There’s also a searchable database to find information on over 6,000 different pinball machines from the past 80 years. They have a ranking of top 300 titles voted on by other pinball players, breaking down what makes these machines so great. The IPDB is a great information site for everything about pinball machines. Good Pinball Websites Internet Pinball Database These websites are great resources for asking questions or finding out more about pinball. But first, we want to list some honorable mentions of other websites to check out. Although we don’t know how to repair every part of every pinball machine, the products listed below will help you replace any part you’re looking for. But.At Pinball Castle, we love everything about pinball machines. 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. 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.
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