In Progress Star Trek: The New Regeneration

[s000m]

Ant offered me a project Star Trek: The Next Generation. I couldn't resist.

Game is definitely a project.

All ramps are cracked, playfield has severe blistering on the inserts and has severe wear on the playfield holes.

Cabinet is OK, but has suffered some severe damage from bent playfield supports. You couldn't even lift the playfield they were that bent!

 

[neil1637]

Follows thread..

To soon to ready the popcorn?

 

[s000m]

New playfield arrived.





Stripped down the original playfield topside.



Transferred over to the work horse.




Already done the T-nuts and migrated the lamp boards after cleaning them up.



Next up I focused on the subway. It was a real mess. The subway was covered in ash.



It cleaned up pretty well. Man it's quite a complicated mech.








Tomorrow I'll focus more on stripping and cleaning.

 

[cmrl9]

Having owned a Star Trek, that I fully stripped I would strongly recommend replacing all the opto with new ones and the cannon wire forms.

The opto can and do cause strange issues. After doing it properly the new owner had zero problems for many years, I got rid of it because I got sick of them but I had them all fixed before hand

Good luck, star trek is one of the most complex and pain in the a### games I've worked on outside of the hobbit, which is heavier if that's even possible, it's so heavy with mechs it takes two hands to lift the playfield.

 

[s000m]

Yeah, I've got a whole host of parts arriving. Including auto eddy boards.

Just focusing on the bottom playfield removal so I can finish removal of the topside parts.

I also need a plastic set, most are broken but I can't find anyone with a full set in stock.

Check out the dirt on the top side plastics. This shot shows what it looked like before a clean.





I'm undecided what I do with the metals. I may go for a powder coat.

 

[MattCarr]

spotted the waterwipes, guess whos a new dad! Congrats btw.

 

[JT.]

What's your plan with that insert wear - it looks nasty!