Hello guys

My latest find

I am currently looking for a high resolution photo of the back glass 1028×1028 or higher in order to place an order for a repro.

I know that already some people doing reproductions however it will cost me a fortune to order it from US or Canada. Besides shipping cost which is very high there is also a ridiculously high customhouse tax in Greece as well.

So please can any send me this photo? It will really help me a lot.

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I don't know yet if the playfield needs to be replaced. I will receive the pin this Saturday and after cleaning I will know. For now it seems that there is a lot of dirt on the glass so I am hopping that playfield will be ok.
I don't know what is the story with the bar. I will replace it.
I will not be short on my expenses on this one and I am going to use quality parts. However a repro back glass from Canada will cost me about 550$ when I can get it here with less than 200$ if I got the photo.

So if any owner can help with a really high resolution photo I will sure be grateful.

Thanks. I am really happy with it

Guys can any one explain this?

The shape of some of the Star Gazer letters are different, the gradient color fill/blend of those letters is different, the words "Bonus Multiplier" and "Plus" are absent, the shape of the right starburst, the woman's clothing colors/design, her face/hair are all different.
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That's right. I checked. It has been repainted. The true question here is what to do with it. Replace it with a repro or restore the repainted orginal playfield?

PM send

I am currently restoring my Star Gazer and I use Ral 5017 paint. It looks really nice so far.
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My Star Gazer playfield is in a really bad shape plus that someone repainted in the past. Is beyond repair I believe.
I cannot buy a new one because I will pay an enormous custom tax to import it so it doesn't make any sense.
I know however that for some pins there are available one piece playfield stickers that covers the entire playfield. Make it look like new. Do you guys know if is this available for Star gazer or if there is any one out there that can make it on an order?

Hello guys.

I need your help on my Star Gazer restoration. I want to connect the connector to the board but previous owner cut some of the cables and solder them directly on the board.
You can see the previous cables at the right corner of the board.

I cant really tell what is the right order of the cables that should be into the connector.

Could you please post some good pictures that will help out please?

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Hello again.

Sorry for haven't replied all this time. It was really busy the last few weeks.

I need some photos, if someone can help, in order to understand the correct order of the cables into the connector.

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These pics are great mate. Thank you for your help.

Hello guys.

Any one has the cabin and back cabin doc files for printing?

This is exactly what I needed mate. Thank you very much.

...and what a great site

Hello again guys.

I am really puzzled with what to do with my playfield. It's in an very bad shape.

Someone repainted in the past, which I can live. Its art form of art.

But also due to this repaint job of the past and who knows how many more attempts it's in many places unleveled.

Plus many of the spot light covers are very badly used.

Finally there is a yellow kind layer in most of it (most likely a wrong type of varnish) which will not come off whatever I use.

I can't buy one because reproduction will come from Canada and I will have to pay a very high custom charge. It will cost more that a thousand dollar.

So I was thinking to use an overlay but there is nowhere to be found. Do you guys know if a Star Gazer overlay is available anywhere?
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The reason I am dealing with the playfield is because it's the only thing left to do wctually.

Here is my restoration thread

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/let-s-take-a-vote-

It's not Canada or USA fault. It's this stupid law that we got here for goods coming out of the European Union.
I have family in the US. Once they send me some gifts for my kids and I still had to pay customs.

Yes but this will remove all the art from the playfield and this is a star Gazer. It's not a regular Stern type pin.

Yes. Playfield will be over 1000 including custom cost.

There is a third option as well. Send the money for the playfield to you. You are in Canada. You will purchase it from greatwichjohn with this money, and you will send to me as a gift. This way I will no pay custom cost.
(The Greek way of thinking hehehe )

Sure but what if the someone declares 50 dollars for example.

It does but only after a certain value.

I found an artist thar came to visit yesterday. He is really good but he hasn't done something like that before. So as he said he will do a research first and he will come back with a price. If the cost is like 500$ then I think I will go with a repro. There is no point to pay 500$ for what ever the result will be in this playfield.

Sorry I didn't get you. Are you making repros?

Well at the end of day it all comes to the cost.
I am not planning selling this to be honest. At least not for some years. Most probably it will go to my kids. If, hopefully, they deside to deal with the hobby.

I took everything out today and I clean it up as much as I could. So here is a better look of it

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Hehehe..
I am very good when it comes to cabinet jobs, painting, wood craft etc, but when it comes to artistic kind of things like the playfield I am loosing it.

However I would really like to build a custom Christine pin, after I build a He-Man pin ofcourse

Hello. This is really good. I think I will also use it on my star gazer.

One short question. Is this in scale?

That is great. Thanks

Hello guys,

I am repairing the playfield on my star gazer, any chance to know what is the original playfield color?

Thanks

Actually I am going to use an overlay. Dimensions are ready, and I have tried many printings. Now I just need to decide the colour. So I was looking for a colour mane. Printing colours have certain code names I think.

Well I would not say that my plastics are very good. They are ok.