Since my last post, I’ve completely gone through the playboard on Fire Queen, and cleaned and adjusted all of the switches and contacts.  I found several relay coils which appeared to be burnt.  Some of them showed signs of having shorted out, so I’ll have to get replacements.  I’ve also gone through all of the components in the head except for the score reels.  Due to some of my wife’s various projects, the playfield is still awaiting color touch-up.

I’ve compiled a list of parts which Fire Queen will need.  Some of the parts I already have in stock – leftovers from other projects.  I did manage to find a better backglass for Fire Queen.  I’m hoping that will be delivered this coming week.  As for the old backglass, we’re probably going to touch it up as best we can, and sell it as wall art.  Touching up a backglass is and extremely difficult task, as you not only have to match the colors, but translucency as well.  For wall art, the backglass image can be repaired, but if the image is backlit, it will not look right (as the repairs will not be translucent. 

In going through the game, I found several contacts and wires which were broken.  It makes me wonder if the reason the playfield is in such good shape is because the game broke or didn’t work right, and therefore rarely or never got played.

I had a good close look at the body today.  I’ll start cleaning it in the very near future, and determine whether I can get away with touching-up the paint on the body, or if it will need a full repaint.

I’ll let you know more later…