The Shadow Pinball Shop
Day 1 7/9/2013
Will write this up later so just going to put a series of pics on for now.
The pinball room!!
Before shop - it's a very dirty boy!!!
Mini playfield removed - noticed form my new plastic set that two plastics are missing from here - can you spot where they should be? All will be revealed later when I put the new plastics on !!!
Lower playfield shot
Upper playfield shot
First wireform retaining bolts
Underside of mini playfield and fixing bolts
Prior to removal of next wireform
Next wireform removed
First 2 wireforms removed from playfield
Next wireform retaining nut location
upper retaining nut(removed)
Wireform removed
Right divertor removed
Right divertor removed note right ramp appears to have been painted silver!!!
Right divertor
Right ramp with fixing bolts/screws
Playfield with right ramp removed
Underside of right ramp - now the problems become apparent why it has been painted silver because someone has attempted to re-weld it and they have broken again. Not sure how I'm going to fix this yet?
Next wireform mounting points
Last wireform removed
Playfield after removal of last wireform
Mini playfield mounting bracket - don't know why it has a strip of gaffa tape on it!!!!
Pic shows mounting points for mini playfield bracket - top and bottom of pic
Upkicker wireform and hardware
State of sanctum needs some repairing
Now the point I am stuck at. Some numpty has welded the left divertor shaft to the crank arm, which means I cant get the divertor off the playfield and everything else underneath ie plastics and left ramp. Scratching head at the moment on how to get this off. Might try grinding with a dremel
This is all the bits I can't get off because this silly weld
Slingshot plastic removed
View of right posts for slingshot
And left
Bottom ball guides removed - note broken plastic
Shot of lower playfields with slings, posts and lane guides removed
This plastic and mongol is next
Now removed
Now stripped
Shot of playfield after removal
Pillar and screws from edge of playfield
Shot of posts next to be removed
Same posts on the other side to come off next
Apron off - in good nick!
Steel ball guides all coming off next
Shot with steels removed
Next upstand to be stripped
All bits removed with their hardware
Upper steels next and you can now see upstand stripped
Plastic removed a bit tatty to say the least!!
Upper steels before removal
Upper steels removed
Shot with a lot of the steels gone - and that's if for today - it's beer o'clock!!
Day 2
Left diverter now off playfield - bottom of shaft is slightly bent
Well you can see the good old Dremel ground that weld off a treat and I managed to get the crank arm off the diverter shaft!!
Another steel removed
View of left ramp with diverter removed(at last!!)
Diverter removed - you can see it's filthy!!!
Left ramp on the bench before being stripped
Bits and hardware stripped off left ramp
Plastic removed from under left ramp - again filthy!!
Underside of same plastic - minging!!
All the bits stripped from plastic and associated hardware
Updated shot of the playfield so far
Post from the playfield next to the ball launcher
Another steel removed note missing both nuts
More steel!!!
Final large steel removed
Updated shot of playfield - top
Bottom
Opto brackets removed with screws
Upper playfield pic for post positions
Lower playfield post positions and rubbers
All the metal post and sleeves removed from the playfield
On investigation the sanctum repair was very poor so removed the decal to find a nice hole in the table!!
A bit of work required here to get this looking as best as I can
Last shot of playfield with all the targets dropped down just flipper bats to remove then the deep clean can start!!!
Mini playfield before removing any bits
Visible bits removed for cleaning
So this is all the nuts, bolts and posts etc that are now off to the tumbler for a couple of days!!!
Let see how they come out
End of Day 2 now time for a few beers with some friends!!! - back soon!!
Day 3
Time to give the playfield a good going over with some Novus, but first just a wet wash to get the muck off!!!
First pass of Novus and already its starting to shine hopefully you can see it
Sanctum is the worst bit and that will be next to fix
All in all for it's age the playfield isn't to bad. Bit of cracking around the feature inserts but I've seen a lot worse so I think the finished job will look nice. LEDs have been ordered today and i'm going to colour co-ordinate the GI lighting - hope it looks atmospheric!!
Day 4
Ok starting to clean all the bits now. here is the pic of the back of steel before cleaning.
Here is the other side after cleaning with a grinder with polishing wheels on it - this was after only 5 mins !!! not bad for first attempt. Will give it another going over and see if I can get the 'Manny' mirror finish!!!
Here is a couple of shots of the sanctum after I had filled it and sanded it smooth. just waiting for the Createx paints to come to airbrush this then I will be applying a water slide decal overlay of the wording (thanks to rudedogg for the file for this) and covering with a mylar to protect it. More of this later.
Day 5
Just a quick pic of the sanctum magnet before I remove it to do the repair to the playfield
Noticed a repaired ring. will have to try and get one !!
One of the wireforms before cleaning
Same wireform after cleaning think you can see the difference. Not going to put pics of all of the wireforms on as they all have come up about the same.
Whilst waiting for my pain to come to repair the sanctum I decided to re lamp the whole machine. here is a pic of some very dirty lamp boards.
Inserts were filthy before cleaning
And after cleaning looking pretty good
Time for a pic of general illumination on the table - note I have gone for blue leds left and right, green under the mini playfield and red under the top right brick decals, Should look nice and rich once completed.
Pic of the playfield with the inserts with their LEDs in - taken without flash so a bit shaky
Backbox re-lamped with LEDS I used green under the shadow lettering, blue down the left and right, yellow behind his face and the rest warm white. I think this looks mint but pics don't do it justice. You will have to come and see it at the Manchetser show!!
Day 6 - Time to put things back together!!
This shot shows the first large steel going on and most of the posts put back on the table. You can also see the attempt at sanctum repair. Tried paiting it with an airbrush I bought but the damn thing didn't even work. Then tried hand painting and just couldn't get the colour match, so stuck on the decal I had bought sometime ago which has even a worse colour, but at least it's fixed and flat, and with the addition of the green spot and a mylar, it doesn't look to bad and functions perfectly. perhaps next time will have a go at painting it !!
More steels going on and the start of some new rubbers
First new large plastic on with mongols etc looking nice
Left ramp installed with new plastic over ramp to prevent airballs - this was missing before
More shiny steels back on the playfield
Last shot for today all the steels back on the table now. That's it for today as it has been a long one!!!
Day 7 - Coming along nicely!!
Right hand large plastic going on now with LEDs off first and on, but hard to tell the difference!!!
Small left top plastic on with blue ball blocker on it - note for all of this ball stoppers I had to drill the rivets out and replace them with small nuts and volts as I don't have the luxury of a rivet press.
These are the backboard ramps and metal ball deflector. Scroll back up and see what these were like when they first came off the table. have come up quite well is an understatement!!!
Finally last shot for today of the ramps, divertor and flash lamps all re-installed on the backboard. Pictures are useful at times - just noticed on this one that a bolt is missing from the top right of the glass guide!!!
Day 8
I wasn't going to do any under playfield mechs until I got above playfield completed and working but the ball launcher and trough are much easier before the apron is put back on the table.
Here is a pic of the ball launcher before removal
On the bench ready for stripping and cleaning
Stripped. I basically cleaned all of this and put a new coil sleeve in and returned it to the table.
Ball trough removed from table - looks fairly dirty!!
Coil removed and it's filthy !!
All re-assembled and clean and ready to go back on the table. You can just see the new coil sleeve here
And now these have been done a shot with the apron back on the table. You will also notice at this point that 4 star posts have been put back on the table with new rubbers - two on the left and two on the right.
Pic of the last large plastic assembled complete with mongol (poor fellow has lost his chopper though!! will make a new one later for him) This is the first plastic that had a hole missing so I had to drill one in, but overall the plastics from classic playfield reproductions (CPR) have been excellent.
Last shot for tonight, with said plastic installed on the table. Looks amazing with the blue LEDs underneath but you just can't see it very well on the pic.
Day 9
Last large plastic to the left of the playfield now added
Remember early I said there were two plastics missing? - this is them and where they should have been!!! Guess they must get broken easily as in the CPR kit there are two spares of the one at the front
And with them installed - certainly finishes the job off !!
Day 10
Pix of the return lane guides re fitted with nice blue LEDs underneath
Upkicker wireform re-installed
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