by Chris — published on October 6th, 2005
From: henri
Subject: Re: PF touchup help
Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:24:29 -0700, NJ Mike wrote:
> I have a few areas where the paint has flaked off of the yellow areas
> of a Surf Champ. I have tried touching up with water based acrylics,
> but the surface always looks rough and bumpy afterwards. Granted,
> I’ve got my magnifier specs on, and the texture doesn’t look bad from
> normal playing distance, but I would like some advice on how to get a
> smoother touchup. I have considered a air brush, but don’t want to
> spent about $100 on a job that is all of about 1 sq inch total. Also,
> I don’t want to clear the entire PF afterwards.
>
you say it’s for 1sq inch, but what about the next pin? and the one after
that etc etc
if you can swing it buy an airbrush. double action, top loading is the
nicest stuff, siphon just wastes paint and is more of a pain to clean up.
if you can’t afford one right now, find a project pin, fix’n'flip it and
put the profit towards the airbrush :)
get something like an Iwata HP-C, will last you for ever.
by Chris — published on October 6th, 2005
From: stokiebouy
Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball
Subject: Re: Dr Who - mini-playfield protector strip
Well, I finished my metal strip replacement. Took about 30 mins all
told, mainly because I also built a little jig to hold the
mini-playfield while I had it out of the game.
The underneath of the original strip was in way better condition than I
expected, the strip itself came off really easy, there was some tape
underneath that I scraped off. Had my metal strip already to go, had
the double-sided tape on it and I just needed to remove the 2nd side of
the tape. That proved to be very frustrating, as at each corner of the
strip when I got them to lift they lifted the whole tape, didn’t leave
the sticky in place.
So here’s a tip. I scored the tape in half using an xacto knife and
then picked at the edge. Bingo, worked like a charm. 20 secs as
opposed to 5 mins of fidgeting with it.
The strip fits in place nicely, looks much cleaner than before. I had
to play with the mini-playfield a bit to get it to align properly in
the playfield, ended up using a couple of thin washers underneath the 2
front screws, out of the 4 that hold the mini-playfield in place.
I have photos if anyone is interested, also photos of my jig. The jig
is basically 2 9 x 6 squares, and you place the mini-playfield in
between then and screw in place to hold. Very simple, if I do it again
I’d make the jig 9 x 9, that way you can put the mini-playfield on any
side without worrying about catching the end of the motor that sticks
out at the back.
Game is now 100%, not as challenging as my LOTR but still a lot of
fun…