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Twilight Zone repro pf

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Repro  TZ playfield as it arrived.
 
 

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Repro TZ playfield as it arrived.

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Shooter lane needs some  work.It is rippled and looks to  potentially have a knot in it.
 
 

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Shooter lane needs some work.It is rippled and looks to potentially have a knot in it.

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Gum insert has  milky white residue  stuck in it on the right side.
 
 

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Gum insert has milky white residue stuck in it on the right side.

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Better shot of the  Gum insert problem.
 
 

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Better shot of the Gum insert problem.

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The Lock 2 insert  also has some residue trapped in it.Right  above the  O.
 
 

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The Lock 2 insert also has some residue trapped in it.Right above the O.

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Another shot of the Lock 2 insert issue.
 
 

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Another shot of the Lock 2 insert issue.

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All the  switch cut outs have  black  bleeding into the natural wood. on the  right  side.
 
 

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All the switch cut outs have black bleeding into the natural wood. on the right side.

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Also on other  parts of the natural  wood.
 
 

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Also on other parts of the natural wood.

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Same issue on the other side switches.
 
 

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Same issue on the other side switches.

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Magnet holes have the black bleed over as well.
 
 

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Magnet holes have the black bleed over as well.

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The  skill shot area lower color is  pink not  red.
 
 

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The skill shot area lower color is pink not red.

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The clear is  thick and  extremely wavy.The entire  playfield is con caved in the  middle section almost like a skateboard.I
 
 

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The clear is thick and extremely wavy.The entire playfield is con caved in the middle section almost like a skateboard.I

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The next  few pics will be used to show the thickness and wavy nature of this playfield through overhead light reflections.N
 
 

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The next few pics will be used to show the thickness and wavy nature of this playfield through overhead light reflections.N

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The entire  center of the playfield dips  way down and rises  towards each edge left to right all the  way  up and down the
 
 

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The entire center of the playfield dips way down and rises towards each edge left to right all the way up and down the

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The  big dip in the light on the  right side just before the door panel  helps show  what you can't feel in a picture.
 
 

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The big dip in the light on the right side just before the door panel helps show what you can't feel in a picture.

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Mirco playfield on the  right   production on the left. Production is the more vivid Sun Process version.Mirco is based of t
 
 

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Mirco playfield on the right production on the left. Production is the more vivid Sun Process version.Mirco is based of t

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Close up of typical factory switch  cut outs.
 
 

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Close up of typical factory switch cut outs.

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Close up of a typical factory shooter lane.
 
 

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Close up of a typical factory shooter lane.

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Mirco shooter lane.Seems to narrow and is full of clear.
 
 

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Mirco shooter lane.Seems to narrow and is full of clear.

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Mirco shooter lane  shaped up a bit.The type of  wood used maakes it hard to get a  nice looking graduation between the plys
 
 

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Mirco shooter lane shaped up a bit.The type of wood used maakes it hard to get a nice looking graduation between the plys

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I thought the first thing I might try is scratching away at the bleed through areas so I started at a bulb hole in a hidden
 
 

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I thought the first thing I might try is scratching away at the bleed through areas so I started at a bulb hole in a hidden

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Since this clear is so thick and uneven I have started  leveling it with a coarser grit.180.Typically this is  used  for sha
 
 

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Since this clear is so thick and uneven I have started leveling it with a coarser grit.180.Typically this is used for sha

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As I cut it down you can look at the  holes etc and see how thick a build up is present.
 
 

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As I cut it down you can look at the holes etc and see how thick a build up is present.

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If you look around the target cut outs near the jet bumper area you can see where I am cutting into yet another layer of cle
 
 

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If you look around the target cut outs near the jet bumper area you can see where I am cutting into yet another layer of cle

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If you look to the right of the special insert you will see  more indicators of  multi layers being cut through in this leve
 
 

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If you look to the right of the special insert you will see more indicators of multi layers being cut through in this leve

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I have shaved this down  for  quite a while now  using various grits and  even with that effort there is still a drop off mo
 
 

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I have shaved this down for quite a while now using various grits and even with that effort there is still a drop off mo

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Looking at the  black to blue area you can see the transitions from coat to coat that must have been applied.
 
 

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Looking at the black to blue area you can see the transitions from coat to coat that must have been applied.

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Playfield is now  sanded and leveled as well as  humanly possible.
 
 

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Playfield is now sanded and leveled as well as humanly possible.

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Playfield is cleaned and ready for corrections in the  wood tones.
 
 

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Playfield is cleaned and ready for corrections in the wood tones.

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This helps further highlight the bleed over into the natural wood.
 
 

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This helps further highlight the bleed over into the natural wood.

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Same thing other side.
 
 

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Same thing other side.

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Matching  this wood tone is a fine art.It  needs to be  transparent enough not to  bury the  natural grain but  cover well e
 
 

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Matching this wood tone is a fine art.It needs to be transparent enough not to bury the natural grain but cover well e

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Wood tones are masked and sprayed.Fine line is used to make the missing edges on the bleed over side.
 Once the color was s
 
 

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Wood tones are masked and sprayed.Fine line is used to make the missing edges on the bleed over side.
Once the color was s

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 While sanding the runs out I  had some clear just chip right off.The area is so thick  that  feathering it in isn't an opti
 
 

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While sanding the runs out I had some clear just chip right off.The area is so thick that feathering it in isn't an opti

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Chip is being repaired.
 
 

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Chip is being repaired.

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Chip is repaired and the repaints can continue.Unfortunately transparency in these cut outs is pretty much ruled out.
 
 

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Chip is repaired and the repaints can continue.Unfortunately transparency in these cut outs is pretty much ruled out.

 
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