I have never seen this installed in a game, but I think I will this summer if tommy does his with this pf, and we have patz next year. The fella in PA (I think) that did one, did a great job it it looks like a very cool collectable game. NOt like a thought after the fact. I think Dayhuff should have one in his collection, and would have to get rid of one of the others, but he could use a change up. I just have to figure out which game he should sell me. Iron maiden or wizard.
I hope to do mine, now that I have learned that wire harnesses are available for the older bally games. I want to do my MISS WORLD, but cant shell out the duckets for a kiss game, but if i can get a wire harness, I can pick from a lot of trashed, red headed step children.
I have 1 pf of the space rider above available, as well as a lady death which goes with matta hari

Actually I have been looking to buy 2 pfs for my self or the biz or both (usually the case) so if you have any nos pfs, drop me a line.

My eye was also drawn to the yellow orange colors, and maybe a reason is they changed the order. Like did yellow first and later did orange first. I dont know as much about screening as I want to. My father actually does it.

Thats what I am thinking. One of the 2 above is tommys, so hopefully......

I have never owned this game, and wanted it most of my life. This pf came out perfect (IMO). My main concern is not visual perfection any more, though it is very important, I am more concerned with a finish that will out last my time on this planet.

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The only work on this pf besides the clear was a light scratch above the kings head on the far left side. (there are pics of it a couple pages back) I only painted the red and black so only half hour shop time. The scratch was below the clear, so it must of got scuffed before it was cleared, while at cpr.
Everything outside the clear is charged $50 per hour shot time, which includes all of the consumable materials like sandpaper and paint whatever.

Negative on the iron maiden. I have a nice used classic stern Iron maiden set from 1982. I have been meaning to get to it to restore for 6-8 years.

I can get rid of dimpling by coat, sand, repeat, but the problem is when those pfs are de populated many of the threaded holes are puckered up and when I sand it takes off the paint.
The other thing is my process takes 3-4 months, and I hate the idea of someone de popping a pf, and the parts and game sit there for that long and then trying to get it back together. Beyond my skill level for sure.

I have owned 1 IM pf and I have cleared 2. I think your best chance would be to get your stern game seller to try to get one for you. Maybe when you are thinking about buying another game from him.

That joker poker was a repro, the kings and queens/solitare that got picked up thursday was an original.
With the repro pfs being done digitally, I hope mirco starts doing the older stuff, especially the wood rails. A very kind fella names wade Krauss has been knocking them out for as long as I have, and he does it all on his own, and his quality is top notch, as his wood. Problem is he is just a small operation like me. There are so many titles, and he couldnt afford to keep an inventory. whatever this could go on and on, but I hope to see more of the old games getting repro pfs (like the classic sterns this year).
I have always wondered about the future of the wood rails and even EM's once the baby boomers die. I am a gen x person, and I really dig them but I am the minority. So much of it has to do with what titles were available in a collectors childhood.

So Happy new year. I haven't thought of a resolution yet, but rarely do. I am at a point in the studio where 6 or 7 pfs are ready for the final hand sand and polish. They seem to group together. I couldnt ask for more patient customers, so thank you. the roof thing was a detour, and that crap happens. I realize to me its all a small part of the long run, but to a customer who is waiting for his one pf, it means everything. If I speed up the process the finish will not be as hard, so bare with me.
Happy new year!!!!!!!

I know I am always looking for cool documentaries to watch. I caught one on syfi yesterday on scott mcfarlane. a comic book artist, who I have worshipped for about 25 years. Amazing art. he took over spiderman in the late 80's and made it great, did spawn all on his own, and did the pearl Jam vid for do the evolution, which is where I found him. If you are in to art or comics you have probably all ready seen it, if not check it out. Very cool person.

No pics of pfs, but my inspiration to do the pf work

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Thats good news. I would be very happy to clear that!
I would like to get one of the new elviria.

you guys are bums

Here is a link to a very cool story about pinball petes. I used to skip school, or since we had a open campus I would just go for lunch and stay the day in ann arbor. In fact on Jan 20 1984 I totaled my ford "muffstain" going to pinball petes. It was icy, and I was passing, and I had stupid lo-pro tires in the winter. Hit a tree doing between 60-70 mph. crawled. My passenger cracked 2 ribs from his seat belt, I was not wearing one. I walked away. Then at MSU, in 86, I got to sell bags at the other location. Pinball petes (both locations) is on my Michigan must visit list, with the detroit institute of arts, Layfette cony island, and pretty much any white castle. Here is the link

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/04/ann-arbor-arcade-pinball-petes-keep-doors-open-after-raising-90-k/4125472001/

This repro getaway came out absolutely perfect. I picked upo a big magnifying glass at an antique store that I have been using when I block sand and polish, and it is really helping me find the mirco issues.

The pic of the reflection of myhand is to show the clarity of the reflection. I am holding my hand as far away as I can reach. I am 6'2" and pretty long arms.

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If you are wondering about the undistorted reflections, my ceiling is 4x2 sheets of styarofoam, and the light fixture is the porcelain basement fixtures without pull cords.
One of the ways they grade proof coins is the reflection at distances. this table is at 40 in and the ceiling is 8 foot.

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Thank you for the tip. tue and wed are my fav days on pbs. I am watching the country doc out of order because I had to go straight to the 70's. I am planning to cut the cable next month. Does anyone feel strongly about what streaming service has the best selection of docs?

I kina forgot who owns the getaway. I dont remember if it was the one I got from you, or if it was sent here. maybe the owner will se this and remind me. I have only looked thru my saved email, I havent gone thru pinside mail yet. usually the owners contact me when they see their pf
which works out good.
I am block sanding a barracora and a dolly for mr white who have been very patient. thank you.
anyway so they will be next

also the meteor got its last coats, in the last couple days. It just has to cure a little while and I will sand and polish it.

Is your game the one on utube? if so it is beautiful. I am one of the few that loves 6mdm as much as globetrotters. I used to watch the show when I was a kid in about 76, but even at that age I was like "come on" but when it comes to play, I dig them both. since I am so cheap I would prob rather have a steve austin. either way they made a lot of both.

Pics coming after lunch

so I polished out the barracora, and this is one of the 2 nos dolly's I am working on. Each pf has its own personality. Some of them fight me and some love the attention. On the barracora the owner was bummed because the bonus count inserts were not centered and you can just abpout see the edges, so I painted one of the small inserts and I had to draw a smaller circle, so it made the small inserts just too small and the edge of the insert still showed on one. I had the cost calculated to paint them from how long it took to do one and it was like 4.5 hours, and we decided to just do it as is, which I agreed to. the revision would cost some good bucks and it sortof got rid of one prob, but caused another (making the insert smaller.
If I just paint the cresent of wood around the edge of an insert, it will no longer be round and will look horrible.

The dolly took a lot of work. Paint work as well as the dang inserts being soo cupped, as well as the hole for the insert was much bigger than the insert. More likely the insert shrunk. so I fill the ridge as much as possible before clearing and use clear built up in thin coats to get the finish tall enough that I can sand it all level. I also glue the inserts from behind and paint the back

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here is some dolly

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So I thought I would try to post this:
It happens often that there is an issue that is so small that I cant even get it on camera but still its an issue. This is a playboy I thought I was finishing. I block sanded it all day by hand to 3000 and there were a couple spots that had these super small "holes" in the top clear coat. They are not fisheyes because there is no ring around them and the only way I can see them is after I polish, or if I use my new magnifying glass. so I found like 5 on this playboy and I sanded them out when i was at 500 grit.
I think they are caused by the clear drying so fast. since its winter and cold I crank up the heat and use fast hardener and it must not get a chance to smooth out and level. Often when the job is done if you look at just the right angle is a lot of light you can see what looks like a really small piece of glitter. I could never find them before I had my mag glass, until I polished and found them under big grow lights.

ANYWAY so when I got all done with 3000 wet block I cleaned of the surface and it looks flat and awesome, but in the lower center area of the pf in the black (which is about the only place you would ever be able to see it) I can see where I sanded thru, in to the lower layer of clear. it looks like super feint wood grain in the clear, but its clear, just not as clear on the edge where one layer is sanded down in to another. If that makes any sense. If this was not in the black, or right on the girl, in the black, I would just polish it and I doubt it would ever be noticed, especially after installed with parts on and what not.
BUT, people send them to me because they want my version of perfect, and they pay well, so even though I said this was almost done, I am going to sand off the glass smooth finish with 600 grit for a new coat to grab, and recoat it, and do it all again. It was a waste of a whole day, but if I look at it, in the big picture of, the over all year, or even the job, its a couple extra days, and my conscious is clear, and.. the difference between perfect and not perfect is the smallest inconsequential flaw.

Look in the black of the playboy insignia and the girl with the black lingerie

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The pics of that barracora do nothing to represent how good it looks. Bumma.

I got some new pfs in stock for sale or trade.
CPR bally playboy (before they were graded)
Stargazer repro
CPR TAF I have gone thru it and tightened up the inserts, and sealed the back and applied 8 coats over 6 months. Its ready for the last coat, block sand, and polish, which takes 2 weeks (rather than 3-4 months)

Spooky Alice Cooper Nightmare. Its got the kruzman clear process, and is amazing.

Let me know if you have any pfs you want to sell, I sold a couple in the last few months and want to build my collection/stock back up.

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Also you may have noticed the correct UPC sticker on the TAF. I do that because if it were going in my game, I would want it to look like a nos pf.