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Complete World Cup Shocker
- Thread starter s000m
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Amazing thread. I always feel I'm interrupting by commenting, so I've held off, until now.
Fabulous work, real attention to detail. Mammoth undertaking and superbly pulled off.
It looks so good and almost across the line. Really looking forward to the final photos.
Thanks for taking the time to share.
Fabulous work, real attention to detail. Mammoth undertaking and superbly pulled off.
It looks so good and almost across the line. Really looking forward to the final photos.
Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thanks Neil, appreciate the kind words.
I suspect I should be finished by Wednesday.
I'll work on a video to demonstrate all of it.
Cheers,
Scott
Neil got a new ramp and sent it to me via priority courier.
Only to find the replacement sent wasn't the right ramp... It wasn't even for the right game!
I got to work fitting the other parts despite the setback.
Part of the shipment included mirror blades.
The issue fitting them was the playfield. The clear coat dripped down the sides so I had to sand the sides down.
The margin is practically zero here but they fit... Just.
Installed Goalie net decals and temp fit the broken initial ramp. I used a ton of epoxy resin to hold it together so I could test fit everything.
Installed a ColorDMD LED variant.
Next up I gave the internal of the cab a small clean to get rid of any wood shavings from sanding the playfield sides
Finally I tested the coils and lights and resolved any lights which weren't lighting or were intermittent.
Just waiting on the skill shot mech to come back and the hopefully correct ramp!
Only to find the replacement sent wasn't the right ramp... It wasn't even for the right game!
I got to work fitting the other parts despite the setback.
Part of the shipment included mirror blades.
The issue fitting them was the playfield. The clear coat dripped down the sides so I had to sand the sides down.
The margin is practically zero here but they fit... Just.
Installed Goalie net decals and temp fit the broken initial ramp. I used a ton of epoxy resin to hold it together so I could test fit everything.
Installed a ColorDMD LED variant.
Next up I gave the internal of the cab a small clean to get rid of any wood shavings from sanding the playfield sides
Finally I tested the coils and lights and resolved any lights which weren't lighting or were intermittent.
Just waiting on the skill shot mech to come back and the hopefully correct ramp!
Dude, those mirror blades are going to scratch up any time you need to lift the playfield. Have you considered these?
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Side art World Cup Soccer 94 - Custom Pinball
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Dude, those mirror blades are going to scratch up any time you need to lift the playfield. Have you considered these?
Side art World Cup Soccer 94 - Custom Pinball
Give your pinball machine a unique touch with these side arts in plexiglass or vinyl, designed for precise installation and a flawless finish. Easy Installation: Plexiglass Version: Place the pinball machine on its metal arms and remove the hinge screw. Position the side art from the...
I'm hoping they won't, at present it lifts without pulling the film but Neil is aware it could be an issue. It's always a risk when using a repro playfield and an old cab. Sometimes you get lucky and the gap is fine other times you don't.
Ultimately we'll test before it goes to the club.
Ramp arrived today (the correct one this time!)
Usual affair of applying decals, transporting across wire harness and switches and flash caps.
A month to the day the game is finished!
Only some minor tweaks left which I'll sort tomorrow.
Usual affair of applying decals, transporting across wire harness and switches and flash caps.
A month to the day the game is finished!
Only some minor tweaks left which I'll sort tomorrow.
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Superb thread from start to finish. Looks phenomenal. Take a bow.
Hit some issues before I could sign this one off as done.
The ball gate assembly turned out to have a dead coil. Someone had decided to put a 10 amp fuse instead of the spec'd 3 amp fuse...
Fun times happened with the fliptronics board as a result
Thankfully Pinball Heaven stocked the replacement gate assembly and it arrived today.
I set about replacing the assembly and voila one working ball gate.
Another issue I had was with the diverter. It kept sticking.
Turns out the spring has been hacked and was lodging the plunger half the time.
I cut the badly bent spring and reformed it. It seems to have resolved the issue.
Last few elements were just alignment and adjustments.
The ramps being thicker needed additional washers to allow for better clearance.
Last issue was with balls getting stuck in the trough, turned out the new pinballs from pinsound being chrome balls magnetised very quickly. I switched them out for Polaris balls. Problem solved.
Cut it down to the wire but everythings working.
The ball gate assembly turned out to have a dead coil. Someone had decided to put a 10 amp fuse instead of the spec'd 3 amp fuse...
Fun times happened with the fliptronics board as a result
Thankfully Pinball Heaven stocked the replacement gate assembly and it arrived today.
I set about replacing the assembly and voila one working ball gate.
Another issue I had was with the diverter. It kept sticking.
Turns out the spring has been hacked and was lodging the plunger half the time.
I cut the badly bent spring and reformed it. It seems to have resolved the issue.
Last few elements were just alignment and adjustments.
The ramps being thicker needed additional washers to allow for better clearance.
Last issue was with balls getting stuck in the trough, turned out the new pinballs from pinsound being chrome balls magnetised very quickly. I switched them out for Polaris balls. Problem solved.
Cut it down to the wire but everythings working.
Looks absolutely stunning mate!
Fabulous!
Nick
Registered
Very nice job 
Bertychewster
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Yeah looks lovely. Great job. I quite fancy getting a WCS 
You can play this one at Pinball Republic.Yeah looks lovely. Great job. I quite fancy getting a WCS
I wouldn’t say CPR are crap at all, this hobby would be far worse off without them.
I'm entitled to my opinion, I find Mirco Playfields a lot easier to use.
HEP also agrees with me when it comes to CPR playfields. Maybe if you ever do a playfield swap you'll change your opinion.
Without CPR a lot of machines would not be able to be restored and the tiny little errors you moan about are nothing compared to having to manufacture your own new pf to the standard they do.
Your opinion comes across very entitled to me (my opinion lol…) be a little more appreciative of what parts are out there and the amount of work that goes into making them. I much rather have to do a little bit of re-work then not have the option at all.
Since you asked
yes I have swapped out a pf long before you did 
you can read about it here. https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/earthshaker-project.41848/ from memory I also had a few CPR issues, but appreciated I even had a new pf to use as without one I wouldn’t of bothered.
Your opinion comes across very entitled to me (my opinion lol…) be a little more appreciative of what parts are out there and the amount of work that goes into making them. I much rather have to do a little bit of re-work then not have the option at all.
Since you asked
yes I have swapped out a pf long before you did you can read about it here. https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/earthshaker-project.41848/ from memory I also had a few CPR issues, but appreciated I even had a new pf to use as without one I wouldn’t of bothered.Without CPR a lot of machines would not be able to be restored and the tiny little errors you moan about are nothing compared to having to manufacture your own new pf to the standard they do.
Your opinion comes across very entitled to me (my opinion lol…) be a little more appreciative of what parts are out there and the amount of work that goes into making them. I much rather have to do a little bit of re-work then not have the option at all.
Since you asked
For the money the playfield costs they shouldn't have sloppy clear coat where you need to sand the playfield down on the edges just to fit it into the cab due to the giant blobs of clear coat left all over. It's easy to ignore poor work when there's no other option but it shouldn't be ignored just because we should be happy for what we can get.
As usual you always seem to have an axe to grind with me and I'm pretty bored of it.
Go bother someone else.
No axe, just difference of opinion. I’m not saying they are perfect just pinball restorers would be worse off without them.