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This is fantastic, just want to ask is it cheaper to build than to buy?
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Twilight Zone
Bally, 1993
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This guy contacted me by PM ... think he would like some help from you!
I can't verify someone I don't know , however he seems legit
Today the honors is for the side rails ,playfield height ,lockdown bar ,just to make sure everything fall in place and perfection!!
New playfields have arrived from Mirco and all I have to say is flat as glass because as I mentioned i’am building 2 Twilight zone games at the same time 
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I have added a few mm on the cabinet so the brushed side blades take place but also not to have a snag fit but also not rubbing the sides of the playfield to the cabinet.
More to come in the next days!!
Enjoy pinheads
Regards
Dimitri
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When I was designing the cab I added 2 mm on each side bottom,front and back and this way I have more clearance so the playfield won’t rub on the sides when I pull it out but also that clearance will also give me the space to add polished blades ,because to be honest I don’t like mirrored).
4 weeks later
Almost done finalizing the second cabinet for the second twilight zone !!
These games will be twins and identical!!
And starting to lay down wiring and bought plenty of new wire to start scratch building and remaking all wiring new for cabinet,back box,and playfield.
Also back to the drawing again to remake the switch and plate assembly C-11615.6DCF864A-80F5-4FD2-895B-C9FCEC4DFA84 (resized).jpeg6DCF864A-80F5-4FD2-895B-C9FCEC4DFA84 (resized).jpeg
More to come keep you all posted
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Oak Side rails today,cutting planning,routing and dust again:.
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Keep up the great work looking forward to that other new pin venture you have coming up
Quoted from transprtr4u:Managed to see these cabinets last Saturday, what beautiful work. Very impressive !
Keep up the great work looking forward to that other new pin venture you have coming up
Oh yes let me announce it officially!!
Creature from the black lagoon scratch build
But I have promised my self after the creature will be medieval madness,Indiana Jones the pinball adventure and much more
Oak side rails complete!!
A nice wax of both playfields and
Today was working and fabricating wire support brackets from scratch ,giving all boards a deep clean and starting to populate the playfields from under.
After all boards in place the honors goes on the playfield wiring.
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I did that back on 2016 when I build my first twilight zone.
Here are some photos from back then,very time consuming but nothing impossible!!
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Here are some photos from back then,very time consuming but nothing impossible!![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Thx for sharing. I knew of some people who have done that. It is definitely time consuming!
Today came up with this idea!!
I have noticed that when you lift up the playfield with the service arm and you want to do some work on your playfield for a wile the playfield is too heavy and you can see it sag from one side an especially on the twilight zone that is a very heavy and too much populated with parts ,so I decided to implement a second stay arm on the left side also so now I can work as much as I like and not to worry about all that playfield weight go on one stay arm so Twilight zone will have two stay arms and will also be a stay arm from wpc 95 and not the blade style like all wpc 89 games have .
Second cabinet ready for priming and painting after finalizing the last two holes on the front cab for the start button and extra ball (also this cabinet is different from the first one I made ,this one has oak finish much more hard surface than maple.
Enjoy guys, more fun stuff on the way
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Quoted from JIMAKOST:I did that back on 2016 when I build my first twilight zone.
Here are some photos from back then,very time consuming but nothing impossible!![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
just wow-what incredible work!
2 weeks later
Hi guys!!
And now the queen of the game is playfield wiring!!
Today started making from scratch the lamp matrix wiring ,and following the switch matrix,opto wiring,and solenoid wiring/flashers.
Enjoy ,after lamp matrix is done will add some more photos from each make!!21CA5EE0-AB2B-46E8-BC18-941937C55928 (resized).jpeg
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A few more parts missing and scratch design before adding all wiring and solenoids.
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I am blown away by this post...my favourite game. Incredible craftsmanship, in depth discussion, incredible thread!
Thank you very much for sharing, could you take some pics of the completed wire forms? By far that is the most impressive to me. Take care!
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Quoted from Kare9:I am blown away by this post...my favourite game. Incredible craftsmanship, in depth discussion, incredible thread!
Thank you very much for sharing, could you take some pics of the completed wire forms? By far that is the most impressive to me. Take care!
Thank you for your comments!!
If your ever drive down to calgary stop by and see my Twilight zone build!!
4 months later
Well after 9 months game is ready 100% and after the third game 1.025.639.870 my high score!!
This is a proof of a game playing flawlessly with no errors at all!!
Time to complete my second build !!
Keep you all posted
Dimitri
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This is amazing. I take it that there was considerable expense in purchasing the components that you could not make, such as the circuit boards under the playfield, circuit boards in the head, etc. Your metal work is amazing as well as making the cab from scratch. Just wondering approximately how much money did you spend in order to purchase the components you did not make.
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Quoted from JIMAKOST:Well after 9 months game is ready 100% and after the third game 1.025.639.870 my high score!!
This is a proof of a game playing flawlessly with no errors at all!!
Time to complete my second build !!
Keep you all posted
Dimitri
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In the Backbox lamp picture. Are the Green,Orange,Yellow Ground? White/color wires power?
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