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Hi guys, I picked one up from the Dutch boys several months ago. The bad bit was that it was delivered to a friend in Kent for safe keeping and have not been able to pick it up yet from Manchester!!

I too think they were a 3rd party or customised hi-top. There's not much info on them. Page 185 of 'Slot Machines on Parade' recons 75 were made, however Robert Geddes also states the casino never opened!!.

Hi Terry,
Thought I'd send up some pics of the 'Silver Palace' after a little cosmetic surgery. Sorry the pics aren't that great!.

Hi Gameswat, I agree......With the UK early models with the large fishmouth penny entry and probably rarely using a 50c escalator, I would have thought the slope an easier option in the early thirties. However, as 50c escalators came more widely used in probably the fifties and Mills would have been...

Hi, Looks genuine to me. Correct serial number area etc. Is it a 6d machine? Not sure that would be correct for a 1931 machine, although it does seem to be the UK top casting for the 1d. Something I'm not sure about... is that people always seem to believe that the 'run down' esculator has been tamp...

Great machine. My first 'round' of collecting some 20+ years ago netted me one of these for just £30 from a local antique shop. Of course the same problems occured but still retain fond memories of a continuous learning curve whilst trying to get it right!. Probably never did as it happens but this ...

Brilliant!

simply stunni ng

I agree with you Andy. I think a move to see more dealers/collectors interacting with each other would re-vitalise the hobby. It has been suggested via another thread that a sales/auction site should be set up. I also think this is a great idea. This would enable us to all buy, sell or exchange piec...

And was housed in an early console made from bits of the Mayflower by bored sailors!

It would have to sit in your collection with a 'tag' saying 'the most expensive unuseable spare part ever'!.

Hey...PM me.. what do you think?.

That's a superb looker. I'll send you my Fedex acc't details immediately!. Andy

It will be the one. It's a lot better now of course, but the coin is set to bypass the esculator, operating a little more like the gooseneck version. Everything seems complete except for the feed and a couple of 'reject coin' parts. Something I knew on purchase but the machine was priced as a 'long ...

I must have been very lucky!!. This one was covered in green and cream. It took me about 300 years to get it all off. I'm sure the cream underneath was still 'wet'!.
P.S..anyone got the 'dog leg coin intake for one of these on 25c. Andy

Being a more modern machine, what paint would be used on a Hightop? I haven't got one yet but have always assumed they are of a Hammerite style finish?.

Hi Mr Frog. I've been using the 'Plasti-kote' range. I'm trying to stick to the fast dry enamel but not as many colours as the larger cans. If you spray, respray after an hour or two. Any longer and you'll be stripping the lot off again !!GRUMP!! . The first one I did, I left it for the recommended ...

Almost looks as if the case has been turned up side down. Good looking machine for this price at the moment anyway?.

Fantastic looking job...superb. I agree with the above post, that it doesn't matter about the cost of a machine. It's the satisfaction in completing a project, whether it be a £50 piece or £10000. That's one of the great things about this hobby in that it satisfies all pockets. They generally need t...

Topic merged - site admin Markymark. I have had to start this thread 'new' as it doesn't seem to allow a 'reply' now?. Sad to notice these things and possibly even more sad to reply but I too have now noticed that mine doesn't have the 'this takes jackpot'. Possible the plate is a replacement but s...