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drventure:
Hehe. I totally cheated  :)

First, I grabbed my angle grinder and ground off the bump on the aluminum part of the shooter knob.



Then, I had several extra of these fancy filigree "beads" I picked up at Micheals a while back.



They originally had a small loop sticking out to thread ribbon through (for putting them on jewelry and what not).

I cut that off, filed and smoothed it out.

Sprayed the aluminum part of the knob with brass spray paint, washed it in india ink to "age" it a bit.

Then JBWelded the bead to the face of the knob.

Then, so that it'd be all sealed up, I grabbed some extra clear casting epoxy that I had lying around, mixed a small amount up and just poured it over the knob portion (not the rod).

Let it set and presto! victorian pinball shooter!

Epyx:
Awesome solution to your dilemna drventure!  :cheers:

Thanks for taking the time to post what you ended up doing...I find these workarounds you come up with among the most fascinating of your updates!

drventure:
Thanks Epyx

I think it turned out fairly nice. Maybe not quite as nice as those completely plated shooters, but I would have probably ground the bump off one of those and epoxied that bead on it too, just because it looks so much more "old-old school"  :)

drventure:
Ok, I need a little feedback on the new CP artwork I'm contemplating.

For reference, so that you don't have to go scrolling back through this voluminous thread  :)

Here's what my CP started out life looking like.




And after the first stab at gold stamping artwork, here's what I had.




Since the clear coat flaked off, I basically had to redo all the stamp work i'd done, and I thought the button areas just looked too dang plain, so I dressed em up  a little.

Here's the new look (forgive the lack of buttons and sticks, they're all out right now pending the final clear coat:




I think it works much nicer. There's still "dark space" but there's not near as much of it, which seems to gel with the rest of the cab design.

If it's bogus, i can strip it at this point with some alcohol and take another round, but I kinda like this look.

Any thoughts? Too much?  :)

Epyx:

--- Quote ---I think it works much nicer. There's still "dark space" but there's not near as much of it, which seems to gel with the rest of the cab design.
--- End quote ---

Agreed and not bogus at all. I think it looks great and the motif's surrounding the buttons definitely brings the CP together!  :cheers:

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