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Indiana Jones: New Playfield And Cabinet Art

Restored in 2017. This restoration included a brand new playfield and new cabinet decals. The cabinet had one big flaw: the backbox had obviously been damp, as the composite wood on the backbox had expanded and swollen. After a lot of sanding and flattening, the wood was stabilized with glue and primer to create a nice, smooth surface. The finishing touch is silkscreening the yellow text on the backbox.

Before and after gallery

The cabinet decals were in rough shape and needed replacing, the starting point is removing the decals and carefully preparing the cabinet for decals.
The cabinet decals have been replaced and all the surrounding parts have been reinstalled. Notice the gun shooter has been re-chromed. I left the protective coating on the siderails.
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The backbox appears to have gotten wet at some point and required lots of sanding and preparation to get it smooth again.
The warning text has been silkscreened back where it belongs. All mesh grills and hardware have been cleaned and polished and replacement serial number decals installed in their original locations.
The interior of the cabinet was stripped down to bare wood and all surfaces will be sanded.
After repainting the ground braid and all the nickel plated metal parts get reinstalled. I upgraded the lockdown bar receiver to stainless steel.
The transformer needed some attention and the metal legs were removed and tumble polished.
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These were all the parts that were re-plated. The interior cabinet parts have been nickel plated and the parts used on the playfield were re-chromed.
The power box all shiny and back where it belongs.
The speaker grill will also be completely disassembled.
Decided to try painting the wood black. All plastic and metal have been polished and reinstalled. A new display was installed.
The wiring and sockets will be removed so the wood can be sanded, all metal will be polished and re-installed.
Backbox lamp panel door reinstalled.
The front side of the lamp panel door is a mess and will sanded and repainted.
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The playfield is taken out of the cabinet and installed on a rotisserie where all parts will be removed down to bare wood. The bottom side will be sanded to look clean and fresh.
All parts are cleaned, many are replaced. The harness gets cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner and blown dry. All metal parts will be disassembled and polished in a polishing tumbler.
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All manufacturing decals are replaced including the coil wrappers. The switched illumination have been upgraded to LED lamps.
The top side of the playfield will be clear-coated with durable automotive clear-coat. First the dirt must be thoroughly cleaned and black key lines will be touched up.
The apron has been repainted and new decals installed. The metal has been re-chromed. All new plastics with artwork have been installed as well as the 3-D brick mountains. New flipper bats and plastic posts. All black side-rails have been sanded and repainted.
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The fighter plane was replaced with a spare new old stock, the bi-plane was disassembled, repainted and reinstalled.
All the stainless steel will be re-grained using red scotch brite pads. Bumper bodies will be replaced. The mylar coatings will be removed and the ground in dirt will be cleaned thoroughly.
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