FishTales

Welp,

My latest toy is here. I finally got the FishTales machine in. It was on Monday. I was sitting over at Work and I got a call from the Van Lines. I was told that there was a “beat up pinball machine” for me to be delivered. I went to over to the local King Soopers and withdrew a hunk of cash to pay the shipper with. (I had to get a doughnut, which I threw away.

Then I camped out at my house until the tractor trailer showed up, drove by, then showed up again.

As I waited in anticipation, the guys opened up the trailor and I saw the pin. My first reaction was horror. The pin had been shipped on its legs! (this is a no-no, pins should be shipped on their sides!). Luckly for me, the damage was minimal. The glass/speakerbox were loose/broken. I had them take that of then we started to move the pin into the house.

Ah, time to start the restoration. The inside/outside of the pin are filthy. I decided to fix the playfield first. I took off the glass and found mylar (thin layer of plastic) all over it. The playfield was also filthy.

I decided to remove the mylar from the playfield. There are two ways to remove mylar. Heat or cold. I decided to use cold. I got a can of compressed air, turned it upside down and proceeded to slowly remove mylar. This left the glue. I then got some Goof-Off. That and a lot of elbow grease got rid of the glue.

There was a lot of mylar, even two layers at the boat ramp!

So now I am stripping the playfield. So far I haved gotten the following from Action Pinball

-Leg bolts
-Rubber set
-felt cabinet protetors

more restoration and photos sooa