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    I just finished my Martian Mod and it was no easy task and I don't believe that I would have been able to accomplish it without the great gift of super thin Heat shrink Tubing from Pachitalk Member New In Town Many thanks to you!

    I used a combo of the Liquid tape and the tubing in a way it was not intended to isolate the Led Leads.

    As you can see by the results it worked

    I took some quick vids and will post them tomorrow.

    Anyway here are some pics of the martians with the leds installed and note how well they fit.

    Even when not lit they make a really nice enhancement.

    Sorry about the poor quality of the pics but My camera is really bad in low light conditions and the Martians have to be Jumping Up and Down in order for the Eyes to light.

    There are a bunch of pics posted because of this, that way even with bad photos you can see what the Led effect looks like.

    Too bad the Martians didnt come with Leds from the Factory.
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    Great...now I am going to have "Red Eye" nightmares!

    Very cool mod though!
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    Super Cool, its this kind of attention to detail that makes your projects really come alive




    and knowing you...there is probably another mod on the list already...

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    Eddie - Nice, have you done the saucer LED mode yet as well?

    I saw at the pinball show I went to and it looked really good.
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    Great work Eddie!

    another job well done!


    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Eddie - Nice, have you done the saucer LED mode yet as well?

    I saw at the pinball show I went to and it looked really good.

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    Nicely done Eddie.

    Now I have another project to do once I complete the saucer mod.
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    RFM is my target at this years auction, coming up in right about a month. Other than the usual back to factory detailing I will definitely be doing that LED eye mod. Thanks for the pics!

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    Well here is the Vid.

    I lost most of the pics I wanted to use by accident so many were left out.

    This is NOT a true how to as much detail is also left out!!!

    This Mod is not an easy one until you have figured out the best approach, now its a cinch.

    15 pairs of LEDs later LOL

    Believe it or not I used the Cold Heat soldering tool. its perfect for this application.

    I guess I should have taken some VID with more light as the Martians are hard to see in the vid.

    You can also make out the saucers in the foreground. I installed Leds in them a few months ago. They came in a kit form so it was easy.

    Wait untill you guys see my topper Its going to be really nice. !!!

    YouTube - Revenge From Mars Martian LED Mod
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    nice work eddie recently overhauling a pin table i know you havent got much room in there to work when you trying to get pre assembled peaces back together but no room to assembel them attached to the table

    once again my hat comes off to you sir
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    Great Job Eddie.

    You took a Fantastic Machine and made it Better.
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    Here is a really short Vid showing a Martian in Slow Mo and the Martian Spotlight is on so you can actually see the Martian.

    Figures I couldn't get the Spotlight sequence to come on in the first video attempt. LOL

    YouTube - Revenge From Mars Martian Led Mod vid
    Last edited by Eddie; 09-19-2008 at 11:38 PM.
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    Eddie, is that your set of pics up on the nucore forum? NICE. I am tempted to do my own.

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    Yup they be mine! Did you see my YT vid of the installation? its not that good as I lost most of the photos that I was going to use.
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    I am going to try and get that done on my next set of days. I did end up with a RFM from auction and it is coming along nicely. I stripped the playfield, gave it a good polish and put everything back together using new posts, plastics, rubber, etc. I rebuilt the flippers and re sleeved the other solenoids, cleaned out the inserts and replaced lots of bulbs. The cabnet got touched up, new Tmolding, repainted legs and new leg bolts, new balls etc. etc. The game is looking and playing fine.


    Now is the time for the mods. Funny though, on most of my machines be they video or pin or whatever else I generally don't mod them. The only other exception was Xenon (pin) which I did up with hyperbrite LEDs in the backglass/bumpers/plastics, neon sticks under the ramp, neon under the cab, LED score displays, a new ultimate MPU and driver board and a few other items. It really punched up the effect without going out of theme. I see that glowing martian eyes and the saucer LEDs are well within the theme and fit the platform. Unfortunatly the saucer kit is unavailable right now, looks like he will have more next year.

    Here is how that Xenon turned out;


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    Forgot I had these...




    Unfortunately the LEDs never look as good in the photos as they do in person, the back glass with LEDs in the rings is much more vibrant and the lights look as powerful as the artwork rather than weak next to it.


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    That looks awesome. Great job.
    One question on the under cabinet neon.
    I wanted to due the same to my cabinet and behind the Backbox only have the lights go on with the sounds of the machine. Just using a simple audio switch.
    Which neon did you use. Was it an underbody kit for cars and if so which one I am not sure which kit to get.
    If you need help with the Matian Eyes just PM me.
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    If you look around (google, ebay etc.) for liquid neon you will find the tubes and transformers. There is also an audio circuit available that plugs in and makes the tube respond to sound. I tried it and it was cool watching it jump with speech but the rest of the time it was off or transiting. If you tied the audio to the speech pot and used that it would stay calm other than speech without surging with every sound. Ultimatly I thought it just looked better running like a juke's bubbler.

    The neon under the cab was bought at Auto Zone and is the under car kit. I installed a 20watt switcher for an arcade machine to power all the neon. I also got some of the 2 and 3 inch red and blue neon tubes. I have a blue under the ramp leading to the tube, and reds in the top corners and behind the LEDs for the drops. Be careful on the reds, most are hot pink, I had to order a few to find the right color. Auto Zone had a few that were in that size range as well. Most are made for computer case modding though and not cars.

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    Thx for the tips Ill get to an Autozone this weekend to see what they carry here.

    This is exactly what I want to do... Copy this guys set up.

    YouTube - Revenge from Mars
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    The neon one may or may not respond fast enough to make you happy/ work. If it does not, there are plenty of LED based under car lights that are on ebay.

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    Just wanted to share this cool pic. This photo was a one in a million shot that I took of the martian. It was to be used as a cover for the Gameroom Magazine issue with my "How to" article. Unfortunately I had lost the original from the camera and only had the smaller compressed photo that I kept in my computer to send to Gameroom Mag. The small file would not blowup large enough for the cover so it never made it.
    I did try over and over to retake the pic to send in but after 6 Days and close to a thousand pics I never got close to this pic that was taken after about 7 snaps into my first time taking pics with a better camera then the one I used to take the pics in the original post.
    Let me know what you think of this pic!
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