(Topic ID: 258074)

Stern Meteor Playfield Restoration: Very Rough Shape. With Pics.

By kalegarner

4 years ago



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  • Meteor Stern Electronics, 1979

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#1 4 years ago

A few months back I bought a Meteor for 75 bucks in rough shape. After getting the game functional, I decided it might be worth restoring the playfield. With the help of some stencils I made from images from the internet and my girlfriends painting skills, we started the process of repainting the playfield. I am now currently clear-coating the playfield.

1. The first photo shows the uncleaned playfield freshly removed from the machine.
2. Shows the playfield after a magic eraser for many hours.
3. Filling in the areas with white paint to trace easier.
4. Photo 4 shows one of the many stencils used in the rocket area.
5-8 shows painting the rocket stencils
9. Nearly painted playfield
10. Before Clearing

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#2 4 years ago

Nice job! The insert key lines are difficult to restore on this title.

#3 4 years ago

Great job. You saved that playfield.
Initially I was going to say cpr had the coming but you don’t need it with those skills

#4 4 years ago
Quoted from topkat:

Great job. You saved that playfield.
Initially I was going to say cpr had the coming but you don’t need it with those skills

Thanks, mostly to my gal pal. She does great work.

#5 4 years ago
Quoted from dothedoo:

Nice job! The insert key lines are difficult to restore on this title.

She used various washers, and foreign coins of different sizes to redo them.

4 weeks later
#7 4 years ago
Quoted from dyopp21:

This may be of interest if you are going to draw a lot of circles of varying sizes:
amazon.com link »

Very cool maybe on my next pin.

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