Post #306915 by AkuAku on Wed, May 16, 2007 9:38 PM

The camo paint version is certainly not original to when the machine was manufactured in 1960. For starters there's no wear to the handle or any other parts of the cabinet. And after 10 to 15 years or more of use the paint would be distressed. Also it's clearly been hand painted in a rough fashion and the graphics have been done with a card stencil. And I've never seen a factory made slot machine that didn't have a professional finish from new. I found the time to peel off one side of the new wood veneer from my cabinet and sure enough all that was showing was grey paint. But what I'm not sure about is what if anything was painted onto the castings. The eyes were certainly never supposed to be down on either side of the nose. The eyes look like they're where the award card and reel window are. Also the payout cup isn't the mouth as there's a mouth cast into the cabinet right above it. AkuAku