Wow, that looks great! I just brought a Time Zone home yesterday and am preparing to strip the head and cabinet this weekend for paint...guess I oughtta put in my order for the stencils!

So much sanding...this goon not only painted over the original paint, but they brushed one side and sprayed the other! Oh, and apparently this cabinet was an Expressway before it was repurposed for Time Zone...so I still have a few more layers to remove before the fresh primer goes on. Bottom needed replacing too.

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Well, never believe the seller when they say the termite infestation is old...at least the cabinet is now sanded, going to treat for these bastards tomorrow. Believe it or not, the wife told me to press on, termites be damned!

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Hm, if I ever do another cabinet I may try the chemical technique. Sanding wasn't too bad, but it was still 2 days of labor (including the tear down). Honestly though, if I ever do another cabinet its got to be on a game I plan to keep for all time and not a flip like this one is intended for. Thanks for the advise, always good to consider other techniques and have options!

I did use an orbital...this cab had a "custom" paint job plus the original, plus the previous games paint as well...

I used a 5v 5inch orbital sander with 60 grit.

If I pressed too hard too fast, the paint would "gum up" instead of sand off.

Ok, phew...that makes me feel better...I thought how the hell did this other guy sand one down in an hour!?!?!

More importantly, to me at least, how do y'all deal with termites? I'm going to try and kill them with heat today...but failing that I may just burn the cabinet and build a new one. Seems the cost of fumigation is higher than the cost of lumber right now.

I found a place, closest one is 1.5 hours drive...but y'all are right, best to get it done right and be done with it! Delays my project by a week, but thats better than a possible termite infestation.

Thank you for the advice!

Almost done...went ahead and did the strip while waiting on a relay coil for the "Erupt Volcano". Once that's in, this beauty will be 100% again!

Everything else just needed a little cleaning

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Four Million BC, it was at the absolute top of my wishlist for EMs! Got lucky and snagged a great deal, seller had it about a year and couldn't get it running. Took me about 20 total hours now to clean contacts, re-gap (or whatever you call it) some switches, and then the standard "shop" job. Sounds like a lot of time maybe, but this is the first EM I've had to troubleshoot mechanically.

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The last issue with Four Million BC has been remedied! Lucky for me it was the last one in the chain

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Skipping stencils for now, will come back to them at a later date. Unfortunately, my budget got eaten up by fumigation and materials to build a new back box.

Got the relay board back in and the playfield so paint touch up can begin.

Not much but it's progress!

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OK, been working a bunch on Bally Time Zone (although I've not been posting).
I've reassembled the game, repopulated the playfield, and started cleaning and troubleshooting switches and coils (cabinet is termite free!)
All playfield functions are working properly, but I having an issue with the Game Over relay not sticking (either the coil is too weak for the tab to catch or there is a dirty contact, probably dirty since it is intermittent) and I'm only able to start a 1-player game that only plays 1 ball then ends in Game Over at drain, despite it being set to 5 ball. Won't start a 2-player game. Any advice is appreciated!