Touching up the paint on a Williams Grand Prix Electromechanical Pinball Machine Playfield! -2

[@theoldbigmoose]

Ron I owe you! I've had a $2500 tracking power supply in my electronics lab that has been erratic for a few years. It is stuffed to the max, and complicated as all get out. Today I systematically tore it down and followed your teachings. Under the microscope I finally saw the cracked solder around the remote voltage feedback pin! I resoldered all the connectors, and now it's solid as a rock!

[@LyonsArcade]

Very nice work... now that you've been in there touching it up it'll probably last another 25 years before you have to mess with it again :) The feeling when you save one of these things is awesome, it's just cool to me how for instance on your power supply everything was working, there was just 1 little thing that needed you to find it, and help it just slightly and it'd do the rest. So you found that one little problem, put just a little solder on it (no cost)... and the power supply took it from there and every other part of it worked how it was supposed to. These things are inanimate, they don't have souls, but the people who designed them and built them did.

[@OhRonaldo]

@@LyonsArcade As you say... it's almost like they WANT to work, to fulfill their purpose. 😉 They don't want to go into a landfill.

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

@@OhRonaldo 👏👏 ‼️®™️

[@dnbreyen]

Painting with “Ron Ross”…. Someday Ron’s gonna sneak in a happy little tree somewhere as he’s painting….

[@santacruztv9631]

Beautiful job! We had this machine growing up... Unbelievably, my dad sold it not too long ago without even asking us kids if we wanted it... those memories are of a simpler time! Man I would love to have it back!

[@BruteClaw]

Ron, I love your paint jobs that you do to try and color match things. Adds another chapter to this machines life. And it almost feels like the old operator just grabbed a paint set and touched things up themselves so that they didn't have to higher someone to do it for them. As for your restoration style, it feels to more about getting it reliably working again. Now that it works, lets see if we can make it pretty.

[@fred_derf]

So I'm sitting here on a stretcher in a hospital corridor, literally watching a video of paint drying... is this what my life has become? Thanks for the video Ron (and Joe), your video makes sitting here bearable.

[@LyonsArcade]

Get outta there as quick as you can, that's where they keep all the needles!

[@fred_derf]

@@LyonsArcade Oh I know about the needles... I think they've secretly got a bet on how much blood I have and to find out they're draining me one vial at a time till I'm dry...

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

@@fred_derf nothing like getting the rookie blood drawer‼️®™️ 😳😳😳 🤕🤕

[@OhRonaldo]

@@roryvonbrutt7302 I've had my share of rookies, but over the years I've just come to realize that some people just aren't very good at their jobs.

[@OhRonaldo]

@@roryvonbrutt7302 I hope you've been discharged and if not, I'm with the other Ron... get outta there as quick as you can, that's where they keep the sick people!

[@lepinstar1089]

Thanks again for your “if I can do it, you can do it”attitude. I just saved a 4 Queens from the landfill that had its wires cut from the head. Somehow, I traced it all down and I’m playing pinball!

[@LyonsArcade]

The hardest part is believing you can do it. If you break it down into small enough parts anybody can do it... glad you saved that one, I can't save all of them but maybe I can inspire other people to save the ones they run into. Now you need to look for another one :)

[@vincediesil]

I've learned more about color theory from you than I ever learned in art class. The playfield turned out great!

[@patrickfivetrick9202]

Thanks Ron for showing the mixing of colors, and showing the color wheel=).

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching Patrick, glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimmcwhirter4295]

You guys do nice work...the "no nonsense" approach is lost on some, but blunt and straight forward is always best in MY opinion. Thank you !

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Jim we appreciate you watching man!

[@DoItMyselfGarage]

It would be funny for you to have to explain to a customer that it should work when they get it home, but it doesn't work here because George keeps messing with it. :) Thanks for the great videos Ron & company!

[@LyonsArcade]

Hahaha, if I get the right customer, I might go all in and make a tin foil hat and all that stuff, LOL "No... no, It really DOES work, but there's a ghost!!!! "

[@jetlaw_1]

Is Pinbot’s wife still in the mix or did she leave him for a blender?

[@tjsogmc]

Oh, man! I remember that game! The local mom-n-pop C-store in the small town I lived in as a kid had two pinball games: Grand Prix and KISS. We would sometimes play the Grand Prix if the KISS game was occupied- but never GP if KISS was available...

[@LyonsArcade]

KISS was the next level up :) Thanks for watching Red Scorpion (as always)

[@mycatsdead]

dude. matching paint is something i learnt from you and im getting good. but i forgot but thanks to you remembered.. lovin it. one side of the world to another.

[@PlasticImaginationWorkshop]

nice work on the play field. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the process.

[@markjackson1444]

More outstanding work Ronnie. The yellow touch up was so good that even when you were showing the area, I couldn’t actually notice that anything had been done. …. the art of making it seem like you were never there! Fantastic. ….. still hoping to see a gameplay video of The Bride of Pinot. … please don’t abandon those videos. … you play just fine for me and millions of other folks. …. If some people can’t help but be ultra competitive … then they should just go on some game show. I love the gameplay videos, as the icing on the cake. Keep on keeping on Ronnie.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching Mark yes the Yellow turned out really nice, in person I really couldn't even tell where I had painted it, that was some of the closest I've ever done. My new thing is I'm adding a little bit of green to things, I never thought about that before but everything on the playfields kind of has a yellowish green tint, I've been making them more yellow when I mix the paint but I only recently have tried adding a little green. Thanks for watching as always!

[@coreyostman]

Ha! "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!"

[@LyonsArcade]

The first I ever heard that was from Mary Chapin Carpenter - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5DVk52dZ9Bpmas But I'm pretty sure Dire Straits wrote it. Mary Chapin Carpenter is pretty awesome though

[@ray73864]

I was reading a forum, playing a game, etc... while watching this video, if you hadn't of pointed out where you did all the work, I would never have been able to tell, it all looks perfect. Dual-monitor setups are awesome :D

[@LyonsArcade]

The blue was slightly off but everything else came out pretty nice, thanks for watching as always Ray!

[@jasonsteverson4609]

Ron and Joe...like Lester and Earl!!

[@simondempsey1]

Wow thats turned out fantastic, looks like new!

[@EsotericArctos]

I had to have a little smile at the paint branding. Could confuse some people. Paint branded Enamels, but it is an Acrylic paint. Someone was out to confuse the world lol. That feathering technique is really good for smoothing the edges off so the different height isn't as noticeable too. It's used by professionals in plastering as well as painting :). You somehow do it better than most though. Shows the love you put into it, rather than it just being a job. I love these late EM's. Getting pretty fancy, in many ways more features than a lot of the early solid states. The clicking and snapping of solenoids and relays, the bells. It just is what pinball should be in my eyes. Maybe I am old lol. As a note, have you changed camera recently? The colour balance is great, but the focus has been really soft in the last few videos.

[@pezjohnson]

Another great paint touch-up video.

[@OhRonaldo]

Paint it, baby!

[@madbstard1]

I have no idea how you kept your hand so steady painting in that tiny bit in the middle of the letter U!

[@LyonsArcade]

I calm down and think of Bob Ross

[@OhRonaldo]

Ron, I'm no artiste, but I recall reading somewhere about such a talented person who took the fine arrist's paintbrush you use and cut the bristles leaving only one single strand for the super fine lines. Just thought I'd pass it along, no idea if it will be helpful. Or not.

[@dkd1228]

Got any turquoise paint for that 'blue'?

[@Roadsurfer2k11]

Great vid Ron as always. Quick question it looks like you're using a much better palette wheel than what I have. Link or just the site name you use? Thanks

[@LyonsArcade]

I just googled it right before I filmed that, I don't usually use one, I just kind of do it off my head. I just remember the three primary colors Red, Green, and Blue and then imagine where we are on the wheel and what's opposite it.... Thanks for watching Roadsurfer2k11!

[@Roadsurfer2k11]

@@LyonsArcade ok thank you. I had to do a blue on kings of steel which was a bit tough but once I add clear coat, it should match up good. On the dried acrylic I wiped a wet finger across making it perfect, so I think I got the idea once cc is applied

[@ericernst7414]

Do you ever paint the pop bumper cap details, like just the triangles on those two?

[@falcon3tube]

What's the product you are using around 41 minutes in, Ron and Joe?

[@jasoncorreal8810]

How often do you need to rewax a play field?

[@LyonsArcade]

When you start seeing dirt on it. You'll see little areas that get a little line (like in the inlanes) and you'll have dirty looking rubber rings... wax is actually a cleaner, it'll clean the playfield when it starts getting dirty. On an older game like this the ball moves slower so maybe every 4 or 500 plays? something to that effect.

[@fred_derf]

After every third game! Just kidding, listen to Ron's advice, he's Da Man!

[@johntabares48417]

Where I can get this machine pin ball

[@matthewtaylor9452]

George the ghost? That wouldn’t happen to a Disney reference would it? If I remember correctly it’s the name of the Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride Ghost.

[@bhuff123]

Since you are 16 what is a complex pinball machines what are the simplest wants to fix for the average person as far as parts in availability

[@thejunkman7581]

Single player games are easier. This four player is Amazing. If you look at the field very similar to Liberty Bell. Super 😎

[@jetlaw_1]

The first machine I ever worked on was a Bally Hi-Low Ace. Not a great game to play, but a wonder first repair. Changed my life my helping me realize as a kid that I could fix things just by breaking them down into manageable pieces. Fixing anything these days seems like a super power to most people.

[@thejunkman7581]

@@jetlaw_1 tell me about It😊 we dragged everything home as a kid fixed it all. Bought my first pinball over 20 years ago. A Williams Bowla Strike its been no turning back probably had just about 100 games since then it has slowed a little since then 😜

[@TreadwellJay]

4:20 (out the window) somebody doesn't know how to park ;)

[@LyonsArcade]

Man I see it all day. About a week and a half ago, I watched a guy back right into the car behind him, park, get out, go somewhere, come back, and leave. About 10 minutes later, somebody else backs in, backs into the same damn car.... decides they shouldn't have done that and drove off. So two different people backed into the same car in about half an hour.

[@CrazyMan_Engineer]

Ah it's alive.

[@renatowertheim]

will we get a face revile

[@renatowertheim]

i saw your face a little bit

[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

Yodelayheehoo

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

40:25 porn music starts‼️®™️

[@jeffreyshier9021]

Hey, we almost saw your face, at 44’ 05”. It didn’t look horribly deformed. I assumed that is why you never show your face, that or you don’t want gropes stalking you.🤔

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm in the witness protection program :) That was Joe you saw in the video though, hahhahaa

[@jeffreyshier9021]

@@LyonsArcade I new it.😂