Complete Bally Medusa

[M4carp]

It’s acrylic paint, so dries very fast and so will be tricky to stencil with.

People in the States are taking their stencils off in minutes after painting without issues of residue so that might be a good thing plus the paint edges might not pull up with the stencil if it dries fast but then again it might be hard to pull up. Good luck

Great game

 

[AlanJ]

Yes it is reusable. the original 5l i bought two years ago is still working in my long soil pipe (for legs, lock down receivers and other long metal bits). it is very black now but still works

Evaporust. it’s expensive initial outlay, but lasts for many uses so works out cheaper than the one shot acid alternatives. It’s also safe to dip your fingers in!

 

[Spandangler]

It’s also safe to dip your fingers in!

Tastes great too

 

[AlanJ]

Tastes great too

Actually I have drunk it. it’s similar to cider.

 

[AlanJ]

Paint off time:

first lay out some paper towels



pour on the magic potion

leave a few seconds

wipe off


120,240,400 grit

 

[Spandangler]

I find it helps when I’ve not played for a while. When I’m a bit rusty.
B- Boom- thanks I’m here all week.

 

[HomerRamone]

I guess its way easier to sand if you remove the paint first ?

 

[AlanJ]

Yes the acetone takes a lot of the paint off.

Side 2:







Back of the head was horrid. took a lot of sanding



A loose bit to glue up


Filler time next, also awaiting a delivery of epoxy resin for the edges.

 

[M4carp]

Liking your red tarmac
Bloody dust gets everywhere, my garage looks like cocaine packaging centre

 

[AlanJ]

The drive tarmac has a variety of colours on it. yellow, red, blue. once i’ve finished thus cab i’m going to overspray it with a can of black graffiti paint

 

[AlanJ]

Rear panel is horrid, so decided to experiment with a good covering of 2 part resin


The resin is all over the rear even though it doesn’t look like it in the 2nd pic.

I’m hoping it dries fairly flat

 

[AlanJ]

Decided to use up some paints i have left over. so done the inside of the backbox with this bloody red!

 

[stevebm1]

will you use foil backed card,or just earth braid for the restore,like you did on lost world?

 

[AlanJ]

will you use foil backed card,or just earth braid for the restore,like you did on lost world?

I like the braid over the foil fronted card. I do have the foil card, but it looks awful to be honest.

 

[AlanJ]

Test run of the proper paint colour. looking spot on:



Still got some sanding and prep on the main cab to do. but then it will be on with the primer and this base coat colour.

 

[8bit-1up]

Test run of the proper paint colour. looking spot on:
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Still got some sanding and prep on the main cab to do. but then it will be on with the primer and this base coat colour.

Looks great Alan!

I don’t suppose you could reveal what paint you used? I’m in the process of painting my backbox and can’t find a suitable colour match I’m happy with, yours looks perfect!

 

[AlanJ]

Looks great Alan!

I don’t suppose you could reveal what paint you used? I’m in the process of painting my backbox and can’t find a suitable colour match I’m happy with, yours looks perfect!

Montana Gold "purple red"

 

[8bit-1up]

Montana Gold "purple red"

Amazing! Thanks Alan

 

[AlanJ]

Slow progress this week - the weather in the Northern Powerhouse Wastelands has turned rather cold, playing havoc with my painting.

 

[AlanJ]

Stencilling proving tricky. it’s too cold now in my garage. red/purple base layers have gone on ok, but the stencil mask is leaving a lot of residue which seems stuck fast, and worse still the gold paint isn’t playing ball (always seems to be the damn gold paint) . I’ve ordered some different gold paint, and will move the cab into the main house to warm it up.

 

[M4carp]

You might be lucky and the residue/marks will disappear, I put some masking tape on mine to test and it left a strip of residue/mark from it but seems to have nearly vanished!
The last lot of stencilling left residue/marks and that vanished too, I just dont get it
I tried stuff to remove and did nothing, left it to cure more and sorted itself out.
I was so angry I cant tell you but I did celebrate when it ‘fixed’ itself

Good luck

 

[AlanJ]

Decided to start on the playfield. full swap, so everything off apart from old lamp sockets because i’m going socketless leds on the new one. 5 hours in and just the metal posts, wire guides and t-nuts to remove to complete the strip down.

 

[kevlar]

Nice work Al, this thread is making me miss my old medusa even more.

 

[AlanJ]

Excited today. New cpr playfield is on the bench!


The first job is to dremmel out the holes for the star rollover switches. 7 on this game

A lot of clearcoat goes into the slots:


I learnt the hard way that this is the very first job to do on a new pf.

Next is hammering in the t-nuts.

 

[HomerRamone]

Bearing in mind how much the playfields cost (and presumably everyone has to do this if × rollovers are present) you'd think they could do something to prevent thia

 

[AlanJ]

T-nuts hammered and screwed in



Then onto installing the LedBar lighting :


The black ledbars are dc for controlled lighting , the green ac for GI

 

[s000m]

Excited today. New cpr playfield is on the bench!
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The first job is to dremmel out the holes for the star rollover switches. 7 on this game
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A lot of clearcoat goes into the slots:
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I learnt the hard way that this is the very first job to do on a new pf.

Next is hammering in the t-nuts.

Yup, not doing a playfield swap on those older games, screw that ><

 

[Dotteddown]

Got a feeling this is going to be something special

 

[AlanJ]

Got up at 5:00 this morning and cracking on with jobs

side rails sanded and repainted


A few hours wiring up all the leds


Touched up the first bit of stencilling. still waiting for new gold paint


Parts everywhere. lots of mechs to clean and refurb

 

[Paul]

Cant Wait to see what those look like!!