Purchased blind from another forum member back in May 2015, this was my first. I’d never played one before but did some research and liked the idea along with an interest of space and a great movie.
It was described perfectly by the seller with loads of pictures, had a saggy bottom, few marks to the cab, played well, but overtime found it difficult to make some shots so I bought a flipper rebuild kit (which has still to be fitted).
I did get a TAFG cab to do a VR setup, a non-working ZAC EWF, and have had a HS2 in the meantime.
Since then it’s been played but not that much sadly, mainly because as some of you may or may not know that my other passion is Motorsport which does tend to take up most of my weekends between March and November and other duties, family, DIY etc.
Sadly I came to realise that I had too many projects and not enough time and so had to let HS2 go as I was playing that and not doing any resto work, TAFG which was nearly finished but sold to another marshal who has the time, money and software experience to finish it, the EWF is still with me, as is AP13.
With prices ever increasing, I’ve decided to do a full resto on the AP13 and give it the time and love it needs and deserves. It may not be everybody’s cup of tea with the 13 multi ball gimmick that can be switched off, but does have some tight shots to achieve the modes I believe as I’m not a good player!
Having never done one before seems very daunting at first, but I figured if a take as many pictures as I need and have fortunately found another chap who is doing the same in Belgium, along with the restores that others have done on here, what could go wrong (gulp).
So first up, as it was before it came to mine
http://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/apollo-13.19472/
Now before we start this will be a long process as it’s my first so I hope I don’t bore you all?
Saggy bum - Cab damage by leg areas and lower side / front / rear panels - All fixable
It was described perfectly by the seller with loads of pictures, had a saggy bottom, few marks to the cab, played well, but overtime found it difficult to make some shots so I bought a flipper rebuild kit (which has still to be fitted).
I did get a TAFG cab to do a VR setup, a non-working ZAC EWF, and have had a HS2 in the meantime.
Since then it’s been played but not that much sadly, mainly because as some of you may or may not know that my other passion is Motorsport which does tend to take up most of my weekends between March and November and other duties, family, DIY etc.
Sadly I came to realise that I had too many projects and not enough time and so had to let HS2 go as I was playing that and not doing any resto work, TAFG which was nearly finished but sold to another marshal who has the time, money and software experience to finish it, the EWF is still with me, as is AP13.
With prices ever increasing, I’ve decided to do a full resto on the AP13 and give it the time and love it needs and deserves. It may not be everybody’s cup of tea with the 13 multi ball gimmick that can be switched off, but does have some tight shots to achieve the modes I believe as I’m not a good player!
Having never done one before seems very daunting at first, but I figured if a take as many pictures as I need and have fortunately found another chap who is doing the same in Belgium, along with the restores that others have done on here, what could go wrong (gulp).
So first up, as it was before it came to mine
http://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/apollo-13.19472/
Now before we start this will be a long process as it’s my first so I hope I don’t bore you all?
Saggy bum - Cab damage by leg areas and lower side / front / rear panels - All fixable
cuckoo
