Pinball Restore in progress

[justjoe]

I have an old 66 Hot Line pinball and decided to go for a complete restore on it. Through the years people have tried their skills in hand painting and markers on this one.


I removed the playfield and all components to get ready for light sanding and to remove all wax residue.



Im using an airbrush and oneshot paints to do the detailing and will use a auto clearcoat when Im at that point. I will add photos of this later.

Here's someone handy work on this one...

[jennifer]

          First off, gotta say WELCOME!!! 
                    Before you go off on value, preservation and whatever, I"m a bit courious why you chose this route compared to say
         photoshop/sticker??

[justjoe]

Pinballjim   -  I was amazed when I pulled the machine apart and saw the complexity of the system. Very cool, thats what kind got me to redo this one.

Jennifer   -  Thank you, Happy to have found this forum! There is a definite difference between stickers and paint ( at least to me, I have been in the sign business for 17 years now ). In restorations I'd rather keep it original with paint. Airbrushing gives it a nice thin coat and does not have any edges that you can feel with a clearcoat.

[jennifer]

          I"m a painter to, my current project is my first playfield sticker,  Google "The air brush fourm"  they have a fun post on painting
a woodgrain.

[justjoe]

Great site, just looked through it. Ive always used a wood grain rocker.