Hard to go wrong with a mirror-like finish, looks amazing!

Finally pulled the trigger ordered a hardtop for my space shuttle Friday, built a rotisserie over the weekend , and started The top side tear down today.

Life is good!

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That's what I did, don't have any plans, I just checked out the wooden one from that site and built it with wood that I have laying around and 28 bucks in Hardware .it's not pretty, I'm no Carpenter but it's done the job super well and she's been spinning on that for almost a month now. Screwed it directly into the table once the Playfield was in place so I don't get any sideways movement.
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You guys rock!what a great product. My space shuttle has needed a facelift for 25 years and this was just what the doctor ordered. Can't wait to finish the reassembly and try out this new surface.

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Imagine if you will, you've been married to the same machine for 25 years. You know every curve, every flaw, every imperfection but that's what makes her special, you still love her, just maybe aren't as attracted to her as you used to be. Then one day you find out about a product that for a couple hundred bucks and a little bit of time ,you could dial back the clock and she would look like she did the day you met her, better then the day you met her.Thank you Outside Edge, our relationship has never been better.
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Any chance of an updated poll,, just as a way to gauge interest in upcoming titles that may be in the works. Sure would help to know which project pins to keep an eye out for just knowing that a hardtop could be an option one day.

There's a good reason ours look so similar, yours was the one I saw pictured in another thread and modeled my design after. Performed flawlessly. Thanks for sharing whether you knew you did or not.

Your not married are you?

Congrats, you must have a good woman if she lets you do that on the dining room table

So can we expect the clear ramp to be going with all those other clear pieces

Wet sand to 2000 then Novus 2

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Even after using a tack cloth you want to have your holder use compressed air to blow the underside of the hardtop off, a lot of static electricity once that film is pulled off so anything in the air will stick to the underside of the hardtop. Good luck with your install.

Use a heat gun, or blow dryer to loosen up the adhesive and It will pop right out.

My shuttle was the same way, and you're right the rails hold that piece in place just fine.

Hey KSU, how'd the EBD turn out?

Damn shooter Lanes, when will we ever learn to just say," f*** it, it's good enough for who it's for" and move on.

I swapped out a number of the inserts on my space shuttle, small amount of two-part epoxy applied directly to the sides of the insert holes is the way to go. Apply from the underside to avoid getting any excess glues on to the Playfield . Sand the side of the insert prior to applying the glue so that it has something to bite to before inserting.

Check out this bride of pinbot Club thread, a good way to touch base with people that have already installed the hardtop .
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bop-clubnon-20

Is that an image after the protective plastic film has been pulled off the top?

Yikes, I agree, that looks a little off. I know of at least 10 others from the shuttle Club ,myself included,that haven't had those kind of issues with the hardtop at all. I would contact outsideedge, I'm sure they will do right by you. I've always wondered how much of a pain in the butt it would be to remove that if I had to, maybe you can let us know. May have to fire up the heat gun and find that good putty knife.

That's why I wondered, I could only imagine. Probably be like,if a dumpster fire and a trainwreck had a baby.

I'd say that's a great candidate for a hard top. As for the rotisserie it's definitely going to make a big difference if you have one. You can build one like this for under forty bucks. Worked great for me. And yeah as long as you're doing it swap out the inserts. https://images.pinside.com/7/2d/72dcba2659a6f5598146ddbd9539a81f4945c686/resized/large/72dcba2659a6f5598146ddbd9539a81f4945c686.jpg

My hardtop looked the same when I received it there should be no need to trim those at all it's just excess protective film . It will pull up with the rest of the protective material after the hard tops in place .

Okay then, that being said I would do any adjusting you needed to do after the hardtop is in place. Most importantly align with your inserts if you still feel the need that you need to trim the scoop holes you can use a Dremel bit once it's in place.

Cool, I didn't even know there was a Finding Nemo machine.

So Electra is a unique bird indeed, the main playfield is essentially already hard topped. A lot of owners may only be interested in the upper and lower playfields. It may be in outside edges best interest to do extra runs of the upper and lowers and allow owners to cherry pick to suit their own needs. Any chance?

I figured the main play field area would be designed to install under the existing Plexi, but that's just a guess. I don't really see a need for it on most machines since the ball has never touched that artwork in 40 years. Still the artwork may have faded over those 40 years so maybe there is a need.

Dude, if you have something constructive to add to the thread, please do, otherwise do us all a favor and save it for Facebook.

Ask vid1900

If it was me, I would fill the holes that are not aligned and redrill. But first I would ask vid

Do you still have the plastic film on the bottom side?

That's what you're seeing in that picture, peel back a corner to double check but it should be crystal clear once that adhesive back is removed.

This is kind of funny, but only because it's happening to someone else and not to me. To actually address the issue though, I would think you'd have to remove the rollovers from the bottom of the playfield. Then you can safely cut out the inserts with a Dremel or router. Since you have to do it anyway, this may give us the definitive answer to the great debate of whether shavings will get under the hardtop if you cut it after it's been laid down. Thanks for taking one for the team.

Big guns, twister, nitro. Only going with twister cuz most everyone I've seen is really chewed up.

I installed mine on a space shuttle in early 2020 well over 500 plays and it still looks as nice as the day I put it in. Best thing I ever did to that old bird.

Cabinet decals, for space shuttle, where did you see the image? I'd be interested in seeing these.

I've thought about it, I've had my shuttle for 25 years, just curious about other options.

Those are cool,are they from outside edge and do they have decals for the head as well?

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter why prices have gone up or by what percentage.What should matter is that someone can come up with a reliable fix or simple adjustment for the star roll-overs that are already problematic when installing a hard top. I can only see this getting tricker as the new pieces will be a little thicker.