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Paragon Club... the Valley of Demons

By schwarz

10 years ago


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Post #103 Sound Board Pins/Wires - Photos Posted by BC_Gambit (9 years ago)

Post #183 Rectifier Board - J1, J2 & J3 wire photos Posted by Cheddar (8 years ago)

Post #269 Mini Flipper - Stock Black Lettering Posted by Captive_Ball (7 years ago)

Post #274 Cabinet Stencils - Pinball Pimp Posted by Captive_Ball (7 years ago)

Post #287 Bally Flipper Bat - Pinball Life Posted by Captive_Ball (7 years ago)

Post #301 Bally AS-2518-18 Rectifier Board - Wiring Key Photos Posted by zombywoof (7 years ago)

Post #384 Removing Metal Spacers from Plastics Posted by Captive_Ball (7 years ago)

Post #515 MPU J3 Connector Photos Posted by Captive_Ball (6 years ago)

Post #608 Mini Flipper - Buy it at PBR Posted by meSz (5 years ago)

Post #622 Saucer coil stop = A-61330 Posted by Captive_Ball (5 years ago)


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#676 4 years ago

Mine is almost back together with a slightly different take on color combinations!

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#678 4 years ago

Here is the finished product. The machine will move into my gameroom tonight for a long stay. I put a playfield protector in it and waxed the protector. The game is playing super fast. Hopefully it will slow down some soon!
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#680 4 years ago

One more picture. I decided to design and 3D print a new finger guard for the transformer rather than make one out of metal. It's a little different than the factory unit, but it works and looks good. I'm still learning this whole 3D printer thing and this was good practice.

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#684 4 years ago
Quoted from Daditude:

I finally joined the club today!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!
Can anyone show me a pic of the boards?
I need to make sure i plugged some things in correctly

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/project-paragon-breathing-life-back-into-the-beast/page/5#post-4969964

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#690 4 years ago
Quoted from Daditude:

Does anyone have LED advice?
Number and type of bulbs?

My game is 100% LEDs. I buy LEDs in 100 packs from Comet, so not sure how many. I used "sunlight", which is between natural and warm white. Sunlight looks really great in this game. I used the frosted 1-SMD in the GI and in the bigger inserts. I used the frosted 1-SMD retro in the back box and all of the smaller inserts. The retro are not quite as bright. If you want to just use one type of bulb everywhere I'd go with the 1SMD and no retro.
You probably also want to upgrade the light board in the back box or the insert LEDs will flicker and look terrible. I have the Alltek board, but the daughter boards sold at Comet work fine too.

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#708 4 years ago

Anyone making nice quality Paragon apron decals yet? The ones from Classic Arcades suck to say the least.

#711 4 years ago
Quoted from John_I:

Anyone making nice quality Paragon apron decals yet? The ones from Classic Arcades suck to say the least.

Alright, I posted in the apron thread but figured I would update here. I scanned the old apron, touched up the artwork, tweaked the colors to match my game better, added in custom cards and printed the new apron skin on a 20x30 photo at Sam's Club for $9.50. After carefully cutting and gluing the wrap in place it looks darn nice for now.

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#724 4 years ago

Comet "sunlight" frosted LEDs look great in Paragon. Everywhere.

2 years later
#1033 2 years ago
Quoted from Moonshot:

I was watching a episode of TNT pinball
Where Todd used a sticker to cover wear spots in the middle of paragon.
He mentions that classic arcade makes them.
But I can’t find it on their web site.
Any idea where I could buy one
Thanks
…. Paragon was my first machine

https://classic-arcades.com/shop?keywords=paragon&olsPage=search

Keep in mind that these guys have been around forever, but their quality is still hit and miss. Their Paragon apron decal is terrible for instance...

#1035 2 years ago
Quoted from Moonshot:

Thanks for the link
But the sticker I am looking for is not on their
Site.
They have a full overlay ….
But Todd used a sticker about the size of a hand

How old is the video? Might not sell it any more...or you might email them and they can hook you up?

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