In Progress Trigger's Addams family

[Tim R]

just on the offchance that some of you will be interested, I have taken the plunge into constructing a super mint Taf, and while the playfield is getting the Henrik treatment in Germany, I thought you might like to see my progress so far, i will also start a WH20 thread at some point as i am giving the same treatment to that too.

so here comes a few before pics.. i dont have many of the complete cab as i forgot to take them before i started the teardown.

not massive wear around the mansion, but...

it appears damp had affected the playfield..

no magnet burn however more damp issues...


So the playfield was stripped totally for repair and refurb, i have taken plenty of pics if anybody needs something for reference let me know and ill do my best to find a pc to help.

some pics of the partially stripped PF...


Eurrghh... Rust!!



I wanted a really clean cabinet inside so i ordered a bare cab from Manny at Woodteach and proceeded to get handy...

All filled and masked up sooo...
let the priming begin!!!

after 3 coats and a quick sand...

ready for painting, i dont have a compressor but used this little beauty, so much easier can handling...

the paint goes on really nice, this is after one coat... after 3 coats...

Finished a little bleed that needs sorting but nothing major.

well the next step is to add the decals..
i didnt find this difficult at all just took my time and went steady, i found the most nerve racking part trimming the decals back, very easy to slip and ruin all my hard work, but i managed, Just

add some stealth leg protectors, 4 shiny new legs and hey presto!!


While i was waiting for the new cabinet to arrive i managed to polish up some of the cabinet parts, including the power loom, so here it is fitted back into the machine, just missing a few parts which are on order before i can coninue.




its a slow shop log but i hope you all agree its going to look nice when its finished.

if anybody has any tips for my I'd be happy to hear them. i always looking for ways to improve.

more to come, Cheers,

Tim

 

[ronnie63]

That's looking great Tim, nice work it will be like nib when finnished, I guess the cost will be huge on top of what you bought it for but well worth the investment

Ronnie

 

[Jsyjamie]

Very nice Tim, hopefully I'll be moving on to an Addams after my WH2O is done.

What is that paint spray gun you're using?

 

[Dunc]

Wow, this looks great!

love the manny cabs, so fresh! this is going to be super mint when finished!!

Dunc

 

[Tim R]

That's looking great Tim, nice work it will be like nib when finnished, I guess the cost will be huge on top of what you bought it for but well worth the investment

Ronnie

The cost is definatly going to be huge, but i think if we take up this hobby to make money we have been grossley mis-informed ha ha

Very nice Tim, hopefully I'll be moving on to an Addams after my WH2O is done.

What is that paint spray gun you're using?

ha ha, as it turns out ill be doing my WH20 after i have finished this, so hopefully we will be able to help each other out.
Its Plasti-kote Super Satin and a little plastic gun i found on ebay for about £2, i was skeptical but for £2 it was worth a punt, definatley made spraying by hand easier as i felt i had more control and less "finger ache"

thanks for the vote of confidence fellas

 

[Jsyjamie]

Haha, how's that for timing?!

Happy days, thanks for that. I'll put an order in for a few as I've done some test spray panels and they haven't come out the best!

 

[Tim R]

Wow, this looks great!

love the manny cabs, so fresh! this is going to be super mint when finished!!

Dunc

Cheers Pal, i thought it was a bit futile trying to sand the origional cab up to look like this, i think i made the right choice, i know its not an original cab, but Manny does do a bloody nice job.

 

[Tim R]

Haha, how's that for timing?!

Happy days, thanks for that. I'll put an order in for a few as I've done some test spray panels and they haven't come out the best!

i know the WH20 is a hard colour to match too, so paint quality could be limited?

 

[Jsyjamie]

I went into my local car paint shop and asked them for two tins of the standard "Pegeaut Indigo Blue" and the two guys behind the desk looked at me like I had just kicked their dog!

Went on the halfords website and gave them the pint code on there and they gave me a load of colour swatches saying there's loads of shades of that code. So yeah bit of a nightmare but they helped my find the closest one to the decal I had with me so fingers crossed!

 

[Tim R]

you will have to let me know which you go for.

 

[strongs]

When you say there's signs of damp...as somewhat of a noob what exactly am I looking for in the two "damp" photos?

 

[Tim R]

When you say there's signs of damp...as somewhat of a noob what exactly am I looking for in the two "damp" photos?

In the third photo down from the top, near things hand, where the glare from the light is, you can see the lines in the playfield that run vertical?

That is (so I am led to believe) caused by damp swelling the wood and cracking the paint.

Fortunately Henrik is currently working his magic over in sunny Deutschland.

 

[Tim R]

Ok so I managed to get some time to myself these last few days and got around to painting the backbox, I took the same painted front to raw internals approach that I did with the cab and I think it looks pretty good, what do you guys think?




All painted.. Looks sweet if you ask me?

 

[Tim R]

Ok so while i was waiting for paint to dry etc i also managed to attack the backplate for the circuit boards. Which came up pretty nice with the sander...



So once i had finished that i went on to adding the decals...



And then trimming...




Add the backplate to the cabinet and also the cloud flasher loom which i tarted up today, sit the lot on the main body and it looks something like this...



So thats pretty much where im up to except i managed to strip and sand the display panel ready for painting...

 

[justinhcb]

it looks sweet if you ask me aswell !!
Going to be a lovely looking pin this

 

[Tim R]

cheeky motivational calender

And also had a small go at buffing the front bezel...



To which i need a better workstation. I keep picking crap up off the floor and adding more scratches than i started with. Ha ha

More to follow soon

Cheers

 

[justinhcb]

nice veiw through the dmd hole in that last pic

 

[Tim R]

it looks sweet if you ask me aswell !!
Going to be a lovely looking pin this

Thanks alot pal, i really hope so

 

[Tim R]

Didnt manage to get alot done today except paint the speaker panel...



And also strip, sand and prime the light board ready for painting...



Need to source some new switch matrix, lamp matrix and warning stickers from somewhere.

Thats all for now

Cheers

 

[Tim R]

So i spent the day slaving over a hot buffing wheel today and i must say im pretty pleased with the results, i never managed to take a before pic of the display panal, so here is my WH20 panel for a comparison...



And the completed TAF panel.....






Sitting lovingly back in the cab...



Next i went onto the circuit boards and the first was the fliptronics.

Went to clean it and noticed that someone had made a horrific job of replacing one of the 102's with the wrong component. So that was my first job.



Then soapy water and ipa...



Looking sweet in the cab...



Thats all for today
Thanks for following

 

[Tim R]

Not much happening today im afraid guys as i got my van broken into And my tools were stolen last night . So been dealing with that.

Did manage to get a few hours this afternoon to sort out some dodgy repairs on these boards though and get them washed and back in the cab....

Standing to attention...


Not a pretty sight...


Thats just lazy...


I dont have any headers to hand so an order has been made. Removed this one and did my best on tidying up the board. Far from perfect but alot neater...



Sadly this fella didnt survive the bath. Ha ha...



All repairs made except the missing header. But starting to feel like im getting somewhere now...



The remote battery holder will be screwed into place at a later stage. I might buy an nvm chip and not need it so dont want unnecessary screw holes just yet.

Cheers, Tim

 

[Tony]

This is looking great, well done, any chance of first dibs on old/leaf over parts?

 

[Tim R]

Sure, what you looking for?

 

[Jay Walker]

Hi, Tim,

I notice from the first picture that the project seems to have started off with 'Gold' software, since the "door open/interlock disables high power" message is showing. If you're staying with that, is it too late now (or excluded from your plans) to add the interlock?

 

[Tucks]

Wow. Hopefully one day I'll treat my TAF to the same treatment! Well done, looks awesome.

 

[newdos]

Didnt manage to get alot done today except paint the speaker panel...

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And also strip, sand and prime the light board ready for painting...

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Need to source some new switch matrix, lamp matrix and warning stickers from somewhere.

Thats all for now

Cheers

Hi Tim looking FAB!!! did you get your stickers sourced - I can colour laser print you some if stuck, or you can get them yourself from this brill site

http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/

Cheers Kev

 

[Tim R]

Hi Tim looking FAB!!! did you get your stickers sourced - I can colour laser print you some if stuck, or you can get them yourself from this brill site

http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/

Cheers Kev

Thanks for the info Kev! I've had a look on it but can't find the peripheral labels. Only the instruction cards. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Cheers pal and also hope your house move is going well

Tim

 

[newdos]

Thanks for the info Kev! I've had a look on it but can't find the peripheral labels. Only the instruction cards. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Cheers pal and also hope your house move is going well

Tim

Hi Tim,

Once you are on webpage scroll down left hand column until you see 'coil wrappers' and there you have it !!


Cheers Kev

 

[PAC-MAN]

Great work sir, really top stuff!!

Love it!!

 

[Tony]

Thanks for the info Kev! I've had a look on it but can't find the peripheral labels. Only the instruction cards. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

You have to enter the web site address as news is says, there doesn't seem to be a link just from pinball rebel, or you have to enter http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/
Or google search pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/

Hope this helps!