Time to start over..... Nothing like wasting 3 weeks worth of time and $100 in paint but I'm done trying to make this stuff work. I've now tried this 3 times with Rustoleum Paint. All 3 times I've had the same results of wrinkling in the finish. All 3 times I've sanded down, primer (let dry the recommended 48 hours) and painted. This last time I waited a week to paint it instead of the recommended 48 hours. This paint is CRAP!!!! Going back to my tried and true paint. I only tried this paint as it is what was recommend to use with the stencil kit.

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Finally got the black to lay down right using a different paint. Let it cure a week and applied the blue. Will let this cure several days and will lay down the red.

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Red has now been applied. New found respect for those that paint via stencils a lot. I thought it would be easier than what it actually is. I know now that I prefer decals while painting does look better. Should be able to start buttoning up the head now once this dries fully. Fingers crossed all goes well and I can start working on the cab next.

Here's a couple of pics. I'm pleased with the registration of the two colors. Was tough getting it right but a little patience went a long way there. I have a couple of small bleed spots that I'll take care of too. Overall I'm pretty happy with the outcome of my first stencil painting job.

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New metal ground plates and braid installed as well as new instruction/warning labels made and installed. Just waiting for the hinges for the light panel and brackets for the boards to finish tumbling for the head to be completed.
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Been a while since I updated this. Still working on the cab right now. Weather hasn't been cooperating very much as this winter has been pretty rainy. I don't have a booth so I have to do all my work outside.

The lower cab had a lot of dings and dents in it so I've spent most of my time filling things. I got it painted and wasn't happy with the amount of grain still showing up (pic below) so I sanded the sides and front down again and added some more filler.

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Waiting for it to fully cure (pic below) and will prime and paint again. Most of the filler will sand away. I just like coating the whole side for this part and then sanding smooth. Reduces the chances of missing something and having to do it again.

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Sanding completed and the cab has been re-primed. Will let it dry and then will sand it smooth before putting down the black. Came out smooth like a baby's butt.

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Now is time for some more fun. Now that the cab is getting close it's time to start the PF swap and restoration of the everything that goes on it.

Got the harness removed and all the coils laid out. Disassembly time so that I can start dropping parts in the tumbler.

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Slings and pops are done (minus one light socket). A bit of a change between the before (above) and after (below). On to the next parts now. My tumbler is pretty small so I have to do things in batches.

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Cab is done now. Not perfect but I'm pretty happy with how it came out being my first stencil job. Much harder than I thought it would be.
couple of things I want to touch up but I'm going to wait until everything is done and the game is back on it's legs before doing that.

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That pic makes it look like the blue is on the lower edge. Not sure why (maybe light reflection) but it's not like that in real life.

Met up with BTW75 on Sat. Got the finished cab back to his house (he's the owner of the game) and 17 hours later we finished the PF swap (new CPR PF) and got the game back together. Booted up perfectly so all the corrections we made seemed to have be the correct ones. We have one insert acting up that we'll address but it's just about done. Cleaning up the coin door now and refinishing the legs and it will be 100% done and ready for TPF. Forgot to get pics to share with everyone but should get some next time I'm over there with the coin door and legs.

My arms are tired....

Before pic of the back of the coin door. Overall not to bad but not good enough for what we are doing. Second pic is of the shoots and bracket that I finished last night. Not going crazy with things but cleaning things up and trying to polish them up. Not going for a mirror polish but want it looking nice and new.

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Yes. Going to TPF and will be for sale. I'm sure BTW75 would ship it if a non local buyer was interested.

They actually split apart once removed. After that it was just elbow grease. Didn't go crazy and go mirrored polish so I stopped at 1000 grit sand paper and hit it with some polish

Guess I'll share my brain fart moment.

Just about finished putting the door back together. Now where is that lock bracket. Oh yeah its right there. Ah crap, it screws in from the back side which requires disassembly to get to the other side of the door skin

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Brain fart fixed. Not perfect but I'm still happy with how it came out.

I guess it's the nature of a flash but in person you don't see the swirl marks on the front door.

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Legs have been refinished now too. Added in a dashing of metallic metal flake to.

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Xenon has officially made it safely to TPF. Come give it a whirl.

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Xenon has sold already. New owner is keeping it on free play though

Will be in the escalara booth, go check them out and play a game.