Hi guys,
At the time it all seemed so easy to take this game apart but it is now very apparent that I should have taken more photos during disassembly as my memory is not what I had hoped.
Can anyone confirm that the sign / upper playfield ball rail just attaches to the whirlpool ramp with screws such as in the picture? It just feels like I'm missing something here?? It also seem that this piece needs to be flush against the underside of the mini playfield so the screws just don't seem right.
Thanks for any help.

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Ahhh I see now, so the whirlpool ramp and the ball guide actually attaches to the underside on the upper playfield. I'm so glad I asked and didn't proceed any further. I really appreciate this arcadenerd925, you've saved me a lot of time

Where is this reorchestration file available from? Is this one of the two available to download on the Pinsound site? Thanks for any help.

Apologies for my dumbass questions but I'm hoping you can help me ...

So you just load both the original file and the reorchestration sounds on the one usb stick? How do ou then select which file you want to use?

Thanks for any assistance.

Fantastic - thanks very much

I bought mine from an Aussie guy that was making them. It came with some velcro tape to secure it to the ramp either side of the missing mountain. It secures it quite nicely and is not visible. Mine's been in my game for a few years and stayed in place perfectly.

I added a few pine trees to my game. I think they look quite good scale-wise and fit the theme. I bought them from eBay and when received them found that the green stuff on the trees can drop a bit on the playfield. I sprayed a little clear coat on them before I mounted them and all good.

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The trees don't shed unless I rub my hands over them or something like that so they are all good after the clear coat. Prior to that, they would shed if you bumped them. I've had them on my game for over a year now I'd say.

I don't remove the playfield to install art blades. I kind of do it like this:

1. Have playfield in upright position.
2. Hold art blade in position and then use masking tape to keep it in place.
3. Start at the coin door end and peel off maybe 12 inches of backing and then cut that off and fix that end of the decal in place.
4. With the playfield in the upright position, make sure it is slid back as far as you can.
5. Make sure the decal is still lined up all the way and start peeling the backing off starting at the section you cut and then head towards the back of the game.
6. When you get to the position of the upright playfield, carefully slide the upright playfield to its most forward position (past the point that you had stuck the decal).
7. Apply the rest of the decal to the back.

My directions above really suck but it's actually very easy. It would be better to explain with photos or a vid. I hope it helps anyway.

The base of the trees was like wire so I bent the end section of it at 90 degrees and then just tightened the screw heads down on it. They are quite secure unless you loosen the screws. They've been on my game for a while and never come loose.

Please post some photos if you get some in your game. I'd love to check it out.

Thanks for the compliment. I've had the game for maybe 15 years and done various "restores" on it over the years. Right now, pretty much everything on it has been replaced with new parts at some point over the years. The playfields are the originals but had them restored and clear coated. The only flaw with the main playfield is that there was a little bit of planking that you can still see if you look from side on with light reflecting but you can't see it from a player's position. The surface is beautiful and like glass.

I think you may be right about the spray adhesive. I first just used hair spray which helped but not the best. The clear coat spray works quite well as they never shed on my playfield but they will still shed a little if you touch them. If I was doing it again, I would try the spray adhesive to see if that may be the best.

This is a link to the trees I bought. I wasn't sure which would be best when I bought them but the lighter green ones are by far the best:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/194384604357?hash=item2d4239acc5:g:QikAAOSwhzphTAIF

The height of them is 90mm or just under 4 inches. You can see in the photo how I bent the base (and squashed with pliers to make flat surface) to secure under the screw heads. There may be better ways to attach but this definitely works.
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Yeah I really like the effect too especially when you make a ramp shot and the LEDs kind of follow the ball down the ramp.

Yes definitely! My wife always helps me when I do the art blades (and cab decals). She's not into pinball but when it comes to decal application, we're a team

The art blades I have on my game is what gave me the idea to put some pine trees on the playfield. I wanted to bring the look of that art onto the playfield as well.

Wow they are some nice looking trees.

As someone else suggested; it might be best to use some spray adhesive instead of clear coat like I used. Clear coat works but it could be better. I would have used spray adhesive if I had thought of it at the time.