Im a new guy here and just got my first machine!!!

[COPPERSHOT]

HELLO TO ALL HERE!! I AM A HUGE FAN OF JAPANESE CULTURE...AND BEEN IN LOVE WITH PACHINKO MACHINES FOR YEARS...FINALLY GOT MY FIRST AT MY LOCAL FLEA MARKET...I SCORED THIS BEAUTY FOR $30 FROM AN OLD LADY...I DIDNT GET ANY BALLS TO TEST IT YET...BUT IT LOOKS TO BE IN GREAT CONDITION...HERE IS A BUNCH OF PICS OF MY NEW TOY...IT IS MISSING THE GLASS IN THE FRONT...HAS PLEXIGLASS...LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

PETE

[candyflip]

Hi Pete,

I think your machine looks great and you should STOP SHOUTING AT US!!!



And welcome to the funny farm.

[hanabi]

Hi Pete


Congrats on your first pachinko,

looks really good condition, I'm liking the colourful cell and the interesting centrepiece

and a bargain at $30!!


Welcome to PachiTalk, a great bunch of people who are friendly and knowledgeable, so please just post if you have any questions, queries or just want to join in with the general mayhem

[MrGneiss]

WELCOME!!! ..Are those fishys on the center feature??

[COPPERSHOT]

Sorry for the caps. Lol. I was half asleep while trying to post the pics. I did not even have a chance to clean it or take apart the back. Too busy this week.

I do believe they are fish on the middle.

How can I tell what year it is from? And is Besta a good brand?

Thanks Pete.

[Moparformances]

Welcome to Pachitalk

besta is one of the uncommon brands.. but its one that should give your years of use.. most machines are great machines that will work for a long time..

nice clean machine.. Great find

[SteveFury]

Congradulations with a great looking machine and welcome to PachiTalk!

I agree with the others... that center feature is so detailed and colorful.

[DrDark]

What a bargain.

WELCOME!

[COPPERSHOT]

thanks for the warm welcome everyone!! i must be bitten by the bug because i just scored a sanyo today at an antique mall in new jersey. she wanted $100 for it and knowing what i know from reading posts on here...i talked her down to $40!!! i will post up pics soon...


pete

[pachiwall]

WOW! What a nice looking machine! A bargain at $30! I don't see Besta much...but it looks complete except for an easily made dust cover on back. Looks like it functions like a Nishijin Model B. If you haven't already seen this...check this out. Model B Video it will help a lot...even if it is a different brand! This one is also good, a bit wordy...but very informative, once again, a Nishijin. There are other stickies that are at the top of the VINTAGE PACHINKO forum that are worth looking at also. The one on cleaning wont be needed on this one! It looks real clean, with great chrome! AND WELCOME TO PACHITALK!

[sethbramwell]

Beautiful machine for a great price! Does look like it's missing the cover over the jackpot rocker, but that's pretty minor.

[alancurry]

Drool! Drool! Drool! I'm jealous! Welcome to Pachitalk!

Alan

[COPPERSHOT]

finally took it apart and cleaned it real good...here is some more pics...if you are wondering i am a car wash/ detail center manager and i have access to great cleaning chemicals...i highly recommend Stoner trim cleaner and a tooth brush and an air hose...000 steel wool and Stoner invisible glass for the chrome...check it out.

[mxfaiman]

Wow looks great. I might have to look into that Stoner stuff. I guess having access to all those chemicals is a plus though.

[JACKSJE4]

Great looking machine!! I admire your attention to detail (pun intended )

Would you mind adding a post in the following thread listing the cleaning stuff you used? I think it would be great to keep a running list of things we discover that work well on Pachinko machines.

http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/vint...o-machine.html

[SteveFury]

WOW! What a great job and such a beautiful machine! I am also very curious about those products you used.

[pachiwall]

I know that Stoner brand Invisible Glass is at all AutoZones in the Ohio area, I would expect all of them to have it. Strange, haven't tried any of it yet.Gonna have to try some! By the way...the inside ball paths looked FANTASTIC! Did you polish...or simply clean. On high mileage machines, especially ones used with rusty balls...those paths get scratched and scored, with rust dust ground in. They never come that clean! Great work!

[COPPERSHOT]

Thanks everyone. I used a tooth brush with the trim cleaner. The trim cleaner is not very wet it is real foamy and dry... So if you can picture it... Spray the cleaner right on the play field...scrub with the brush between the paths...wedge a towel in there...then use the compressed air to blow the dirty foam into the towel... hope you understand what I mean.

[Card Shark]

Welcome to Pachitalk! Great job on the cleaning! I am very interested in the products and process you used in cleaning the machines.

[mxfaiman]

Spray the cleaner right on the play field

Lucky for you that machine doesn't have a paper playfield. Usually you never spray anything on the playfield as most were paper so anything liquid or foamy will sink right into it. Just a tip for future machines.