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Twilight Zone Proto playfield as it arrived.
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Shooter lane has ground in dirt and it will need to be well sanded and shaped to eliminate the rough routing grooves t
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Chipped at the wired guide.
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Typical ball drop damage at the switch cut out.Not too bad though.
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Insert wear and edging on all inserts.
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Better shot of the insert issues.All will likely need to be repainted to eliminate the cracks and light gaps.
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A scrape is going through the jet bumper area.
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Ball swirl in the jet bumper area.This is a tough area to fix because of the color and how small the patterns are.
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More insert edging.It is in other colors besides the black as highlighted by the powerball insert.Showing in the blue and th
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Ramp flap damage is deep and will need to be filled.
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Spiral insert used to actually say Gumball but it was scraped off and a rough sticker that says spiral was place.It will
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The area at the gumball exit will need some filler and repaint.
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This area should sand up clean and is hidden once rebuilt.Thee are some stray black marks around the bordering that will
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Playfield is sanded.
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Shooterlane is worked out to a respectable level .
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The damaged areas that require filler are being addressed now.
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Crappy insert decal is removed and the insert is prepped as well as possible considering how rough they were in removin
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Fill work is finished out.
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Gumball exit area is repaired.
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Replacement insert decal installed.I sometimes prefer to clear first then install but I don't want to have to build it
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Jet bumper are is ready to repaint.This is a repair that reall needs to happen on the ground floor be cause the area is com
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Playfield is treated with adhesion promoter.
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Jet bumper area is repainted only as needed to minimize the possibility of the repair being noticeable.
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Jet area unmasked.Looks good prior to clear will look better or worse once clear is down.
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Wireguide chip is roughed in.I will finish it out later on the second round for now just getting it in place.
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First clear applied.
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Jet area look even better clear.Good.
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After this cures a few days I will sand it down and begin the repainting process for the more cosmetic issues.The first r
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Playfield is sanded and ready for the next round of repaints.
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I will address the wood tones.The ball drop damage will be refinished.I do not put filler in this area though because it wou
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Wood tones lightly refinished as needed.
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Areas unmasked.
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Gumball exit area refinished.
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