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Hi Rattle cans, fathom, went for a nice sea blue base and then need to experiment to find the right stencil colours.
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Complete Bally Fathom
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Weather is rubbish so cab painting on hold. coin door rebuild instead
I’ll redo the coin slots with old fathom plastic parts in due course, for now i’ve just put the original slot fittings back in
I’ll redo the coin slots with old fathom plastic parts in due course, for now i’ve just put the original slot fittings back in
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Managed to get a bit of stencilling done today. the rain has stopped and the sun came out 
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I love everything about the new haggis fathom EXCEPT that ****ty coin door.
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Second stencils.
I’ve learnt (the hard way) to not rush the stencilling. only do one side and one colour per day.
Second stencil on the cab front. no need to remove all the transfer paper if there is no paint going down so i just leave it in the centre of the cab front area
remember to mask off the rest of cab
but remember to tape over the registration mark holes to avoid a small thin line
because the registration mark squares never ever line up enough to avoid a gap
stencil 2 on the head lh side.
Tomorrow i’ll turn the head over (need to protect the new artwork with a clean sheet of waxed paper), and start the rh side.
I’ll also do the lh side of the cabinet. 2 days to do those, then another 2 to do the rh side of cab.
Finally, It takes about 6 days in total to clear coat everything, but need the paint underneath fully dry first.
I’ve learnt (the hard way) to not rush the stencilling. only do one side and one colour per day.
Second stencil on the cab front. no need to remove all the transfer paper if there is no paint going down so i just leave it in the centre of the cab front area
remember to mask off the rest of cab
but remember to tape over the registration mark holes to avoid a small thin line
because the registration mark squares never ever line up enough to avoid a gap
stencil 2 on the head lh side.
Tomorrow i’ll turn the head over (need to protect the new artwork with a clean sheet of waxed paper), and start the rh side.
I’ll also do the lh side of the cabinet. 2 days to do those, then another 2 to do the rh side of cab.
Finally, It takes about 6 days in total to clear coat everything, but need the paint underneath fully dry first.
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I love the final stencil reveal. 
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I got up at silly o’clock this morning. Lots of prep to get the head and cab s turned round, masked off etc. then onto the fun bit:
It’s confused me as the colours go on the opposite way round for the cab and the head.
the head is blue then green, but the cab is green then blue.
It’s confused me as the colours go on the opposite way round for the cab and the head.
the head is blue then green, but the cab is green then blue.
Hi, Alan,
Re. the door shown for the Haggis remake; I've finally snuffled through the other thread to see what it looks like, and wished I (or haggis for that matter) hadn't bothered. The point of the original door (as with most at the time) was that it could be altered in the field for single, twin or triple chutes, whereas that's locked as a twin. I thought it couldn't be as bad as the one used on the pre-merger games.. but it reminds me of the imitation Williams door that Zaccaria used to use.
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Even Vee's Flash Gordon would look out of place there, Alan. Especially as you already have one.
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ha ha yes no golden coin doors for me here
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Another early start the morning, head 2nd side done. and completed the cab lhs. tomorrow i’ll turn the cab and start the other side.
The stencil has left some white glue stains in places. This hasn’t happened before, I guess it’s because i’m using matt paint rather than gloss, which is stickier. I’ll have to experiment to see what is best to remove that without harming the paint. I’ll start with water
The stencil has left some white glue stains in places. This hasn’t happened before, I guess it’s because i’m using matt paint rather than gloss, which is stickier. I’ll have to experiment to see what is best to remove that without harming the paint. I’ll start with water
Yes we've reached the Stencil Porn phase of your shop log @AlanJAnother early start the morning, head 2nd side done. and completed the cab lhs. tomorrow i’ll turn the cab and start the other side.
The stencil has left some white glue stains in places. This hasn’t happened before, I guess it’s because i’m using matt paint rather than gloss, which is stickier. I’ll have to experiment to see what is best to remove that without harming the paint. I’ll start with water
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Final stencil paintwork done.
clearcoating next, started on head:
clearcoating next, started on head:
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Spent the last few days touching up paintwork and applying several coats of clear with a light sand in between. Working in the garage isn’t ideal as the Mrs keeps coming in and out with her car. Might have to invest in a spray tent for future refurbs.
The clear takes time to cure, i’ve done the majority of the head, and the front and one side of the cab. need to leave it a few days now before I turn it over and do the final side.
I have seen some folk paint their cabs vertically, but for me I have experimented and found that horizontal gives the best paint and clear coat results. It just elongates the time massively. Hopefully I’ll be finished next week sometime.
The clear takes time to cure, i’ve done the majority of the head, and the front and one side of the cab. need to leave it a few days now before I turn it over and do the final side.
I have seen some folk paint their cabs vertically, but for me I have experimented and found that horizontal gives the best paint and clear coat results. It just elongates the time massively. Hopefully I’ll be finished next week sometime.
Fantastic work. I'm almost to scared to start a shop log reading this!
Hi - what type of clear are you using. Rattle can or a tin and brush on?
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Hi rattle cans for paint and clear
Wow absolutely incredible stuff, very clever.
Can’t wait to see it complete Alan
Can’t wait to see it complete Alan
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Final Side of clear coat on today. Nice and shiny
Later in Week I'll start the re-assembly job
Later in Week I'll start the re-assembly job
When I first looked at that I thought you had managed to take some paint off - but I see its just shinier that a very shiny thing.
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yep the white bits are the reflection of the light 
Some finish that 
Absolutely stunning
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Started the rebuild
Fathom has awful hinges for playfield maintenance. If you lift the PF up, the spinner bracket hits the backbox.
So you have to remove the playfield from the furthest hinges and place it on the second set of hinges nearer to the coin door.
If you want to keep it original, you are stuck with this. But given the work you are doing, I would consider the wooden track hinge system used in Paragon and other games. I find this much better and far less likely to bugger my back or my game.
I despise the Fathom hinges and feel like selling my game every time I have to lift the playfield out
So you have to remove the playfield from the furthest hinges and place it on the second set of hinges nearer to the coin door.
If you want to keep it original, you are stuck with this. But given the work you are doing, I would consider the wooden track hinge system used in Paragon and other games. I find this much better and far less likely to bugger my back or my game.
I despise the Fathom hinges and feel like selling my game every time I have to lift the playfield out
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Full day on this today.
first - it was a lovely day, so got to do some polishing, the coin door frame first
Then I decided to have a go at polishing my knob
turned out as:
So decided to polish the huge bolt that holds the lockdown receiver and opener in:
Front coming together:
I polished loads of other little bits and started reassembly
Then for a change - decided to have a go at sorting out the stained insert door:
first remove bulbs and score display and trays
Evaporust time for these nasty rust monsters:
Masked everything off and sanded then a few coats of brilliant white. This is after 2nd coat. Still patchy
Got waylaid by a surprise visit from Marting Deliveryman with a Centaur present for me - no idea it was arriving @steve brum
first - it was a lovely day, so got to do some polishing, the coin door frame first
Then I decided to have a go at polishing my knob
turned out as:
So decided to polish the huge bolt that holds the lockdown receiver and opener in:
Front coming together:
I polished loads of other little bits and started reassembly
Then for a change - decided to have a go at sorting out the stained insert door:
first remove bulbs and score display and trays
Evaporust time for these nasty rust monsters:
Masked everything off and sanded then a few coats of brilliant white. This is after 2nd coat. Still patchy
Got waylaid by a surprise visit from Marting Deliveryman with a Centaur present for me - no idea it was arriving @steve brum
Can’t believe how well your knob came up 
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