I got lucky and both of the pfs I blocked and polished this weekend, came out perfect the first time. I caNT FIND AN ISSUE THAT BOTHERS ME ON EITHER!! and that is rare

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Looks so good I tried out door also

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The stars also came out beautiful I am trying to get the reflection I see of an old kruzman paving sign in the reflection, across the shop

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Here are 2 pfs with their final coats. So in 2-3 weeks they will get sanded and polished and cleaned.
The TAFG is a repro, can you tell me whats different about it?

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well that is true, but being a repro IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A DP LOGO. if mirco is listening. nope there is something else. something I am quite p[roud of bein sneaky! (john tuturro in little nicky or one of adam sandlers movies)

It was made by cpr, I am not sure if they still have pics but you will quickly notice

glory halajuala!

It has a purple square under it that said addams fam that looks horrible. The upc is under the clear

here is how it started

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Hum. I dont see any differences.thank you for posting that. The date is april 27 1987. It has another date on it, but no manufacture stamp on the edges. This is where I wish Gene cunningham was still alive. He would know exactly what this pf is. The reason I bought it was because of the date on it, I paid high retail

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I have never owned a space shuttle game, because they are always so dam worn. I have had 3 space stations, and I love that game and think it would be so cool to have them side by side! Anyone out there have them both?

I notice mine has a 1 in hole in the white (upper center pf) to the right of the roll over switches USA

Thats beautiful!!! and 9 ball. wow. Once I get the newish car I would like to stop by. How far off of the 94 are you?

Which reminds me. I am not going to expo, unless I do get a new vehicle, but that is doubtful. since I live 2 miles off the 94 which is the main highway between chicago and detroit and you want to get a pf dropped off here, I would think it would be super easy to find someone who is driving right past my house. I can meet them at the exit 85 mcdonalds. We can save on some shipping costs. I think we could network and make that happen pretty darn easy, so just let me know. I am all about car pooling and saving fuel.
The 131 is only 20 miles from me, so I can meet someone over there also. That way if we find someone who lives in Grand rapids area, they can bring the pf, and I will meet them off of one of the kalamazoo exits.

Just an idea

OK I remember that one. awesome that you made it a nice player game because I was gonna part it, so I am really glad you got it!

Man, I have been hittin them out of the park lately. really happy with these 2. they belong to rc and MW

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Since I got one done the first week of the month I thought I would get a bunch done this month and be rich, but nope. same as always 4 or 5. I been waxing, cleaning the edges, wrapping and crating all day to hopefully make it to fed ex today still.

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wow, that is fantastic work! thank you. Once I saw the outdoor pics I wasn't going to post the indoor, but I think they both show something the other fails to. Both of the pf an, and dirt smears across primer and looks like crap. Those coils make a bunch of that fine dust that is hard to clean, so some poly seals out the moisture as well as keeps it clean

The indoor lights are those curly flouresent jobs. I got 2 different K rated bulbs to mix it a bit but its still fluorescent. I used to know the light colors when I grew, but I dont any more.

My buddy tommy is going to do one of my gieger alt pf/plastics/BG in a Globetrotters game that is roached. I forget the title of it, but there are pics of a couple on previous pages. Completion at the end of next summer. should be super cool. I definitely want those new LED score displays

I really like globe trotters, but it will be cool to have a collector type rare game.

You would think my vision is amazing by the little crap I obsess about, but actually its poor. One way I deal with it, is I flood the area with lights. I forget the lumen output which is what really matters, but I have left over grow lights in my art room, as well as a 4 of the 12 inch curly fluorescents that are "the equivalent of 300 watts" over my table, which also lights from under. I remember from photography and my telescope that the more light you have the better you can see.
Plus I have dollar store reader glasses everywhere that are stronger than my regular glasses. Also when i am block sanding the final coat, I use a big magnifying glass to look for little micro gas holes.

It reminds me though, that you dont need microscopic vision to do good work. On the H.G. pf I just finished, I quickly noticed the hairline cracks around the inserts, but I missed a little blue stripe that CPR didnt screen correctly.(look below the 30 thousand insert) Every pf has inserts with key lines, (often with issues) so I automatically focus on that, but since every title is so different, it is often easy to miss little flaws in the print, until I have to focus on every sq inch of the surface for the final clear. Unfortunately that's when I find them, and it makes me so mad.

Fluorescent lighting on its own is blue and makes your skin look ugly, but if you are making power with coal, and you can cut lighting-usage power by 70-80% I personally think its good policy. I know not every one agrees. if it was just a 10% savings I would say, "no way" but I use the cheap curly bulbs in my house which do the comparative output of 100 watts for 24 watts usage. They dont like winter outside, and take a few min to warm up, and they also dont make all of the heat. I am one of those people that would love to be able to make my own energy, and then only use the power company when I have to, but my area, doesnt have much wind or light. I do have wood burning stoves that are over 85% efficient (that awesome in wood combustion) to heat every building, Having 10 acres plus being around other wooded land, I have a reliable source of wood from dead and dying trees. although homeowners insurance see them as the equivalent of living next to a dynamite factory, and charge me an extra 250 a year because of it. I hate paying ins almost as much as the power company.

I posted pics of this a month ago when i was almost done the first time. when i was doing the final sand, I noticed the clear and top laminate had a 12 in bubble that could be pushed up and down. I sanded off almost all of the clear in the area, and used some dowells I had in the shop and their size of drill bits to make some holes I could get glue under the laminate. It all worked just fine, and then I masked off the rest of the pf, and each coat brought it back further to blend the clear to the existing. Then the last coat I recleared the whole thing. so its 2 coats thicker than usual, but thats better than getting used for kindling which I considered at first.
I did pics inside and out again to see the color diff in the lights

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I can see some wax on the pf around a 1/2 in hole in the last pics that show the dowell work. that will get wiped off. here is a pic why I used to dislike this game. I hated the art. hated it. Once I played the game, I realized its one of the best in that era for sure. Mine was so beat up it was hard to love, since I dont enjoy owning player games.

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I am known as a pervert, but that nipple shot has bugged me since the first time I saw it. makes me uncomfortable. I just played this game at M shudels, and this is such an A title game, hidden in the lower category's. I restored this title more than 12 times before they made the repro pfs. I would have never guessed we have the repro situation we have now!!! so awesome.

The chick to the left of him getting his nips bit off is creepy also. her eyes stare. she is judging, I can tell