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I bought a nickel plating kit off e-bay and did it myself. The result was good, not shiny, but more in keeping with the age of the machine. It's easy to do small pieces (and cheap).

I found some green Hammerite in the garage that I bought for the lawnmower last year. It's exactly the right colour and cost nowt!

My Bryans Elevenses has a penny sizes brass token with the number 517 and "Part and Property of Machine" pinned to the backflash. (see photo). Does anyone know what this is?

Olive Punch To punch half inch win and lose holes in a new backflash, I used a 15mm olive from a plumber's compression gland and hit it with a hammer. It gave a neat result (see photo) and went straight through double thickness plastic lamination. !!IDEA!! I'm new to this, so I hope I'm not teachin...

Before and after picture of the Bryans Elevenses restoration. It's finished, except the green project paint on the metalwork is a feeble colour. It will do as a primer. What sort of paint should I use?

Is the backflash always a screen print on loose celluloid in all cases? I've only ever owned one and that had cockled and split quite badly. Allwins nearer the start of the 20th Century tended to have a velvet material covering the play field or a polished or machined metallic one. Much more durabl...

It occurred to me that an old folks home would like one of these. Would there be any legal issues for people playing with the machine with old pennies? The old folk won’t have time to play your machine, they will all be out at work earning their pension. !!SHIT!! You have made a nice job of your ma...

This was my first attempt. I may still build another cabinet with the cashbox and topflash. For the moment I'm just happy that it works. I bought a load of old pennies on-line. Been practising. It occurred to me that an old folks home would like one of these. Would there be any legal issues for peop...

I'll be interested to hear how you get on with the Nickel plating ...which kit did you get? The machine looks great .....brilliant graphics on the backflash! Bought the kit on e-bay from Gateros, including Dry Acid cleaning kit. Bought a power supply from Maplins, as the current controller in the G...

Whales The Easy 9 photos attached showing the new cabinet. I've not "distressed" it, but I used "Jacobean Dark Oak" wood stain to blend the new cabinet in with the old door. I also bought a nickel plating kit to do the brightwear and replaced the lock. The mechanism works well af...

If you did a bit of bodywork on your car would you blend it in to match the rest of the vehicle or not? Good point! ...unless your trying to make people think it's original, and I don't think you would do that. ... I would not try to hide the fact that you also had a new case, just choose which fin...

The Whales Easy 9 restoration is coming along well, the mechanism is working, I've sanded out the "FIXED" graffiti, changed the lock and hinges, built a brand new oak cabinet. Now I'm in a quandary;- should I leave the new cabinet looking new and pristine, or should I distress it to make i...

as the seller said, 'It just wants a good clean' !! I've just done a similar one (Treble Chance) & lost most of the screen print whilst dismantling, so had to copy what was left & make a repro. It depends just how bad the damage is, it may be best to take off the playfield, clean it up, res...

Hi Martin .......... Welcome to the best slottie site this side of lunchtime. :tarah: As mentioned the warping of back flashes is a problem, if you use the Search facility you'll probably dig up some previous words of panic on the subject. Try searching using slotalot as the author, I seem to remem...

Just bought a Whales The Easy "9" for restoration. It has a backflash picturing a footballer in a red shirt. I don't know anything about it as I'm new to vintage penny slots. Can anyone enlighten me please? Also the backflash is cracked and warped. Is it safe to apply heat from a hairdrie...

Just bought a Whales The Easy "9" for restoration. It has a backflash picturing a footballer in a red shirt. I don't know anything about it as I'm new to vintage penny slots. Can anyone enlighten me please? Also the backflash is cracked and warped. Is it safe to apply heat from a hairdrier...