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In Progress Road Show Restoration

Ant-H

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As Road Show seems to be such a popular game for shop logs, I thought I’d add another one to the list 😂
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The playfield on this particular game was is really nice original condition with no wear at all to the fish by the scoop.
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So the plan is to strip and shop and rebuild the playfield with new plastics, Titans and few extra lighting mods.
I’ll also service Red and Ted as there seems to be an issue with their mouths as well as the fitment of the big wire form that touch’s Teds head.
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I’ll go through the boards as well as it has a couple of usual burnt connectors. Plus it looks like it had or has started to have battery leakage so I’ll remove them. I’ll also tidy up the wiring as well.
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The owner did say that it was the cabinet that needed attention the most, but at first glance it looked pretty good. The decals have the usual fading and there is no major damage to the sides, apart from what looks like a black pin that’s been added to the right hand side.
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However when I looked a bit closer, I could see what he meant. It’s has sticky chrome trim around the back box which I’ll remove. It also had plastic trim covering all the corners, which usually means they are covering something 🤔
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Once removed I could see that they were covering past work.
IMG_1300.webpOnce it’s stripped down I’ll be able to hopefully see why the filler had been added on the corners but my guess is the front of the cabinet probably has structural issues.

So the plan is fully fix and restore the cabinet, install some silk screen decals and some powder coated armour 👍🏻
 
Watching.. while im still finishing up mine.. your playfield is looking super nice already!!

Next step for mine... not sure what Im going to do with it yet!

Just been looking through some of your other shop logs... WOW !
 
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Watching.. while im still finishing up mine.. your playfield is looking super nice already!!

Next step for mine... not sure what Im going to do with it yet!

Just been looking through some of your other shop logs... WOW !
Thanks mate. If your playfield is in good condition with not much wear, by simply stripping it down and giving it a good clean and polish will make it great.

If I’m working with an original playfield, after cleaning and polishing, I find fitting new plastics, cleaning/replacing ****ty star posts and installing Titan and Comets throughout can make it it look just as good as a new playfield, which is the plan for this one 👍🏻
 
Thanks mate. If your playfield is in good condition with not much wear, by simply stripping it down and giving it a good clean and polish will make it great.

If I’m working with an original playfield, after cleaning and polishing, I find fitting new plastics, cleaning/replacing ****ty star posts and installing Titan and Comets throughout can make it it look just as good as a new playfield, which is the plan for this one 👍🏻
Think I’m going to bite the bullet and do a minimal tear down.. ok dumb question #1 what the hell are titan & comets 🙈
 
First job to start is the strip down so I can see exactly what needs doing.
Underside of the playfield looks pretty good.
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Though I did notice a great little “fix” to one of the mechs 🤔
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I have no idea why it’s there so will have to look into that.
The inside of the cabinet looks good with no nasty stains or major damage.
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IMG_1344.webp To remove the back box hinges I needed to remove the art blades as they were stuck over the hinge bolts.
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Once the cabinet harness was removed I could start taking a closer look at what needs sorting.
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I also found evidence that at some point in the games life, the glass had been smashed as there were loads of broken glass in the bottom.
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Removing the art blades revelled a long split in the side of the cabinet.
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I also pulled out that black pin that was pushed in the right side. It was literally a drawing pin and I have no clue as to why it was there.
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Putting the cabinet on its back I could remove the plastic angle trim and as expected it was covering some damage and previous restoration/filler work.
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Next I scrapped out all the filler that had been added to all the corners. You can see that the gaps were to big which usually means the overall structure has issues.
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By using a flat headed screw driver I could see the problem. The front panel had come away from the sides.
IMG_1372.webpIMG_1373.webp The underside also looks like it’s been in contact with water at some point.
IMG_1386.webpNext job is to strip the decals so I can get the cabinet structurally sound again 👍🏻
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Looks like a lot of hidden work
Yeah there’s nearly always previous fixes that you can sometimes see straight away but other previous fixes you don’t see until start stripping it down.

Some issues aren’t that bad, others I’m like **** 😬.

I remember that was the case on the chrome TAF I restored. The PF was really scrapping the side when it was lifted. It was only after I removed the playfield and stripped the side armour I could see one side was bowed like a banana 😭
 
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