(Topic ID: 280200)
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Radical!
Bally, 1990
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Elkhorn, WI
Winnipeg, MB
Quoted from Chosen_S:Good on you man, I wander if the repro would ever happen... there’s so much fluorescent ink to copy
Don't look like it will see the light of day. I sent mine to CPR so that the art-work could be scanned. And before they sent it back, asked if they could purchase it. Obviously I refused. Then they replied they need to own one to complete the CNC process. Whatever that means. The old one gets destroyed the process? Either way, they will never find a used one to buy.
Quoted from yellowghost:Don't look like it will see the light of day. I sent mine to CPR so that the art-work could be scanned. And before they sent it back, asked if they could purchase it. Obviously I refused. Then they replied they need to own one to complete the CNC process. Whatever that means. The old one gets destroyed the process? Either way, they will never find a used one to buy.
What did they offer you? How long ago? I know where a used one is.....
Quoted from Jo4114:What did they offer you? How long ago? I know where a used one is.....
No idea what they would've offered me. But I would've only agreed if they sent me a brand new playfield in return. Couldn't hurt to ask. Contact " stu" from CPR.
Loking good. Would be nice if the company that made those " playfield protectors" had a radical huh?
1 week later
I found this on the second playfield. A wire had been pinched under a screw holding the flipper base plate, smashing the wire and removing it’s casing. I will put heat shrink tubing over the bare wire and make sure I don’t pinch it with a screw when I reinstall the flipper mechs. 
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Bummer!
My radical has been down for some time, I did the conversion to install the rear left proto vertical kicker,
The game is awesome with it, but I can’t seem to find a good solution to keeping it working consistently with the updated roms (I don’t want to use prototype roms).
I recently found a relay that may work... just need to make time to work on it again
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1 week later
Cleaned up the outside. Plastic cabinet protectors to cover up the wrinkled decals. New side rails and legs. I will do a little touch up also but this cabinet is coming out fairly decent with a smaller amount of work.
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Can you clean this with melamine to remove the dirty look? Or is it baked in?
Quoted from trilogybeer:Cleaned up the outside. Plastic cabinet protectors to cover up the wrinkled decals. New side rails and legs. I will do a little touch up also but this cabinet is coming out fairly decent with a smaller amount of work.
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Where did you get that color of cabinet protectors?
Quoted from Clytor:Where did you get that color of cabinet protectors?
Pinball Life, dark blue.
https://www.pinballlife.com/pinguard-cabinet-protectors-set-of-4.html
Quoted from trilogybeer:Pinball Life, dark blue.
https://www.pinballlife.com/pinguard-cabinet-protectors-set-of-4.html
I looked at that and didn't read the colors. The dark blue looks kind of purple in the picture. Thanks.
Quoted from Clytor:I looked at that and didn't read the colors. The dark blue looks kind of purple in the picture. Thanks.
Yeah it’s actually a pretty good match and they hide the damage nicely. I should say that these types of cabinet protectors are not recommended for use on a cabinet with decals though as they can wrinkle the decal further out. I will keep an eye on it and see if they start to move the damage further. If they do I will either put the felt leg protectors under these or maybe a sheet of Mylar cut slightly larger than these.
For the flipper mech sitting on the nut on this game I did a fix slightly different than the first game. I used a Forstner bit to counterbore the hole for the post so the T-nut could be sunk down into the playfield.
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3 weeks later
Finally getting some time to get back to these projects. I am waiting for new ramps for the left side and center crossover ramp, but I have started moving components to the new ramps that I do have. I riveted the lamp sockets onto this ramp. Removing the decals and prepping them to reuse is not something I am looking forward to. I was hoping to find new replacement decals but was unsuccessful.
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