Pinball Madness

[MildAnti]

mockup

So I'm finally going to build myself a Vpin, I know some of the purist are going to be upset that i'm going to use this classic machine to do it with.

I picked it for 150 bucks in the summer, it has been well used and dont really wanna put the time and effort in restoring it for one game and i have limited space

I already did a restoration in the summer and it was fun learned a lot, you can see some of it here http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/9054-to-gut-or-not-to-gut-that-is-the-question/page-2

old Harlem globetrotters seen its days but i'm giving it new life 
 

 

 

[dougan78]

It's not that great of a pin anyway. If you sell the playfield and stuff I am sure you can be forgiven. Look forward to your build I plan on making one at some point, the machine I bought I ended up fixing and really enjoy. I passed on a broken one of these globetrotter as it went for 1000 so your 150 seems like a steal. Good luck and keep posting progress! Thanks

[MildAnti]

Yah I probably will end up selling the parts it also came with a second play field thats worse than the other one it literally looks like some one blew cigerette smoke on it for the last 30+ years and played with a sand paper ball

[dougan78]

Ewwww. There is people out there that will make that look like new. Hopefully you find it a good home.

[MildAnti]

Ok guys having a hard time deciding on a tv for the playfield 
the space is 22 1/4, over all width is 22 even

[dougan78]

That will require some research. I have seen people route out the top lip and other things to get the biggest decased screen in there. Good luck.

[MildAnti]

That's probably what's going to happen

[dougan78]

That's probably what's going to happen

That is why I want to build the table box my self that way it can be built around the screen to that size. Not that what you are doing is bad I know it just some customizing based on the build logs I read. 39" decased sticks out in my mind or 40". Not sure what model to choose hopefully something that turns on with power applied.

I know most tvs can be turned on via a signal over the hdmi cable too my xbone does that. Tossing out ideas. Cant wait to see more!

[MildAnti]

so far sanded the back box its ready for paint and did some metal polishing striping the main box at the moment 
i think i'm going to get 40" tv its going to be scary close but it should look fine 

[dougan78]

I love using neverdull to keep my metal shiny! Things are cleaning up nicely very nice work!

[MildAnti]

I love using neverdull to keep my metal shiny! Things are cleaning up nicely very nice work!

I did  2000 wet sand and hand polish on the lock down bar looks really good compared to what it looked like 

 

[dougan78]

You can tell

[toastbar]

nice work

[MildAnti]

Thanks toastbar I'm glad your first post was a complement

[dougan78]

Can u wear a respirator please. I always forget that when doing this stuff....

[MildAnti]

Can u wear a respirator please. I always forget that when doing this stuff....

I wear my carbon filter mask thats my buddy in the picture not wearing one, thinks he's a Viking

[MildAnti]

Completely striped, sanded and filled
picked up a 40" at wally world for 397 bucks, it fits like it was made for it just have to remove the remote sensor
did some more metal work, coin door had some major dents from some one trying to break into it, i hammered most of them out

 

[MildAnti]

Small update
Little taste of the artwork
Primed
And digital plunger

[dougan78]

Looking good!

[MildAnti]

thanks

 

[MildAnti]

I think i'm done with artwork, i really like how it came out wanted to go with a 90's some what horror them but kept it simple 
what do you guys think?

[dougan78]

I see blue led lights for the under body in your future. I like it!

[a1icestorm]

Very nice

[MildAnti]

Got some parts in from Pinballlife

[Lucian045]

Looking good MildAnti