finally picked up a game I always wanted,will be cool having it next to ElVIS (my wife pin.) and my other retro games.
       here we go: the back glass is near perfect(very small chip)
                      :cab is nice but will make stencils and repaint another,keeping this one original
                      :might need board work,no big deal
                      :will repaint the legs
                      :needs a new pf or overlay,touch-ups are out

      so i figured i buy an overlay,they range between 180 and 240 US dollars ,not that bad,but saw one on ebay.....big mistake!!! total wast of money! cheap copy of crappy overlay and/or badly done job!
      well nows the time to test out that flat bed scanner i picked up this summer at a yard sale (5 bucks!) after taking the fp appart i scaned it in......10 passes at 300 dpi to stitch it later in  photoshop,each piece was carefully aligned to perfection using the magnifing glass(not as bad as it sounds)
      now it was off to work ,re-doing all the colors and repairing the worn sections,hours of fun!!! I borrowed the Phantom  chart from work  to match as close as pissible all colors,also had to test print the colors i used since the printer at work dosnt  reproduce  to 100% Phantom colors
      here are a few pictures for now of the project....
                        

and..

Maybe CPR have the project to make the playfield repro, better to ask them, they make fantastic job !

this is not the final version....some colors still were off, next time ill start by chosing the right colors first!

Magneto  

Quoted from HAL-9OOO

Maybe CPR have the project to make the playfield repro, better to ask them, they make fantastic job !

Illinois Pinball reproduced these a few years back.  Last fall, when I was at Gene's show (and at the Rochester show in the Spring), he had a whole wall of them still.  Not listed on the web site, but they are out there.

Quoted from HAL-9OOO

Maybe CPR have the project to make the playfield repro, better to ask them, they make fantastic job !

thanks but ,Marco has the KISS pf....but not too crazy about dishing out the 700 dollars US they want for a piece of painted plywood!(I'm too cheap and not that crazy!!!!)

Money is relatif,you have choice to pay the crasy price for something or working on photo-shop has Luc has done.I know how much time that he put for the quality of his overlay.Realy nice work Luc,and like we say:   "It's only pinball"

tried out a new clear (Red Line 2 parts , 4:1 mix)with my sample overlay,put on the overlay on a piece of plywood that i had cleared before.came out pretty good...Im happy!!! Ill put hooks on it and hang it in my game room,i think it'll look pretty cool.
     This week ill sand down the scrap pf and prep it up for the final version.

another

printed at 300 dpi,this thing ill put any new STERN to shame!!!

nice job  
dr makak

Magneto,

What type of media are you printing this on? Is it paper, vinyl, or other?
Does it have an adhesive backing or are you gluing it to the board?

Other cheap do it yourselfer's would like to know

sorry for the long reply,printed on white translucent vynil

here are some pics of the finished project after about 200 games,didn't want to post before being sure everything was tested for endurance.I think this is the way to go for a real nice looking job...no ugly touch-ups!

still looks as shiny  as when I clearcoated it    (didn't buff )

more pics here

http://s708.photobucket.com/albums/ww88/1magneto/kiss-pf/

Thanks for the gift Magneto,it's on my wall very nice look with the backglass of Kiss in upper

WoW !!!  Très belle job Luc

heres the reason you dont do this in your garage....
only secounds ater the fan was turned on ,everything was gone!

thanks Joce!
your  welome   Mario

a few more I found not on photobucket link

Quoted from MAGNETO

thanks but ,Marco has the KISS pf....but not too crazy about dishing out the 700 dollars US they want for a piece of painted plywood!(I'm too cheap and not that crazy!!!!)

Some dude in Detroit has sold a couple of KISS playfields, virtually new, for $450 - $475 USD.   This is the lowest price I have ever seen.  I thought about picking one up just to have, but have other uses for the $$$ right now.   At these prices, a new playfield is much more appealing.  There may be more deals like this as the U.S. continues to stuggle financially.

Late to the party as always...

Magneto, did you cut out the inserts in the overlay? And if so how to get it accurate?

Thank you!

Quoted from websherpa

Late to the party as always...

Magneto, did you cut out the inserts in the overlay? And if so how to get it accurate?

Thank you!

actually I SHOULD of but tried something different.....I have the inserts covered with the vinyl which is translucent so the light does go through.this is a compromise between perfect alignment and insert color.some inserts are a-bit off but dosnt show at all this way.    

the next one if I was to do another overlay will have blanks (no insert printed) and will cut out with a template after the overlay is put on(with a lamp under the pf for line-up),then put on an insert decal....this will grantee perfect alignment and the real beauty of the original plastic inserts.abit more work but should be real nice!
its work in progress!