Like it says. I lost my motivation somewhere about a month and a half ago.
I was all hardcore for about two weeks then I just stopped. I picked up a Magic by Stern (1979) a few months back and was working on it pretty regularly. I ordered all new rubbers and several PF parts, repaired the MPU and no score display issue, Rebuilt the recifier board and did a bridge rec mod.
(which fixed my G.I. issue)
Rebuilt the high voltage section for the score displays. Did a lot of acid damage repair. Replaced most of the connector housings, Reflowed all headers, recapped the sound board, Welded a couple of broken mechanical linkages. Painted the coin door and legs. And then I started in on the playfield, the biggest issue with the whole machine. It was wrecked! Probably the worst one I've ever seen. I looked for a replacement PF but yeah right...
So, I decided to hand paint the missing areas. Which I did and I'm almost finished. I still need to finish some minor areas. I have even made films for silk screening the small text.
I spoke to a local screen printing shop to see if they would expose a screen for me. (I have all of the stuff to screen print except a UV light) They will do it but I have yet to take it down there.
I just can't seem to find the drive for this... I haven't worked on it in over a month. Does this happen to anyone else??
Here are some before and after pics of the PF. Some of the after pics look a little rough and some colors were mixed wrong (by me) and have since been fixed.
I was all hardcore for about two weeks then I just stopped. I picked up a Magic by Stern (1979) a few months back and was working on it pretty regularly. I ordered all new rubbers and several PF parts, repaired the MPU and no score display issue, Rebuilt the recifier board and did a bridge rec mod.
(which fixed my G.I. issue)
Rebuilt the high voltage section for the score displays. Did a lot of acid damage repair. Replaced most of the connector housings, Reflowed all headers, recapped the sound board, Welded a couple of broken mechanical linkages. Painted the coin door and legs. And then I started in on the playfield, the biggest issue with the whole machine. It was wrecked! Probably the worst one I've ever seen. I looked for a replacement PF but yeah right...
So, I decided to hand paint the missing areas. Which I did and I'm almost finished. I still need to finish some minor areas. I have even made films for silk screening the small text.
I spoke to a local screen printing shop to see if they would expose a screen for me. (I have all of the stuff to screen print except a UV light) They will do it but I have yet to take it down there.
I just can't seem to find the drive for this... I haven't worked on it in over a month. Does this happen to anyone else??
Here are some before and after pics of the PF. Some of the after pics look a little rough and some colors were mixed wrong (by me) and have since been fixed.

