#Pinball machine forum code

If you want to get the historical perspective, check Only' (we posted a 'No Gambling Allowed' sign on the machine.that's how much we mean it!). They have no flippers, 5+ balls, and are, umm, 'for amusement If reading isn't your thing, try Nick Baldridge's For Amusement Only podcast and especially look for episodes on the Multi-bingo. The folks at Pinball Australia have also written up some stuff on how the games work. If you are lookingįor interesting reading instead of getting bogged downĭanny Leach's bingo site or Ray Watts site Is the technical details and reference materials.

We are talking about bingo machines here, mostly Bally, but with aįew digressions into United and other manufacturers. But.Welcome to one of the ugliest sites on the web built by I have yet to find another machine iun original paint-work other than the one I included in my first post which has faded. the factory used Stencils and Spray Paint so the lines were sharp. There is paint in places that were never painted and the Reds are obviously hand-painted. That is another 'restored' machine you found on pinball info. or just click on everything that looks promising and find what I want that way.

#Pinball machine forum code

That should be very useful to me in future as I can search using the RAL code or Name. It told me I did not have access to the page the first time I tried. You just need to compare a few to get an idea of what the original unfaded colours were then match them to the nearest RAL palette colour VectorVonDoom uploadedĬheers, I have the RAL palette imported, now. Lots of images with 'original' colour on the 'net You can obviously see the rgb's from that too. Here's a RAL colour swatch palette I put together. Here is another photo of a sister machine (obviously well looked after) that was painted dark Blue, Red and Yellow. Hence, Green fades to Blue but Blue cannot fade to Green. I can only guess at the correct shades and select the RAL colours that appear to work in a 1950's setting.Īlso found in my research, Blue does not fade as much as other colours as Blue coloring agents reflect the higher-energy light from the blue end of the spectrum rather than absorb it, and so they avoid being broken down into colorless molecules longer than the others.

I am confident that due to chemical processes and exposure to sunlight the original colour was Green and the Pink was originally Red.

I have seen examples of the paint used on this machine where either the Green has faded entirely to Blue or Green still appears on the borders of the painted area with a Blue interior like the photo I attached. Paint manufacturers tend to develop thier own colours and so it is impossible to set the 'Fill' in Deigner to accurately represent them, although, Hex RGB codes are sometimes available? I have already had more feedback than I have from the Pinball forums but this is an 'art' subject! VectorVonDoom, you are right, RAL codes were almost certainly not used in 1958 in North America but they are the most popular Central European colour standard used today and they provide me with a standard to work with. I would like to thank you all for contributing this post. Williams_Kick-Off_back-box_left-side_artwork.afphoto I am using RAL colours to match the paints available from my chosen supplier of spray paints. To see the original you need to make the 'Original Design' Layer Visible. I have also created Documents for the other parts of the cabinet. This Document is of the Back-Box left-side (seen in the photo). My research on paints fading is that the original colours wer Green, Red and Yellow, nbow faded to Blue, Pink and pale Yellow. My machine is a Williams Soccer Kick-Off and it is an on-going restoration project - I needed a subject to train myself that produced something that was required. The photo is of an original machine, unrestored paintwork. It took a huge effort in researching paint colours, RAL and Hex codes, how colours fade with time and exposure to sunlight so the result is my best educated guess at what the original appeared in 1958. I took a photo and corrected the perspective in Affinity Photo then moved to Designer to create a new design that closely matches the original. In the 1950's, PinBall machines were becoming very popular but machines surviving from that time either have been restored or the art-work on the cabinets has faded to different colours. This is my first attempt at using Affinity Designer so I am open to suggestions from experienced users.