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"Flash" Part 2: A bare playfield (on the underside at least!).
"Flash" Part 1. And so it begins...
So, the playfield is a mess. OK, we'll have to deal with that. We can start with the top of the playfield or the bottom. Seeing as this blog is called "Life Under The Playfield", guess where we started!
The big decision here was whether or not to remove the wiring harness. It seems like a drastic step to unsolder the harness because the chances of being able to ever solder it back, are infinitesimally small. Impossible, even. So this is a definitive, never-to-be-undone decision. I did think about doing the playfield first, so I could skip the big harness decision, or at least postpone it, but no...
First Thoughts on the Flash Rebuild
So, the Flash playfield has arrived. The packaging left a lot to be desired, but overall the playfield is in better shape than I expected. Sure, two things strike you immediately. First, this machine was routed. By that, I mean it was placed in the wild to make money. That's no bad thing. Most of us first encountered pinball in an arcade somewhere, provided and maintained by a route operator. Second, since it was removed from its original cabinet, it has been used as a source of spare parts for other machines. I know it was routed because there are...
Rebuilding "Flash"
We just acquired a very old "Flash" playfield in not-great condition, but with all of the original coils and mechs, including the pop bumpers and flippers. We're always on the lookout for old playfields, because they make interesting wall-art. Well, it's interesting wall art if you're into pinball machines. This one came to my notice, and what was interesting about it was the fact it was still fully loaded. I have yet to receive the playfield, it is being shipped as I type this, but the photographs show a playfield which has seen a lot of play, and by the...
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