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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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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.
20190427_221644 (resized).jpgQuoted 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
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.
Anyone making nice quality Paragon apron decals yet? The ones from Classic Arcades suck to say the least.
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.
20190727_195526 (resized).jpg20190728_105413 (resized).jpgQuoted 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...
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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