Having keenly watched Alpha1's thread on his IJ, I thought it only fair to start a similar thread around a pin I'm going to town on. Ironically I got this from Alpha1 and knew from the first pictures it was going to be quite a project! Heres a few of the photos supplied to Alpha1 from the seller:
Ouch! Can see already theres some peeling paint, fading of the body but worst of all Flipper wear between the flipeprs - argh! So having seen these all I did was say to Alpha1 I'd help collect it along with some others and check it out. Heres my "Hearse" just after boxing day picking up the Funhouse and a Jurassic Park (which wouldn't fit in Alpha1s car):
Impressive hey? Anow... as I didn't know I was going to be doing this thread, I set them both up at my unit and started assessing them and seeing what the hell they'd do when plugged in! More annoyingly I didnt take any pictures before I started as the machine had obviously been stored without its glass for decades, and the ramps, scoops and rudys mouth were full of schredded instruction cards and had obviously been a home to mice! Also the playfield beyond the flipper wear is wrecked by fading, and worse the pints having gone brown and cracked!
Like I say, annoyed I ddint take pictures back then as it was hilarious. I applied power and the machine did somehting but was clear it had a pcb issue - turned out both the +5 and +12 bridges were screwed along with most of the solenoid transistors so I've fixed those and the next set of pictures show the machine booting the day after collection with no errors!!
Eww! Look at that terrible playfield - check out its nastiness and heh one picture shows Rudy with some mouse-home still in his gob:
Knackered to buggery! But at least it boots and is working! Thats a start. Anyhow, I did a trade with Alpha1 and let the buying commence!
Although originally I wasnt going to go mad on it, I seem to be rapidly heading that way. WHilst they havent arrived, I spotted on French eBay someone selling FH decals at a half decent price (about £110!) so I've taken the plunge and made a deal with the seller of a full refund if when they arrive Im unhappy and indeed if good i'll start getting other decals for the community from him andd be a UK agent for him
They'll be here on Monday going by the tracking but the next pictures, the first from the auction and the second of the print quality and vectoring detail are included as they could be of interest to someone else!
Nice vectoring! I've done a pile myself so I can see that looks not bad effort!
Ad for the playfield, I bought one from a collector on the forums and at the moment its been sent to Matt Adams to get repaired and clearcoated - heres some pics he's taken of it:
Cost me £100 but from first looks it looks alright. Bad news is more detailled pictures when shown to the guys Matt gets to paint and repair thinks its not worth it and "not on his Nelly" would he bother as its large areas, with planking and not worht the effort to paraphrase his opinions. Heres a couple of close ups...
Gtes a bit scray doesnt it? Ball swirls, cracks in the varnish, holes and perhaps planking (not that I can massively see that)... So if he wont repair it, theres little point clearcoating it, and dunno how much might come out with polishing/cleaning... So a bit perplexed wether to bother if I'm going to do a total playfield swap - maybe I should bite the bullet and buy a new repro - doen't help that a pin chum has sone sitting there but at a eye-watering £600 price tag - check out these pics to see why its so tempting to splash out and cut my losses on this one...
Sure looks pretty hey? SO tempted to just say hang it!
I've also purchased a pile of stuff which I'll photo when I'm next down the unit, but the only thing here is a complete new Plastic set I picked up from Pinball heaven:
As I say I've purchased new scoops, slingshots, ramp flaps (please god stop me for spening more on brand new repro ramps!!!) along with flipper reuild kits, new coils, Rudy repair kits and gawd knows what else!
If any of our USA residents would be willing for me to have some colour-matched paint ordered from here http://www.pinballuniverse.com/PinballPaints.htm - I'd sure like to get some of the blue to do the the backbox front and inner sides prior to the decalls which I'm tempted ot attempt myself!! But they wont ship to the UK - so cummon somone in the States - help us out!
More pics incoming!
Ouch! Can see already theres some peeling paint, fading of the body but worst of all Flipper wear between the flipeprs - argh! So having seen these all I did was say to Alpha1 I'd help collect it along with some others and check it out. Heres my "Hearse" just after boxing day picking up the Funhouse and a Jurassic Park (which wouldn't fit in Alpha1s car):
Impressive hey? Anow... as I didn't know I was going to be doing this thread, I set them both up at my unit and started assessing them and seeing what the hell they'd do when plugged in! More annoyingly I didnt take any pictures before I started as the machine had obviously been stored without its glass for decades, and the ramps, scoops and rudys mouth were full of schredded instruction cards and had obviously been a home to mice! Also the playfield beyond the flipper wear is wrecked by fading, and worse the pints having gone brown and cracked!
Like I say, annoyed I ddint take pictures back then as it was hilarious. I applied power and the machine did somehting but was clear it had a pcb issue - turned out both the +5 and +12 bridges were screwed along with most of the solenoid transistors so I've fixed those and the next set of pictures show the machine booting the day after collection with no errors!!
Eww! Look at that terrible playfield - check out its nastiness and heh one picture shows Rudy with some mouse-home still in his gob:
Knackered to buggery! But at least it boots and is working! Thats a start. Anyhow, I did a trade with Alpha1 and let the buying commence!
Although originally I wasnt going to go mad on it, I seem to be rapidly heading that way. WHilst they havent arrived, I spotted on French eBay someone selling FH decals at a half decent price (about £110!) so I've taken the plunge and made a deal with the seller of a full refund if when they arrive Im unhappy and indeed if good i'll start getting other decals for the community from him andd be a UK agent for him
They'll be here on Monday going by the tracking but the next pictures, the first from the auction and the second of the print quality and vectoring detail are included as they could be of interest to someone else!
Nice vectoring! I've done a pile myself so I can see that looks not bad effort!
Ad for the playfield, I bought one from a collector on the forums and at the moment its been sent to Matt Adams to get repaired and clearcoated - heres some pics he's taken of it:
Cost me £100 but from first looks it looks alright. Bad news is more detailled pictures when shown to the guys Matt gets to paint and repair thinks its not worth it and "not on his Nelly" would he bother as its large areas, with planking and not worht the effort to paraphrase his opinions. Heres a couple of close ups...
Gtes a bit scray doesnt it? Ball swirls, cracks in the varnish, holes and perhaps planking (not that I can massively see that)... So if he wont repair it, theres little point clearcoating it, and dunno how much might come out with polishing/cleaning... So a bit perplexed wether to bother if I'm going to do a total playfield swap - maybe I should bite the bullet and buy a new repro - doen't help that a pin chum has sone sitting there but at a eye-watering £600 price tag - check out these pics to see why its so tempting to splash out and cut my losses on this one...
Sure looks pretty hey? SO tempted to just say hang it!
I've also purchased a pile of stuff which I'll photo when I'm next down the unit, but the only thing here is a complete new Plastic set I picked up from Pinball heaven:
As I say I've purchased new scoops, slingshots, ramp flaps (please god stop me for spening more on brand new repro ramps!!!) along with flipper reuild kits, new coils, Rudy repair kits and gawd knows what else!
If any of our USA residents would be willing for me to have some colour-matched paint ordered from here http://www.pinballuniverse.com/PinballPaints.htm - I'd sure like to get some of the blue to do the the backbox front and inner sides prior to the decalls which I'm tempted ot attempt myself!! But they wont ship to the UK - so cummon somone in the States - help us out!
More pics incoming!
