I'm looking for suitable black paper material for making new gun game drop targets with.
Does anyone have suggestions?
Thanks!
(Topic ID: 231470)
New London, NC
dont know what gun game your working on but i cut out some animals for a couple of dale guns.best material i found in black was using the black backing from picture frames..this material will not curl or fold from moisture and is tough enough spin,or pop up as targets with out ripping or hollowing out hole to mount them..a bitch to cut out with razor knife but this best i found so far..good luck on your gun game..just got a chicago coin shoot out myself
I used laminate (most people call it formica) that is usually glued to particle board to make countertops ( pre-granite)
I found it to be strong, paintable and drillable. Does not curl and takes a beating.
Quoted from belairjoe:dont know what gun game your working on but i cut out some animals for a couple of dale guns.best material i found in black was using the black backing from picture frames..this material will not curl or fold from moisture and is tough enough spin,or pop up as targets with out ripping or hollowing out hole to mount them..a bitch to cut out with razor knife but this best i found so far..good luck on your gun game..just got a chicago coin shoot out myself
I don't need the targets perse. I want to make some spare parts for my Bally Midnight Marauders.
I've got a laser so I'll be cutting them out with a laser and also cutting stencils to airbrush the neon blacklight activated paints.
I wish I could find the picture frame backing material in bulk sheet!
Thanks for the idea!
Quoted from PinballAir:I used laminate (most people call it formica) that is usually glued to particle board to make countertops ( pre-granite)
I found it to be strong, paintable and drillable. Does not curl and takes a beating.
Do you have any pictures of finished targets from this method?
Quoted from Moto_bone:All hand painted?!
Yes.
The targets were all hand painted and sealed.
I remade all the scenery on 1/8" birch plywood. I used Frisket and an airbrush for the larger work and hand painted the rest. Then sealed that as well.
Cross fire new scenery (resized).jpgCrossfire original scenery (resized).jpgQuoted from Mopar:This scenery was done with vinyl
Did you use a silhouette cutter and layer it or is it printed on vinyl?
Quoted from PinballAir:Did you use a silhouette cutter and layer it or is it printed on vinyl?
It was my Graphic Designer that digitized, and then put it on vinyl.
Because I had it put on plexi (maybe lexan), I asked if maybe adhering it on the backside might be best, but
he insured me that if put on the front, it could handle the punishment, and was proven to be right..
If it was placed on the backside, then the art work would have been placed on clear vinyl (in reverse) then
white vinyl over that such as this backglass. Black was added over the white for light block out..
IMG_0787 (resized).JPGIMG_0788 (resized).JPG Yes, I believe Steve uses vinyl, and somewhat bakes it on, thus only applies it onto glass..
My Graphic Designer doesn't use the heat process, so many I have put on plexi. The Genco Two Player
Basketball glass as shown above needed holes drilled through it for the two upper baskets, so it was applied
on lexan. I have backglasses from when I first began this procedure back in the mid 90s, and no problem. All is 100%
attached..
And I just learned today that he began digitizing the glass for the 1956 Williams Fun House. Rare machine.
Looking forward to getting that one in.. (T)
After 20 some years, he became a Friend. Although doing backglasses isn't his normal business,
vinyl is. I pay for what is done and it's well worth it. When digitized, the glasses come out fine enough that
many times I've traded for new silk screen glasses. Back in the 90s, with all the ball bowlers with poor glasses
that I was getting in, he saved me big time..
Quoted from PinballAir:Is that wood or laminate?
Wood. I am however going to try the mat board that you would use for framing pictures and such.
Trying to reduce steps. If I can use a Black color material then all I have to do is Laser cut the stencils and make a fixture that I can literally just change the stencil and it locates perfectly Everytime.
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Hi guys, I'm restoring a 1961 Bally Marksman air compressor gun game. One of my major concerns is that the scenery background is very warped, so much so that some of the targets rub on it and the balls get stuck in some places. On the backside, its a dark red material. I am wondering if anyone and any advice on how to flatten it? Thanks!
Quoted from PinballAir:I have not see bakolite warp unless it experienced very hot conditions.
I will try and take some pictures that describe it better
Quoted from PinballAir:If is masonite, you can get that from home depot
Yep looks like it. Thanks for your help, now to just re create the artwork on the new stuff!
I had the scenery made on Midway's Deluxe Shooting Gallery, and Midway's Shooting Gallery
from vinyl. Made a mistake not hanging onto the Deluxe, but I have another in line..
I believe I have taken scenery out, and applied opposite pressure for a period of time to make it
more flat..
I have a Marksman in storage, but haven't gone through it yet..
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