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Starting out with a nice base game overall.It isn't perfect of course but for a System 11 game it is better than most of t
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The cabinet does not have much if any of the graining problem to overcome.There are several areas that will be reworked dur
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On the left flipper button area it has been previously touched up.
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Same thing on the right side.Fairly well done with a brush but I will mask and respray the areas during the repaint.
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Silver is touched up on the left side of the sword handel and will be resprayed during the process.Silver is not a color tha
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Same type of issues in another part of the sword.
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Slight scratch near the lock that will need to be reworked.
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More silver touch ups to refinish later.
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Final silver issue.
That is about it for the notable flaws in the cabinet.There are pretty few for a game that is over
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Starting with an NOS playfield.
sounds ideal but since it is over 20 years old and System 11 it might be pretty challe
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Overall it is nice and straight.There are some nicks here and there and typical grain.
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The biggest question mark about clearing any System 11 playfield is going to be how the inserts react.
Some take the
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This is a close up of the grain.It will go away with clear application as to whether it will need to be painted I won't
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Shooter lane is nice.It has some dirt ground in from years of sitting around collecting dust and I want to get a fresher l
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Shooter lane and surrounding area are cut back down to fresh wood.
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Close up of the cleaner look.
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Initial prep is done.
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First clear applied.I am just lightly sealing it and closing the grain right now as well as trying to get a feel for how
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The clear will look rough on this first application because of the surface it is applied to not the actual application.
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Shooter lane and surrounding area already look better but since the wood was opened up it will absorb the first coat a bit
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A close up of the inserts just to show that they will need some border work even though it is NOS and that there are gap
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Close up of the previously grained area show that it has good potential to smooth up and not require actual repaint o
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Playfield has cured and can be evaluated.
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As is very common the System 11 inserts do not like clear so you can easily see wha the problem is.
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A few more pics of the insert issues.
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Problem inserts were stripped.I do not do the clear ones because they do not normally show the issue and in this case le
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Playfield is sanded to smooth in the cut out and finish cleaning up the inserts from the stripping process.
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Playfield is prepped for the next clear.This will help get things sealed back up.
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Playfield lightly cleared for the second time.
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Shooter lane and natural wood is looking great as it smooths up.
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Lower as cleared.
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