Yeah, however they had their backglasses made BITD was miles better than Williams or Gottlieb. Bally was really on top of their shit

I’ve gone through the Space Mission cabinet and backbox, finally starting on the playfield.

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That’s a good looking playfield!

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I have seen it on one of the OCs I owned,
but it was a case of "windex" wicking past the channel lift
causing some wholesale delamination of paint near the bottom backside of the BG is a couple spots.
But by and large Bally BGs of the mid to late 70s hold up very well,
both with little light bulb burn thru or paint thinning/flaking or for that matter not much color fading.
though one of my Bally Hang Glider's BG had some color fade and paint thinning.
Also had a Centaur II that had crazing and delamination that was unusual.
And my Mata Hari EM has severe skin cancer.
As into the 80s solid state era it was kinda hit and miss with how well BGs held up.

It looks better in the photo than up-close in real life. There’s some rippling/planking and ball swirls, and a lot of cupped inserts. But I’ve seen worse. I plan to clean it up, touch it up, and clear coat.

I really like the artwork on the Space Mission playfield. Thorough coordination with the theme of the machine.

I’m really close to finishing my resto. Just need to sand and polish the rails, print a few more labels, and go through the panel of the back box.
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I had a fairly free week, so I thought I'd go through the Smarty.
The glass I had redone. It's not digitized, but it does the trick.
She plays nice and it's a simple game, but nice little player.
I had this one stored since the mid 90s. Wish I had room for
them all, but I'll probably be selling or trading this one..
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1978 Gottlieb Strange World

I started a playfield swap on this game as the original had “paid the rent”. Strong playing Canadian export machine appears to have never been shopped out with the exception of the rings and the flipper bats. Wiring harness removed with no problem and repopulation has begun on a beautiful Wade Krause playfield. Some photos of the old pf.

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Nice job. Homemade or pimp stencils?

Pimp

I'm not near talented enough to do those, especially rhe Quick Silver.

I'm in the same club. After completing a Strange World PF swap, I have another wall hanger
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Well, it looks like Winter's not going away anytime soon, so I brought in the
Playtime from the barn. The Pin Deck section is from another United Ball Bowler.
It physically fits, but the male to female plugins don't quite match up, so after it's
all gone through, a bit of trouble shooting will be needed, but it's a machine worth
putting the time into..
So far, all 20 Score Reels totally gone through. Good enough for today..

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I enjoyed watching the progress on your Strange World restoration. Great job, especially your cabinet restoration. It made the selection of cabinet paint colors super easy.

I'm glad it was helpful to you. Those colors really looked good with the finished cabinet.

Just setup this Set Up. We love to ski, so this one is going to be a keeper. Will need to source a BG for it.

Alberto

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Time to get into the Zone…
Time Zone
I’m thinking about really tripping out on this one, maybe not as ambitious as GeorgeClements88 but more along the lines of RGB blinkers and kitschy touches.

Colored LED's in the tunnel really make it pop.

Finished the head on Ice Revue...

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That looks nice, thanks for the pictures. Hope you can find a backglass for it.

Nice glass.

I see that you opted to remove the fake upper set of flippers
(or Rubber and post) that tends to block the upper entrance to the mid side lanes.

Stole that from some guy who pulled in off the highway...

Part 2 of Flip Flop. Playfield reassembly is done, still need to do the flippers, and take apart the flag assembly for a full cleaning. A couple of the rods are sticking.
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An old tech's notes written right on the serial tag and bottom playfield
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Before I get to the flippers, Im gonna clean out the inside of the cab. This bottom board is filthy
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The art is almost identical to Seven Up which bgresto has. I wonder if you could get Steve to cover the credit window and add a window for the dummy reel. Assuming the other reels are placed identical to Seven Up.

With on 225 made it's going to be tough. Good luck.

Pinball Backglass also has the artwork. I contacted them this morning. Hopefully they can help me out.

Alberto

1978 Gottlieb Strange World

Finished reinstalling wiring harness on new playfield. Smoke test completed with no smoke. Game started and ran with all functions working properly except top white number 1 gapped a little tight.
Top and bottom aprons, rings, and plastics should be installed this weekend.

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atpcfiaim That Strange World is looking nice. I've never seen one in person. Are those playfield inserts purple? Your playfield is looking really nice!

Really a fast and fun player. Action around the pops, the slingshots next to the flippers, and some of the shot angles required to hit targets make this title stand out.

Looks great. What was the fascination in painting over pinball cabinets back in the day? Just don’t get it.

Part 3 of Flip Flop. Bottom board cleaned up. The layer of grime probably provided some protection to the cloth wiring. The colors are very vibrant.
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The cabinet yellowing was uneven, so I thought it was likely nicotine that would come up and not just the white paint itself changing color. Turned out I was right. Using a green scotch-brite pad and 409, Ive been gently scrubbing the cabinet. Not perfectly white but I dont wanna get carried away and start damaging the paint
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Coin and ball count units cleaned and lubed, now bottom board is reinstalled
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Just starting to work on King Rex I picked up this weekend. Very clean unit. So far I’m gonna need a new fuse holder due to numerous broken tabs. Once I have power to unit, I’ll know a lot more. Was happy to find an old title in this great of condition.

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Ready to go for TPF!

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Almost never need to work on my Fast Draw but lately it's been intermittently missing score replays and knocks. Narrowed it down to only player one, then to the 1000 reel score disc by wiggling things around while I held the 1000 relay pressed in at a replay score and it knocked and I saw a spark. Ground lug had the wire attached so it looked fine, but on the other side of the disc the solder around the lug had come loose so the lug and wire were just spinning loose in the solder. Resoldered, fixed.

While I was in there, noticed the 10 reel's two screws that hold the score disc down had worked themselves terribly loose. Tightened them but then the advance to '9' was now sluggish/iffy... readjusted the reel switches and now '9' advance is nice and smooth.

I've had good luck with Sprayway "Crazy Clean" for nicotine yellowing. Spray on, wait for it to start running (~1min), wipe off. Will take paint if left too long so gotta be careful, but overall more even than scotch pads and regular cleaner.

Coin door done, area around it not:

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A game Im just finishing up . been a long time getting it done. playfield touched up, regrained the natural wood, and clear coated. changed out white inserts to new to make flush. repainted the cabinet. was painted in a heavy white oil with paint on side rails., stripped paint from coin door and frame and did the best i could. cleaned and polished pieces in the machine. found the backglass in sweden some years ago. have new SL caps for lock down bar too. Not a game i have seen often albiet supposedly 1700 made. i have seen 3 pfs for sale in the past 2 beat up and one nos since i got this machine about 8 years ago . I always said this was My brunette to My majorettes

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1978 Gottlieb Strange World

Playfield plastics installed. Removed remaining led lamps in head for ball in play and match lights. Side rail removal and cabinet and head disassembly up next for cabinet repaint.

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Hey. Where have you been? Good to hear from you again.

I could sense Winter wasn't going away anytime soon here in Upstate, and since I could use
the storage space, a couple Mondays ago I pulled the Playtime out of the barn.
This was somewhat of a frankenstien machine. Cosmetically I didn't restore it 100%, but enough
to physically get things to line up, and color match. Had to test and change some of the wiring,
and now all straightened out. 80% completed, 20 to go. She's going to be a nice little 16' bowler..

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I had a big ball bowler once, but never got around to getting it set up and working,
bought it from someone near St.Louis.
Dennis Dodel hauled it out to me in California about 25 yrs ago,
along with a couple other pins that I bought from Dennis, (Spooksville and ???)
back when he used to transport pins etc for a time.
after that he said he would never transport another bowler again.
Lived in my backyard covered patio for years, a semi-feral cat ended up making it his home.
It was a United Oasis, can not remember if it was a 13 footer or 16 footer.
I ended up trading it for a working WMS Space Odyssey.
I still have a couple of the balls laying around here somewhere though.

I've had a few ball bowlers but only one ever got set up in my basement. It was the only game my youngest daughter would venture down to play.

It was a ton of fun but my game room is only 364 sq ft. Having a bowler ate up a ton of precious real estate. So it was a real compromise having it down there. I still struggle with the idea. Is it as fun as having a small row of pins? Maybe?

Just started this Target Pool that has been in my storage for a few years now. I decided I wanted to deviate from the original red and blue just a little. I think it came out pretty good. The playfield has been restored and automotive cleared as well. Its a WIP but I think it will come out pretty nice.
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Couldn't find a "Cross Town" owners thread -- if there is one here -- but I'm looking for some clues. Was doing rather well on a game today, passed the 1200 points threshold (which offhand I think is Level 2 Replay), and then the pin suddenly jumps to 1,999 points with a continuous, VERY loud buzzing noise, which won't go away until the game is powered down. Not the first time this has happened. What should I be looking for, as a possible cause ?

Find the loud buzzing coil when this occurs and follow the circuit.

I am working on a Gottlieb Soccer. The cabinet I just stripped out as it is broken so fitting a new bottom and glueing it all back up. It was a literal barn find so this machine is filthy. Any tips on cleaning the lower panel while it is outside of cabinet? It is completely covered in dirt.IMG_2186 (resized).jpg330466425_1155967805106424_5939497118565021929_n (resized).jpgIMG_2230 (resized).jpgIMG_2384 (resized).jpgIMG_2393 (resized).jpgIMG_2354 (resized).jpg

Completely remove all components from the motor board. Disassemble and clean, taking pictures before you start.

Use a small stiff brush, and gentle compressed air to remove the bulk dirt, then do as Playdium
has suggested. The wiring will be easier to clean while it's still attached to the board.

My first EM pinball. 2 weeks work and I think is all working. Just the odd hiccup .

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