I'm a bit in awe of how much was on the top and bottom of that playfield.

All the stuff on the top of the playfield was pretty insane in itself.

Agreed, the decals aren't quite as crisp and the decal colors are more than just a bit off from the original.

And if you have to be that close to see that it was touched up most people won't even notice when playing the game.

Is that the worst case decal or are some too far gone to touch up with paint?

I’d keep at it painting, they look good.

If you have any extra insert put the decal on it of the worst paint job. Backlight it and see what you think of the painted vs decal.

Once cleared decision is final as you know.

I think you did a really nice job.

From the pictures they look great especially considering how small the details are.

If you have to get that close to see imperfections at 2-3 feet no-one would notice a thing.

The all black.

It brings out the graphics in the area of interest and gives it more depth.

Not a big fan of the exaggerated dot matrix look.

Nice color transition!!! The fade looks like it belongs there. Looks factory.

Don't you think the sprayed paint looks better than the dot matrix fade?

Keep this shit up and that thing is going to look sweet when it's done.

Wow!

A_Bord

I thought you used a lot of frisket on your MR restoration? Did you also have residual glue issues?

Well done!

Do you use Createx paints for air brushing?

Same mix of paints here too, Createx and Art Deco stuff.

There are a few people on Pinside who suggested using Golden acrylic paints. It is very thin compared to Createx and ready to shoot right out of the bottle. I tried it but found the colors seperated extremely quickly when. And that paint aint cheap either, so really disappointed. Should have sprayed it to see if it also seprerates when using it through the air brush but got pissed and just dumped the color that I'd mixed. Just my experience so I wouldn't recommend Golden acrylic paint.

Assuming the playfield has beem thoroughly cleaned with ME to knowck off all the loose paint. Can frisket still lift the original playfield paint or any areas you may have touched up with acrylic paint?

That playfield is gonna pop when you hit the reds. And bless you for getting rid of the dot marix fade, looks so much better

Was the paint loss on the playfield a result of removing the Mylar?

Should have looked back at page one of this thread. Wasn't sure if all System 11 games had mylar over the entire playfield or just some of them. I see yours did not.

Just trying to get a full picture of what you have to deal with on SS playfields vs EM's. Had seen a post on Pinside about losing a lot of paint when trying to remove the mylar that covers the full playfield. Also thinking about doing some spray testing with Diamond Max as I don't have the set up for two part clear.

I'd be frustrated too with all the frisket cutting and then having to retouch for paint bleed. But so far it's looking really good.

That looks nice!

Does it come with software?

The stock vinyl adheres well enough to prevent any bleed through, very nice indeed! Does it also leave residual glue like frisket?

You might as well be a saleman for them, Amazon has them for $199 until Jan 4th. Very tempting after seeing your result mrm_4.

I'd prefer paint over a waterslide when possible.

Looks excellent.

With this crazy weather you may get to spaying way earlier than usual.

That was an amazing test of your level of patience. Impressive!

Very nice result. Can't wait to see it with clear, eye poppin' color explosion.

I feel for you with all the work and time you have in it so far.

Ok, so how do you recover?

No one would ever know. Nice!

Sharp looking.

Very, very nice color matching and clear coat so far mrm_4!

Please don’t give up on this. Your touch ups look fantastic under the clear coat.

I've been doing it wrong. Thank you Chris.

Looks as smooth as a babies butt too!

Interested to see your experience with the cabinet. Working on my first one too and getting close to the bondo stage.

ManbearpigOG you should check out mrm_4's other restorations if you haven't already. And A_Bords Moulin Rouge is amazin as well.

I laughed, what Chris does in a day and at that level of quality is just ridiculous.

Give yourself a break. He’s also got a lot of experience under his belt.

Your quality level is high MRM_4. Better with each restoration.

I’m watching what you’re doing, starting my first cabinet.

It looks good. What paint are you using?

Dam, that came out nice!

Do you want to invest the time and materials into clearing the cab?

Is it a pin you plan to keep as part of your long term collection or will you let it go one day?

How many pins do you actually have the room for?

The playfield looks great so far and your typical restoration of mechs is always top notch, as those buffed rails clearly show.

Imagine it's some time next year and you have played a couple hundred games on Rollergames. You then look down at the cabinet.

Would you say "I'm glad I..." or "I should have.."?

Result looks super smooth!

How do you get your custom labels to lay so flat? Light adhesive on the back or a heavier paper?