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Star Trek TNG Chrome MB

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 Cabinet is just about ready.Standard legs holding it up while I rework a black set.
 
 

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Cabinet is just about ready.Standard legs holding it up while I rework a black set.

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Shaker motor installed.I tried to put it in a Williams typical location without fully covering or going through SR signature.
 
 

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Shaker motor installed.I tried to put it in a Williams typical location without fully covering or going through SR signature.

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 I anchored the shaker to the chock to avoind drilling and tee nuting the floor.There is a cover for each end of the weight a
 
 

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I anchored the shaker to the chock to avoind drilling and tee nuting the floor.There is a cover for each end of the weight a

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 Minor wear at the NZ but a solid/multiply repair has been made.Sometimes less wear is tougher to fix than more in terms of m
 
 

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Minor wear at the NZ but a solid/multiply repair has been made.Sometimes less wear is tougher to fix than more in terms of m

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 Final repaint.Really made an extra effort to match the real wood tone dead on and paint as little as possible.The targets wi
 
 

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Final repaint.Really made an extra effort to match the real wood tone dead on and paint as little as possible.The targets wi

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 Final clear applied.
 
 

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Final clear applied.

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Will need the typical light sand and buff but ready to go after a few days of cure time.The brutal NC summers make this a ver
 
 

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Will need the typical light sand and buff but ready to go after a few days of cure time.The brutal NC summers make this a ver

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 The legs have been prepped.I am going for a violet pearl based black with some blue and  straight metallic accents.The them
 
 

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The legs have been prepped.I am going for a violet pearl based black with some blue and straight metallic accents.The them

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 Legs are done and cleared with the same as the playfield.
 
 

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Legs are done and cleared with the same as the playfield.

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Blowing this pic up will help show the detail.The sun helps a bit too but it will be a little more subtle on the game becaus
 
 

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Blowing this pic up will help show the detail.The sun helps a bit too but it will be a little more subtle on the game becaus

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 The head brackets were done a similar way but just touch more to subtle side with a less glossy finish.The goal is o make t
 
 

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The head brackets were done a similar way but just touch more to subtle side with a less glossy finish.The goal is o make t

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The gun is being done next.It will not be identical to the legs or head brackets by design.The  thing is all these parts are
 
 

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The gun is being done next.It will not be identical to the legs or head brackets by design.The thing is all these parts are

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  I am going with natural/quasi chrome accents for the grip.This will pull the legs and rails together in a common theme.
 
 

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I am going with natural/quasi chrome accents for the grip.This will pull the legs and rails together in a common theme.

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 The gun has to be etched first because it is a high wear item.
 
 

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The gun has to be etched first because it is a high wear item.

19 Color and cear applied.I cleared the entire part including the bare metal to help preserve it and create a barrier from  the
 
 

19 Color and cear applied.I cleared the entire part including the bare metal to help preserve it and create a barrier from the

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 Even HUO games suffer from corrosion.They are still 15 years old and made of cheaper industrial metal.
 
 

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Even HUO games suffer from corrosion.They are still 15 years old and made of cheaper industrial metal.

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These brackets have been stripped down and sent to be plated in chrome with some other parts of the game.
 
 

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These brackets have been stripped down and sent to be plated in chrome with some other parts of the game.

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 Back from plating.
 
 

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Back from plating.

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 Legs and other painted parts installed.
 
 

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Legs and other painted parts installed.

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Ready to begin reassembly.d
 
 

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Ready to begin reassembly.d

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 All coil parts not plated were torn down and tumbled.
 
 

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All coil parts not plated were torn down and tumbled.

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Poppers reassembled.
 
 

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Poppers reassembled.

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Cannons reassembled.Laser mod is wired in.
 
 

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Cannons reassembled.Laser mod is wired in.

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Playfield has been polished and prepped for reassembly.
 
 

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Playfield has been polished and prepped for reassembly.

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 Reassembly of the playfield in process.Steve Ritchie signed the gamee on several locations including the underside of the p
 
 

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Reassembly of the playfield in process.Steve Ritchie signed the gamee on several locations including the underside of the p

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 Underside is almost complete and roughed in.STTNG is a tough one to neaten up until it is all together and working so that
 
 

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Underside is almost complete and roughed in.STTNG is a tough one to neaten up until it is all together and working so that

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Playfield is back in the game.
 
 

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Playfield is back in the game.

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Powered up for testing.
 
 

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Powered up for testing.

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The LED kits were installed.This is a little harder than I though just because of the time consuming task of locating each a
 
 

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The LED kits were installed.This is a little harder than I though just because of the time consuming task of locating each a

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 About one more day and we are all done.
 
 

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About one more day and we are all done.

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Purple post look great up top.
 
 

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Purple post look great up top.

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Went with the backboard decal instead of the lighted one.That one is just too dim and covered by the ship/ramps etc to be wo
 
 

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Went with the backboard decal instead of the lighted one.That one is just too dim and covered by the ship/ramps etc to be wo

 
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