Complete Twilight Zone

[Andrew Hannay]

Here goes another project. I was warned it needed a lot of work but compared to the DESW I took on back on 2019 this is going to be a lot more pleasurable.
First set of photos is of how it arrived.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Under the playfield and inside the cab. Lots of solder splats inside the cab and a few on the wiring loom. And that’s one hell of an electro magnet.

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

I’ve see much much worse. Can’t see any obvious unobtainable parts missing either. But then again this is just the topside (Edit, you posted while I was typing). Plenty more underneath! Playfield should clean up nicely.

 

[Happypin]

Great game to bring back to life, mine is nailed to the floor and is going no where.

good luck and I’m looking forward to see the progress.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Interesting that this seems to be the pin that everyone keeps. Maybe this is it, my last ever pin.

 

[Happypin]

Interesting that this seems to be the pin that everyone keeps. Maybe this is it, my last ever pin.

1st pin 16 years ago in Cyprus, imported it to the uk 4 years ago and shortly after 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on lol

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Quick update since being back from holidays. Managed to get a start. Quick vacuum of the insides of the cabinet and have started to strip the playfield.
There is a lot of stuff to remove from that playfield. I’m obviously taking loads of photos as I’m going but I know that still won’t be enough . I am also taking a slightly different approach of putting sections of the playfield parts as I remove them into sealable bags as I go (I obtained a load of them during a work tidy up)

 

[Andrew Hannay]

That’s most of the stuff removed. Started cleaning the playfield and it’s all coming off quite nicely. There’s a lot of grime on it.

 

[new forest pinball]

Interesting that this seems to be the pin that everyone keeps. Maybe this is it, my last ever pin.

It’s a fantastic game. Having said that due to lack of space we will be selling our tz in the new year!……… Have fun shopping this one Andrew…… Cheers Keef….

 

[cmrl9]

Quick update since being back from holidays. Managed to get a start. Quick vacuum of the insides of the cabinet and have started to strip the playfield.
There is a lot of stuff to remove from that playfield. I’m obviously taking loads of photos as I’m going but I know that still won’t be enough . I am also taking a slightly different approach of putting sections of the playfield parts as I remove them into sealable bags as I go (I obtained a load of them during a work tidy up)

I personally found putting the parts in freezer bags with a post it note really useful, came in handy at the end when I was scratching my head with both the STTNG and LOTR restores

Looks like a great project, I initially didn't like twighlight zone put after playing it the other week at a friend's hours for several hours and him explaining what the hell I was supposed to do I've really warmed to the game. I understand now why people love it.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Just realised how well my rug goes with the game.

 

[s000m]

Just realised how well my rug goes with the game.
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You doing a cab restore?

 

[Andrew Hannay]

You doing a cab restore?

I am replacing all the leg brackets inside and have bought new legs and I'm fitting cabinet protectors to hide the indents the legs have made on the corners after I have filled them in.
Some people like to strip the inside of the cab and paint all the wood on the inside - depending on time I might do that.
With regards to Side Art, I've not done that sort of restoration so a little bit scared of doing it as it's quite expensive if I get it wrong.

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

With regards to Side Art, I've not done that sort of restoration so a little bit scared of doing it as it's quite expensive if I get it wrong

I honestly wouldn’t bother. What you have there is faded but nicely original and you’re best off focussing on the playfield.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

I honestly wouldn’t bother. What you have there is faded but nicely original and you’re best off focussing on the playfield.

It’ll also keep the cost down for when I get bored of it and pass it on
I have bought 3D art from Judge dreads via eBay for the playfield backboard and sides.

 

[Mfresh]

Just realised how well my rug goes with the game.
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Nice! Where did you get that rug from if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Ant-H]

Nice! Where did you get that rug from if you don't mind me asking?

I was thinking the same thing as well. That rug is perfect for Twilight Zone.

 

[Happypin]

It’ll also keep the cost down for when I get bored of it and pass it on
I have bought 3D art from Judge dreads via eBay for the playfield backboard and sides.

I’ve done my T.Z black inside, looks great when I see it 4 times a year lol

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Nice! Where did you get that rug from if you don't mind me asking?

Just an ebay purchase. You can get them in lots of sizes:-

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[drhex]

Did mine beginning of the year, any questions ask. Will you do the third magnet conversion? Worth it imho.

 

[MadNat]

I’ve done my T.Z black inside, looks great when I see it 4 times a year lol

I colour matched the TZ blue and painted the inside of mine…

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Did mine beginning of the year, any questions ask. Will you do the third magnet conversion? Worth it imho.

Yeah, I saw that and it looks easy enough. Might do it at a later date, but from reading other forums, apparently it wasn’t needed in the production units as the two magnets alone were good enough to capture the balls.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Update.
Busy cleaning plastics, ramp and mini playfield. There was already a small section broken off the main ramp above the diverter, then while cleaning it I managed to snap the rest of it off. God dammit! I have a plan to use a small steel plate to repair it and I’ll post photos if it goes well. Maybe I’ll buy a new ramp in the future from Pinball Heaven. But in the mean time I want to start re-assembling it all. My target date is less than two weeks away.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Gumball machine cleaned. Needs a lid so will have a go at 3D printing one.

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

Gum all machine cleaned. Needs a lid so will have a go at 3D printing one.

I highly recommend putting about 25 pachinko balls in each side, looks great. Resembles the translite very well.

And if you can, try extending the appropriate GI string (the one that flashes the right loop lane when the Powerball is out) to create some nice and interactive GI lighting inside it.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

I highly recommend putting about 25 pachinko balls in each side, looks great. Resembles the translite very well.

And if you can, try extending the appropriate GI string (the one that flashes the right loop lane when the Powerball is out) to create some nice and interactive GI lighting inside it.

I like the idea of adding more lighting, I’ve seen photos of other machines from this group. I also like the idea of adding lighting to all the holes too but I’ll probably make my own as those hole lighting kits seem to be a bit of a rip off.

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

I like the idea of adding more lighting, I’ve seen photos of other machines from this group. I also like the idea of adding lighting to all the holes too but I’ll probably make my own as those hole lighting kits seem to be a bit of a rip off.

understandable.

I've got one of those Pinbits Gumball machine lighting boards in a drawer somewhere... but no wiring or plastic 'fin' for it.

Like this:

Installing the Gumball Lamp Boar

iobium.com

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Fault finding the opto board in the Clock as some of the optos fail the test and all optos seem to work so might be the driver board or I’m not sourcing the opto collectors with 1k resistors during my test.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

First go at designing and printing a lid. Seems to fit a treat.

 

[Andrew Hannay]

Busy painting this weekend and replacing leg plates/legs. Fitting internal side art next.