I love these forums. I read of superb collections and dream of winning the lottery. I look in awe at some of the brilliant restoration work (yes, really) - and feel rather intimidated by it. And I’ve also wondered “Could I restore a pin?” I had to try.
So my fourth pinball cost £144, which was way too much for a non-working, 46 year old pin with a battered playfield, peeling backglass, and hand-painted cabinet in red, white and blue household gloss paint (yuk).
But now my son and I have got it working and have tweaked it and it plays pretty well and we really enjoy playing it - probably only because it was us who breathed the life back into it. Amazing how even our modest efforts have brought us a huge sense of achievement.
But it’s still an ugly mess (and I can’t seem to get the ruddy flippers to quite line up either). So soon it’s coming apart again and we’re going to have to try to tackle the cosmetics, and before we dismantle it I made a quick movie to show my friends in case it never worked again.
Then I thought: could I actually post this to Pinball Info?
Yeah, of course I could. Enough of the glittering, super-shopped, trophy machines - this is a pin from the other end of town:
So my fourth pinball cost £144, which was way too much for a non-working, 46 year old pin with a battered playfield, peeling backglass, and hand-painted cabinet in red, white and blue household gloss paint (yuk).
But now my son and I have got it working and have tweaked it and it plays pretty well and we really enjoy playing it - probably only because it was us who breathed the life back into it. Amazing how even our modest efforts have brought us a huge sense of achievement.
But it’s still an ugly mess (and I can’t seem to get the ruddy flippers to quite line up either). So soon it’s coming apart again and we’re going to have to try to tackle the cosmetics, and before we dismantle it I made a quick movie to show my friends in case it never worked again.
Then I thought: could I actually post this to Pinball Info?
Yeah, of course I could. Enough of the glittering, super-shopped, trophy machines - this is a pin from the other end of town: