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Starting platform is okay.Considering how rare it is I guess it is not as important.
The cabinet is one of the roughest pa
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Another problem with the cabinet is crackling and graining.The cabinet is very flaky which will make good seamless repairs t
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Overall views of the playfield.
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Has a full playfield Mylar and removing it will be very tricky.Not because it is any different than any other full playfield
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One of the worst things about this project is that the ramp on the left side is hand made.It wasn't a nice neat effort eith
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Underside isn't bad.The worst thing is the replacement coils are generic.I plan on replacing them with NOS if possible.
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Topside has been torn down.Underside is just begining.Since it has a hinge only playfield it has to be pulled out before it
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Cabinet is ready to be reworked.
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Still has some GI strands stapled in but it will probably be best to leave that on there since it isn't a swap.
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Topside is bare.
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Mylar removal begins.
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Halfway there.The Mylar is coming off pretty well the down side is there is A LOT of thick glue underneath.The glue remover
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Mylar rmaoved and all the glue(finally).
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Here are some of the spots that lifted with the Mylar/glue removal.
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More areas of concern.
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Some insert bordering.
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Some of this is wear that was in non Mylared spots.
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Here is the worst of it I suppose.This area had the color bubble of.Shouldn't be a hard fix additional it is covered by the
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Here are the inital touch ups on the right return lane area.Normally I would lightly clear it first but these are fairly sm
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Some of the other areas touched up.
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Intital clear applied.
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First coat is sanded.Still has some level issues with the inserts so I won't touch any of those up until it is truly flat.
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Even though the inserts can't be touched up right now I can do the white areas.
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I have decided to do all the white on the perimiter.I am not going to do the white in the main part of the playfield becaus
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White is applied.
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That really seemed to freshen the playfield up a bit.I am going to apply the second coat of clear now and hopefully once t
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Second coat has been applied.
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Still has a little ways to go.The toughest part to overcome is going to be the insert bordering around the larger center in
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Playfield has been sanded again and the repairs to the red and the center fade in are being addressed.
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