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Pretty nice cabinet.Will need some work though.
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Playfields are said to be NOS and look it from the topside..Has the typical System 11 full mylar though :-(
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Teardown underway.
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Underside is nice but there are a few plates the should not be there around the ball trough area.
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Topside teardown.
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Hairline crack in the shooter lane visible as well as a hint of one under the outhole kicker both in the same location as t
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Playfield is out of the cabinet and the cabinet is ready to begin the repair process.
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Playfield is stripped complete underneath.The crack from the topside shows from the bottom in the shooterlane area emitting
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Playfield stripped topside.The hairline cracks from the trough to the shooter lane as well as a small one from the back of
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The inserts all have the typical crazing that is so common on System 11 games particularly those with Mylar.Even if the myl
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Mylar removal in process.Very likely most insert text comes off with the mylar.
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Pretty much every insert lost it's text during the Mylar removal.It is no real loss anyway as most System 11 games do not t
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I guess I know what the odd brackets were for :-(
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I am going to use the previous brackets to hold things in place.The difference is that I will bond it back together with c
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Carbon fiber adhesive is applied and plates are back in the original position to help set it overnight.
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I find the best method for prepping inserts to be decaled is to remove them.Sand the snake skin off them and properly leve
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This is a close up of the snake skin look I will remove .It is best to do this out of the playfield to avoid ruining surrou
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The previous inserts removed are now back in place as well as a few more.The difference is night and day between those don
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Insert issues yet to be addressed.
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Repair to structure.
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Intital clear applied.
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All the insert text has been stripped and the knight is still in great shape.
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The intial clear is just kind of roughed on there since it will be saned back down with a coarser paper than normal in ord
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Close up of the structural repair.It is VERY solid now.
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For the time being I am going to leave the original brackets on less the one they had in-between the two lowers.
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Intial clear sanded.
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Ready for next application of clear.
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Second coat of clear applied.
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The playfield is now pretty level.What spots are not have enough material on them now that it will be after thorough sand
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Ready to sand again.
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