest Vector ever.

#20 8 years ago

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Don't forget to do the Vector V10 ROM mod that puts in the skill shot and restores all the unused speech phrases.

#21 8 years ago

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"Hit the Showers!"

#22 8 years ago

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Damn,Chris.....That's all I can say is "Damn"

#23 8 years ago

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Did not realize how the phone pictures displayed differently on here so I changed them.
Anyone know the reasoning behind the different cabinet configurations of this game?I haven't looked into it but they differ a lot.
The door and button location are obvious but the switch,chocking etc is moved all around as well.

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#24 8 years ago

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Out of the oven into the frying pan.1449953093145-1316672327.jpg14499531236692090580573.jpg

#25 8 years ago

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#26 8 years ago

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I suddenly want a Vector now

#27 8 years ago

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Ya, this made my Vector feel not good enough

#28 8 years ago

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http://www.pinball4you.ch/okaegi/pro_softvec.html

Quoted from vid1900:
Don't forget to do the Vector V10 ROM mod that puts in the skill shot and restores all the unused speech phrases.

vid, do you know where I could get one of these?

#29 8 years ago

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Quoted from iron00monkey:
vid, do you know where I could get one of these?

#30 8 years ago

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Quoted from High_End_Pins:
Ordered some Centaur stencils from The Pinball Pimp today for your game

Chris - How do you like the pinball pimp stencils?
Last set I bought was from twisted pins & they blew monkey dicks.

#31 8 years ago

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Does it take one year across other pins you are working on as well, or have you been concentrated on this one and only game for one year?
incredibly nice work, thanks for sharing.

#32 8 years ago

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Sweet. Great work as always Chris.

#33 8 years ago

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No one will ever fault you for your OCD Chris. That's one beautiful Vector.

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Quoted from dasvis:
Chris - How do you like the pinball pimp stencils?
Last set I bought was from twisted pins & they blew monkey dicks.

They are great. I had a friend scan the Vector cabinet and he sent the scans to Jeff and in just a a couple weeks the stencils were done.
The quality is the best and the alignment boxes make things much easier.

#35 8 years ago

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Just about to put the first clear on this one then I will polish the Vector playfield and begin the rebuild as I watch the UFC prelims.

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Quoted from ALJO:
Does it take one year across other pins you are working on as well, or have you been concentrated on this one and only game for one year?
incredibly nice work, thanks for sharing.

I chipped away at it as I work on other games.

#37 8 years ago

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Quoted from High_End_Pins:
They are great. I had a friend scan the Vector cabinet and he sent the scans to Jeff and in just a a couple weeks the stencils were done.
The quality is the best and the alignment boxes make things much easier.

Good to know, thanks!

#38 8 years ago

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Looks amazing.

Just wondering Chris has anyone ever commissioned you for a Zacarria restoration? It would interesting to see a HEP Farfalla, Robot, or Locomotion.

#39 8 years ago

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Cleared.14499611350372090580573.jpg1449961147504-2008971494.jpg

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Quoted from Strange:
Looks amazing.
Just wondering Chris has anyone ever commissioned you for a Zacarria restoration? It would interesting to see a HEP Farfalla, Robot, or Locomotion.

A few inquiries over the years but no one has actually done it yet.

#41 8 years ago

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For many years, I thought that Rembrandt was the only great artist...silly me.

#42 8 years ago

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Back to Vector. Upper sanded and ready to polish. 1449962417078-1316672327.jpg14499627494312090580573.jpg1449962793783-2008971494.jpg

#43 8 years ago

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Quoted from redmamanora:
For many years, I thought that Rembrandt was the only great artist...silly me.

Wrong. It was Vermeer.

Nice job, Chris!

#44 8 years ago

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Lower sanded then polished. 1449963745446-1598734069.jpg

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#45 8 years ago

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Shutting it down now. Hopefully I won't be seeing double.......well unless the wife takes off her shirt.

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#46 8 years ago

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Really interested in seeing how that Fathom develops!

#47 8 years ago

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WOW... very nice job as always Chris. Glad my beautiful stencils are looking so sweet on these game!

#48 8 years ago

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Nice choice in beer Chris. All the greats drink IPA. =)

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Shutting it down now. Hopefully I won't be seeing double.......well unless the wife takes off her shirt.

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#49 8 years ago

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What a gorgeous machine. Job well done, as always.

Can I come sit silently in the corner and watch you work?

#50 8 years ago

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