Paragon Pinball Fully Restored, Pictures included

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I put a video in the Restoration section of this forum, but thought I should post the finished project pictures here. Check them out........

I have touched every piece of this thing I think by now, but am confident in it working perfectly for a long time.
 

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Looks really nice. The roller rink I used to frequent from 1978-1989 had a Paragon. I own a Lost World which is very similar, having been put out by Bally the previous year. Same artist (Paul Farris) did both backglasses. I like to think of him as a poor man's Frank Frazetta. Nice work though, really. I didn't realize how much red was in the cabinet paint scheme.
 
Thanks!! Yes, I did the stenciling with the kit I bought from Pinbal Pal. Nice kit, its just a difficult project in general. I am fairly artsy and experienced with airbrushing and i found it challenging. The painting was not too difficult, it took more time to get the stencils off the sheet. A few tips if you wish to attempt this project, Obviously fill any gouges and sand like crazy, lay the stencil down on a clean floor on its face, its easier to pull the backing off the stencil then to pull the stencil off the backing, if that makes sense. Either way, honestly plan on about 5 minutes to pull the backing off, at least on Paragon with the detail. You dont want to rip the small pieces pulling it off. Secondly, the instructions for the stencil say to lay down your paint, apparently the full coat, then immediately pull the stencil off to make sure the paint does not lift off with the stencil when its dry. From my experience, i did it a different way with perfect results. I suggest lay down 5-6 very light coats, letting them dry for a few minutes in between. I actually left the stencils on overnight to dry completely. As long as you lay down very light coats of paint, there actually wont be thick enough "globs" of paint to adhere the outside of the stencil to the cabinet. I had absolutely no problem removing the stencils after it was completely dry, with no lifting of the paint whatsoever. This is because the light coats dont make the stencil stick to your paintwork. Just a suggestion. If I ever do another stencil job I will do it the same way.

Thanks again for the nice responses......Anybody with further questions just ask me.
 
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