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Star Gazer Restoration begins!!

By PACMAN

5 years ago


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#1 5 years ago

The plan:

Playfield swap.

Clean up nasty parts.

Fix and repaint cabinet.

Dial it in.

Play.

#2 5 years ago
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#3 5 years ago

Back glass is really nice, a couple of small rub marks is all.

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#4 5 years ago

Looks like a great candidate for a restore. Original spinners too. Keep us updated. Great game

Mark Salas
CARGPB 30

#5 5 years ago

Breaking it down.

Coin door had a credit button installed. Ugh, i hate that. Will look for a used door frame or just weld a piece on there.

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#6 5 years ago

Why thank you sir!

Quoted from terrapinmark:

Looks like a great candidate for a restore. Original spinners too. Keep us updated. Great game
Mark Salas
CARGPB 30

#7 5 years ago

Cant find the correct pop bumper caps anywhere.

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#8 5 years ago

Parts research.

#9 5 years ago

Marco

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#10 5 years ago

Action Pinball

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#11 5 years ago

Pinitech

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#12 5 years ago

ks arcade

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#13 5 years ago

Pinball Life

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#14 5 years ago

Mantis

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#15 5 years ago
Quoted from PACMAN:

Cant find the correct pop bumper caps anywhere.
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You won't but in Redketchup SG thread, you will find the files for printing.

#16 5 years ago

Playfield swap to? NOS? Repro?

#17 5 years ago

Thanks for the tip.

Quoted from eh97ac:

You won't but in redketchup SG thread, you will find the files for printing.

#18 5 years ago

This is a repro from "greatwichjohn" in Halifax Canada.

Quoted from TKDalumni:

Playfield swap to? NOS? Repro?

#19 5 years ago
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#20 5 years ago

Hoping when all is said and done it will look like this. Not sure who posted this, but thanks for the image.

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#21 5 years ago

From what I can see if your original playfield it looks to be in excellent shape. Why not restore and keep original? I’d much rather have that if it were me doing my own

#22 5 years ago

The repro blues on the Greatwich playfields are way too light.

#23 5 years ago

That's a valid point. If i had the skills to airbrush and clear coat playfields i'd probably do it but alas i do not. I also don't want to wait several months or years for another place to do it. HSA was pretty fast but they aren't doing it anymore. Ron K is a mondo doosh so i'll never work with him again. After its stripped i'll place the original next to the repro as now i'm curious about the blues.

More detailed pix of the PF. You can see a very unsuccessful attempt by a previous owner to touch it up.

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#24 5 years ago

Might just be the lighting on that pic. Heres a couple more pix.

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#25 5 years ago
Quoted from PACMAN:

Cant find the correct pop bumper caps anywhere.
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Here is something I have done with the pop caps. Necessity is mother of invention.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/classic-stern-pop-caps-putting-the-stripes-on

#26 5 years ago

I don't know what it is about this game but I am enamored with it. I mean, I'm sure it's the girl but there's just something more about it. Maybe the deep blue playfield, maybe the warm backglass. I would like to have one some day just for the beauty of it.

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#29 5 years ago

Figuring out what i need to order for this thing.

#30 5 years ago

Getting cabinet ready to paint.

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#31 5 years ago

Unfortunately you are correct. All of the blues are off. It still looks great, but definitely off.

Quoted from patrickvc:

The repro blues on the Greatwich playfields are way too light.

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#32 5 years ago

Actually, EVERY color seems to be off. Red, blue, yellow, tan etc. The good news is, once installed, the new playfield won't ever be sitting right next to the old one

#33 5 years ago

Hard to say about all of the colors since we are comparing fresh ink to ink under ancient amber clearcoat which has shifted everything towards yellow. The background darker blue is definitely way off, though. That said, you are totally correct about the fact that it will look good when done, especially without an original to compare it to side by side. (Plus the fact that all but a tiny handful of people even know the game well enough to know something like that.)

#34 5 years ago
Quoted from PACMAN:

Actually, EVERY color seems to be off. Red, blue, yellow, tan etc. The good news is, once installed, the new playfield won't ever be sitting right next to the old one

Is your apron the dark blue to match the dark blue on your play field? Or do you have the light colored play apron?

#35 5 years ago

I think it’s the lighter blue apron.

#36 5 years ago

Anyone remake these funky rounded square targets? Tried to freshen them up with bleach white but still not happy.

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#37 5 years ago
Quoted from PACMAN:

Anyone remake these funky rounded square targets? Tried to freshen them up with bleach white but still not happy.
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Yes. contact Bob Langelius at [email protected] He make white, yellow and red ones.

#38 5 years ago

Awesome! Thanks!!

Quoted from cottonm4:

Yes. contact Bob Langelius at [email protected] He make white, yellow and red ones.

#39 5 years ago
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#40 5 years ago
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#41 5 years ago
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#42 5 years ago

Cabinet needs a lot of love

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#43 5 years ago

Bolt box. Polished up than cleared.

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#44 5 years ago

Playfield re-population in progress

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#45 5 years ago

A bit more bondo, sanding then primer. This thing was really beat up and not well made from the factory.

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#46 5 years ago

Special thanks to Pinsider cottonm4! Got these in the mail today.

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#47 5 years ago

Primer!

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#48 5 years ago

And finally... PAINT!! Well, the base color anyway.

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#49 5 years ago

Meanwhile the playfield continues to get re-populated.

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