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Playmatic Speakeasy EM - How much to keep original
pmowry:
Mine is in really bad shape, but all the black seems to be there. So maybe it can be used for an outline to fill in the details from the low-res pictures that are out there. I was trying to get it scanned, but none of my local print shops will touch it. I'll take a few pictures with a piece of grid paper showing through to try and help with scale and distortion. But my cell phone may have higher resolution that my Cannon :-\
pbj:
I had a Firepower backglass that was missing everything except the silver and black. I put a bunch of colored transparencies on the back of it and it looks surprisingly good.
pmowry:
That Firepower backless is nice looking. I sent and email to bgresto.com late Friday to get their estimate on a repair. But since I'm concerned about the shipping I took a picture with it against a florescent poster board with graph paper along the sides to help correct distortion (original image is 3984 × 2988 if anyone wants it).
I also modified my home scanner, but I can't scan the bottom 4" or so because of the metal rail. Any advice on how to remove it, or is it glued on forever?
What I do have scanned is huge (20455x12180), but cleaning it up gives me something to learn on in the meantime. I'm just using the pick tool to grab colors off of internet pictures of the artwork. Once it is cleaned up I'm trying to reduce it to about 8 different shades, so replacing it with the real colors, or a better guess should be easy as search and replace.
Edit: I think I'll rescan with the poster on the back. To hard to tell the difference between black line and nothing.
pmowry:
--- Quote from: pmowry on June 19, 2016, 05:51:29 pm ---
Any advice on how to remove it, or is it glued on forever?
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To answer my own question in case someine finds this in a search:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tech-how-to-safely-remove-lift-trim
"Hang the glass upside down by the lift channel an inch from the floor with padding underneath on the edge of a wooden box or frame with another one behind it. Let it sit in a warm place overnight and the glass should fall out of it.
The idea is to create a slot to catch the glass when it falls free. Sometimes it takes a couple days but eventually it will fall free of the lift channel."
I left mine hanging from the edge of a cabinet over night, it did not move. I'm afraid it may be glued in by someone using chrome paint on the rail. But I have plenty with work keeping me busy, so I can be patient to the weekend.
pbj:
Keep us updated on how that trick works out for you.
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