If I had a Cruze scan of a NOS Firepower playfield who could I get to make the overlay for my game?
If I remember right CPR only made 150 reproduction playfields. Which is surprising given how many are out there.

I suspect they are very busy. There's mention of several titles in the works and they are at EXPO this week.

I supplied the Cruze scan of a NOS Firepower pf for the CPR project. They ran 150 boards and they didn't sell out right away. Then there were issues with the hot dog inserts. Getting inserts is a big issue. The plastic companies laugh at you for 1000 pieces. I kinda get why they don't rerun them.

The NOS Firepower playfield that I had scanned had the jeweled inserts. I purchased it from a Bally distributor in 1980.

You don't necessarily have to sand it down to whitewood. The playfield needs to be smooth. So all the lips on the screw holes, etc need to be sanded down. Any graphics on inserts have to be sanded off (the Hardtop is clear with new graphics over the inserts). Any areas that are clear on the Hardtop so the playfield wood shows thru you'll want to sand an area so no old paint shows (for example, on BK around the outside lower outlane switch wires). I would probably give the whole playfield at least a good once over but if the paint is solid you don't have to sand it off. I've done 2. One I sanded entirely to whitewood. The other, Black Knight, I left some paint - particularly near edges like the ramp attachment points. I did not want to bevel that edge.

Then there's the opposite situation. Any area below the surface needs to be brought up to level. This primarily applies to dished inserts but I found a couple impact divits, too. The Hardtop is going to "bridge" a low spot which probably won't turn out well over time if the bridge allows the ball to flex the Hardtop. Small things like an extra screw hole or something I wouldn't worry about.

Or, bigger?
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Hardtop:
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Installed prototype:
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Final ass'y picture:
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The current thread:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-hardtops-thread

Umm, Addam's Family!
Just kidding. Love Firepower. You're going to love that Hardtop.

I think those are used on some of the harness loop clamps to stand them up off the back of the playfield.

I believe the ones Planetary sold were made by OuterEdge, the Hardtop folks. And they are changing over equipment. At this point about 1 month into what they hoped was a 3 month process.