Sorry I missed it the first time you asked.

Lightweight filler: Evercoat rage gold

Glazing putty: Dynatron (made by 3M) glazing & spot putty

Nope. Didn't forget. I never re-install them. I don't like the looks. Same with the guard around the start switch on the inside.

Backbox cards made and installed in the head.
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Ups brought the first piece of another classic Bally to go in the restore queue.
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Weekdays are tough to get anything done so it's tiny updates for now. I got the common braid stapled down and tested for continuity. I switched the 555's to bayonets as well while I was at it. IMG_3337 (resized).JPG

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Tilt panel going back together.

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Yes, that's where I got them. Inkochnito is a huge asset to the community. The resources he provides is invaluable. I use card stock and my house printer and trim to size. They look fantastic. Much better than the tattered, yellowed originals.

I love mine. My only regret is not buying it sooner. Stencils on demand. Who wouldn't love that.

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Today's progress.
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The game was missing the varistor E-713. I had a little fuse P130L20 varistor. It had the same 120vac but greater amps than the 713. I believe it's a suitable replacement. Someone correct me if I'm mistaken

Side rails wet sanded, cut and polished. The rail is loosely tacked into place. The other holes need carefully have pilot drilled because they got filled by filler.

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Thank you. Those are the old housings and buttons. I needed them installed to get the side rails centered and lined up properly. I intended on putting in new ones. I agree, zitts translucent housings/buttons would look great.

This weekends major task before heading to expo next week.
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Custom stencils for the Apron. I'm in line for a repro as well so it gives me the freedom to experiment. My angle was slightly off so I have to redo it but in the end I plan to replace the pinstriping with the cabinet border. So close on the angle, like 2-4 degrees off. Oh well gives me more practice with the cameo software.

I think I finally have it laid out correctly

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All done. Turned out great. I had to modify the pattern a touch to get it to layout properly. Still looks better than the pinstripes imo. The clear is still wet. I have a couple little specs I need to wet sand out and the buff and polish.

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Shooter gauge. Still needs cut and polished.

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Cut and polished. Looks wet. Nice and shiny.

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I could have put it on but intentional took all the crap cluttering up the Apron. I was considering leaving off the extra flipper text too. I wanted clean and simple just like the cab is.

It’s not so much. I’m not pulling a tape measure out again either. The Apron isn’t symmetrical at the v. If you see I had the medusa farther to the left in the monitor screen shot of my stencil mock-up to center it up with the “v” of the boarder. That put it too far off on the Apron between the Apron card depressions. The placement is a comprimise between being centered on the boarder v and between the Apron cards.

Just getting caught up from expo. I have been pretty busy so I’m able to finally get back to medusa.

Time to tackle reclearing the cpr playfield. The existing clear was pretty bad. The veneer seams are visible as well as heavy graining. As it sat before sanding.
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Sanded and ready to be shot with clear.
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Clear laid down. Once it’s sat, I’ll sand and level and shoot it once more. 6ED027E4-1680-4FBA-BE8B-B705FFA2D7CF (resized).jpeg

Yes sir.

Block sanded and leveled a second time. Some inserts still ever so slightly sunken.
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Second coat laid down nicely. I think I may need one more coat for the inserts but I’ll know better after block sanding. As it stand now it’s 100% better than the stock clear it had.
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So it was sunny enough to get a good look at how it looks now. I can still see slight depressions at some of the inserts. I’ll sand and level it this afternoon and see how it looks after that. My guess is it will need one more coat. The playfield has not been sanded, leveled, cut and polished yet in the pictures.
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A comparison picture of what the inserts looked before I started working on the playfield.

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Thanks guys.

You’re right @bam10, I know the cpr clear is production but man it was pretty bad on this one. Those inserts would have been chewed up in no time like that.

So in the end, I decided to sand and shoot another coat. You can see in the pictures there is still slight depressions at some of the inserts. That would have only gotten worse over time as it continued to cure out. It’s a shame because it’s damn pretty. Oh well, more sanding and spraying to come.

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So I have let the clear set for nearly two weeks. I’m going to sand and shoot one more coat this weekend. I got a nice (and expensive) tool to shoot my clears with in the mail today. Guns are subjective but other than the $900 Sata jet’s, this one is high on many people’s list of top end auto clear guns. Time will tell.

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Nope. I put it aside to work on a restore for someone else. I’m not sure when I’ll get back into it.