Just finished installing two improvements to my Judge Dredd.
The first was a new Cursed Earth plastic protector from pinbits. This one took a few days of brainstorming and prototyping to come up with a solution (due to very short threads atop the two double bumper posts on either side of the subway entrance). I plan to re-group with Martin on some of the larger plastics that also could benefit from protectors. Hopefully soon they'll offer a more complete protector set for JD than just the slings they currently have on their site.
While I had the deadworld taken apart, I took a shot at giving it better lighting. I had a couple Cointaker UltraBright Red LEDs in there, and they were too spot-focused. Pretty much the problem with any LED -- no flood/diffusion.
I ordered a couple specialty 2-wire Optix LEDs from Cometpinball.com
2x RED #555 base: http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/2-flux-wired.htm
and a 9-SMD LED blue flasher" http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/9smdtowerflash.htm
It didn't matter whether there were two LEDs in the deadworld globe or the four created by the Competpinball 2-wire solution -- that just produced four spots of light. The light from the LEDs still needed to be diffused.
I ended up experimenting with the same solution I ultimately used on all my pop bumper caps -- a polishing fish tank filter cut to fit. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/using-leds-in-pop-bumpers
In this case, I just took a pair of scissors to it. Worked perfectly, and since there's no permanent modifications, it can be removed in 30 seconds to go back to stock or to test a different solution.
Judge Dredd Pinball Deadworld Lighting Mod.jpg
The picture does not do it justice, so try it for yourself.
Polishing filters can be found at your local pet supply store or online:
-Brian
Richardson, TX
