Gerald "Jerry" Browning Snipes. He owned and worked at Snipes' Pawn Shop in downtown Rock Hill for over 30 years. He also co-owned and worked at American Carpet Installation with his nephew, Mike Price. In 1965 there is a Snipes Variety Store listed.
Thank you Kate! I knew there was a Snipes Army Navy surplus store in the parking lot behind us, that was tore down in the 70's, I didn't realize they had a pawn shop here too... back when I researched the title you could only go back so far online so the last I saw the church owned the building...
The font is a variation of "Moore Computer", which was a MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) font from the late 60's. Such computer fonts were commonly used in 70's pop culture to make things seem "futuristic". Also, there's a really fun book titled "Arcade Game Typography", which looks at the history of typefaces used in arcade games. Great video, as always!
It was Snipes' Pawn Shop. Found the obituary of Gerald Snipes who passed away in 2015 and "He owned and worked at Snipes' Pawn Shop in downtown Rock Hill for over 30 years."
Checks out. 🕵I pulled up the public sales records and Mr. Snipes sold that storefront to the First Baptist Church of Rock Hill in 1993. So that 👻writing is 29 years old! Ron your shop is haunted! Joe and Ron bought that storefront in 2012 too. Can't post the link, but you can search for the York County, SC Assessors office and pull it up.
Cool video, I have seen some restorations and have often wondered how the playfield is touched up, looking into learning more about this myself. thank you for this video, It demystifies some of that for me. Very helpful
I suggest you edit the comments of each video of the series with links to each of the 6 videos. TH-cam often suggest an old video yours but is is a middle video and after I watch it there is no link to the next one in the series. You can also make playlists of all 6 episodes and that may help. Watching your painting has finally motivated me to order some paint and fix up some beat up playfields too. Thanks for leading the way.
Thank you so much for this video. I own a SMDM and I love it. Unfortunately the playfield has seen better days, it has a lot of wear especially in the area you touched up. There is not much paint left actually. Until now I did not dare to try to try this by myself, but your video inspired me and I'll give it a go. I mean it's like you said it is an old machine and the result does not need to be perfect. But I'd like to give the game some of its former glory. Greetings from Germany!
Great work as usual Ronnie. Bally sure was on a roll at this time….. one great game after another. I think that painting on Mylar should hold up, as long as care isn’t taken with future cleaning. It looks great. Thanks for teaching us, and showing what’s possible.
Mohawk Spray Lacquer is a great top coat for acrylic touch up. It dries super fast, and can be rubbed out and or polished within a day. Far superior to clear enamel for these spot touch up.. Give it a try.
Ron, thank you so much for doing these detailed videos! I'm touching up my first playfield because of your tutorials - a Williams Blue Chip. Yesterday I pulled everything off the playfield and cleaned it with a magic eraser, and then wiped it down with some Novus 1 on a rag - to get the chalky residue off. And today I mixed acrylic paints to match colors on the playfield. Wow! Can't believe I actually did this. Looks pretty good! Yeah, those black lines really sharpen things up! So I rushed out to pick up some Krylon Satin Crystal Clear. And tomorrow I'll clear coat those sections. (I did decide to lightly sand out some of those brush strokes, in one of the larger sections, with some 1500 wet/dry. Does the clear coat hide those brush strokes?) I never would have had the confidence to touch up a playfield without your help! Thanks again! PS: You helped me repair the flashing displays on my Son-in laws SS Mata Hari some time ago. I think your present numbering system (#4/6) for a series of a particular machine is a great way to do it. And titling each video with the work performed, helps me find what I'm looking for when I want to go back to review.
@Mr Guru Whoops, how did I miss that! I've watched so much. Well, fortunately I only had one large section and it had been lightly sanded because an insert was loose there to begin with. I had to do some work around the chipped hole and glue it back in. I ME'd the rest of the playfield again and touched up those small areas. Thanks for the info.
You give a fellow left hander hope that someday I might be able to paint withing the lines. I would call this a respectable touch up job that doesn't jump out at you and might not even be noticed. And I sure couldn't complain if I didn't choose to spend a ton of money getting it airbrushed. From what was sharpie to acrylic paint is a great improvement. I would be impressed with what you could do if I was the customer. So do you think that snipe hunters used to visit before you moved in?
Maybe :) I've been researching this building and the ones around it for years, there was a place called Snipes Army Surplus that was in the building on the other side of the parking lot, that no longer exists (they tore the building down in the 70's!)... so I'd seen the "Snipes" on the window before but just figured it was some temporary thing they did for awhile, I never saw the deed because back when I searched you couldn't go back before about 1995 online...
As much as I like watching your artistic talents, sometimes it's your off- topic bits that are the best part. The letters on the glass was pretty interesting. I wonder if the county tax office can check the record of deeds to see previous owners? 🤔 In any case, love what you guys do!
One thing that can help with your edges is 3x5 cards. Use it to mask the line you don't want to paint. I do this since my hands are unsteady in fine detail and it really makes a difference and it's quicker then using masking tape. When painting yellow lay down a coat of white first it help with the yellow.
Imagine what the people driving/walking by thought as they saw this fool going up and down, left and right looking at the glass holding a camera, LOL great job guys, entertainment at its finest.
Super easy way to get mylar off is to use a can of air duster spray upside down. When they’re upside down the freeze spray comes out really cold and freezes the glue under the Mylar and they pop right off with almost zero damage. I would think a little bit of dry ice from the supermarket or welding supply store would work just as well, if they sell that in your area
20:26 that weapons shop name they called it sniper shop where they sell guns n bullets n weapon else and they were long gone and u got building that i recognized it in my area have it before n it gone n tore down (they use to sell paint ball gun else n fake plastic bb for fake gun n have play flieds back yard it gone)
Great job... The blinking lights woulda messed up my mojo rounding around them... Dang that red is about a perfect match... I've had to touch up some faceplates for equipment... I struggle with the taller letters keeping the lines right (The dang font gets fatter at the bottom on a lot of the welders) {My Boss} "Why you using your left hand? Are you painting from the left to right?" {me} "I get a lot finer detail lefty than I do while clenching the brush with my butt cheeks... I also found it turns out better when I don't stick my hand in the wet paint as I'm working on it..." They'll never understand... Another great video, thanks for making your job harder by having to work around the camera for us to see.
Hi Ron! Amazing work (as always) on the playfield touchup (I'm envious of your eye for color matching...) A question for the sake of my own curiosity; At what point did manufactures begin to clear coat the playfields themselves? I seem to recall some playfields featuring 'Diamond Plate' as a feature, and clear coating appears to be standard practice for newer machines, but when did it start?
Search the address and check about 18 spots down. It’s an old real estate listing. It has a picture of the storefront at the time. It was a casket company at some point… maybe between Snipes Pawn Shop and Joe’s.
I've seen that picture (that's how it looked when we opened the building a few doors down) we bought it from the casket guy... but I only knew it belonged to the church and then the Fraternal Police before that I didn't know about the pawn shop...
That playfield looks pretty darn good to me! TH-cam didn't take the thumbs down count away, they just hid it. So now you need a browser extension to see it, (you have zero thumbs down on this video at the moment, BTW).
I think what you call "Vivid" would be described as the Saturation of the colour. :) Don't think it really matters what you call it though, we all know what you mean. I remember knowing someone who use to do painting and he would add a touch of blue to the white ceiling paint so when it "yellowed" over time it would end up staying more white. Not sure if it was worth it, but he use to swear by it :).
In a few weeks we are going to upload videos of repairing a Star Trek from start to finish, 9 videos total... the 1979 Bally Star Trek. It's going to be one of our best series ever! Thanks for watching Tango The Cat!
I think the Snipes family must own Rock Hill. Good Lord.. Contractors, cleaning company, and of course janitorial supplies. Even the tax records are pretty vague. It could have been anything one of the family members tried. LOL
I'm always stunned by people: they won't watch if it's episode 4 because they haven't seen the first three? Do they think they'll have a problem understanding the plot or not know who the characters are if they haven't watched the first three episodes? BTW: I'm not sure if I would watch a hour of just staring at the machine, but I did watch you chase a multi-ball for two hours so who knows! Maybe you could start a "pinball-cam" and just have a live video of a machine just sitting there.
Think it's glass corrosion. The window was covered with a sticker that had cutouts and the glass corroded differently where it was covered to where it was not covered. Glass corrosion cannot be washed of. The glass is changed permanently....
You might spend a few bucks on a better paintbrush and get some finer lines. Thinning the paint would help … it seems a little thick. Might take a couple layers, but i would think it would wear better.
Yeah I agree… keep in mind though that a lot of the shuffle alley games were six player too so there must be some sort of precedent of locations where they expected lots of players 😀
@@LyonsArcade A lot more than the "Marvel stuff." Nobody likes Di$ney $tar Warz much. Pixar, The Muppets, and everything the Greasy Mouse has touched has turned to Pooh. It's no longer a good company. They're bloated bullies that don't listen when their customers tell them they're (Di$nknee) is screwing up!
Gerald "Jerry" Browning Snipes. He owned and worked at Snipes' Pawn Shop in downtown Rock Hill for over 30 years. He also co-owned and worked at American Carpet Installation with his nephew, Mike Price.
In 1965 there is a Snipes Variety Store listed.
Thank you Kate! I knew there was a Snipes Army Navy surplus store in the parking lot behind us, that was tore down in the 70's, I didn't realize they had a pawn shop here too... back when I researched the title you could only go back so far online so the last I saw the church owned the building...
Ron: Do you realize that your channel is so awesome that you literally have me watching paint dry!?! Lol. Great content!
Thank you buddy I appreciate that
👏👏👏
I love Joe’s technical diagnostics, “Joe what do you think is wrong?”
“It’s Broke”
And it gets fixed.
Thanks for the vid Ron.
"How'd you get the stuff off the playfield Joe?" "I took it off."
As long as it's not broke-slap-up Ron can fix it! (or ship it to someone who can :-)
The font is a variation of "Moore Computer", which was a MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) font from the late 60's. Such computer fonts were commonly used in 70's pop culture to make things seem "futuristic". Also, there's a really fun book titled "Arcade Game Typography", which looks at the history of typefaces used in arcade games. Great video, as always!
Thank you Gregory!
like all your repairs i can pass your site on to others
Thank you Mark, we appreciate it man!
Whom cares if only the one's that care to watch your videos.
Love you all.
It was Snipes' Pawn Shop. Found the obituary of Gerald Snipes who passed away in 2015 and "He owned and worked at Snipes' Pawn Shop in downtown Rock Hill for over 30 years."
Wowza! Check out the big brain on Brad! I mean, Larry!
Checks out. 🕵I pulled up the public sales records and Mr. Snipes sold that storefront to the First Baptist Church of Rock Hill in 1993. So that 👻writing is 29 years old! Ron your shop is haunted! Joe and Ron bought that storefront in 2012 too. Can't post the link, but you can search for the York County, SC Assessors office and pull it up.
Cool video, I have seen some restorations and have often wondered how the playfield is touched up, looking into learning more about this myself. thank you for this video, It demystifies some of that for me. Very helpful
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
George has been up to his tricks again. Try using a Magic Eraser on that "ghost" window.
The really nice thing I like about working with acrylic paint is that it does not smell terrible. :)
That's a good point, thanks for watching Dave!
I suggest you edit the comments of each video of the series with links to each of the 6 videos. TH-cam often suggest an old video yours but is is a middle video and after I watch it there is no link to the next one in the series. You can also make playlists of all 6 episodes and that may help. Watching your painting has finally motivated me to order some paint and fix up some beat up playfields too. Thanks for leading the way.
That's a good idea Kent!
Thank you so much for this video. I own a SMDM and I love it. Unfortunately the playfield has seen better days, it has a lot of wear especially in the area you touched up. There is not much paint left actually. Until now I did not dare to try to try this by myself, but your video inspired me and I'll give it a go. I mean it's like you said it is an old machine and the result does not need to be perfect. But I'd like to give the game some of its former glory. Greetings from Germany!
You have the ability man, go for it! Think about it like this.... if you don't do it, nobody will, ha! Thank you for watching in Germany!
great series so far. Missed the music while painting though.
Keep up the good vids,, and thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Watch it again... themusic was playing.... oh wait that was just in my head filling in lol
This guy should be so happy you touched up his playfield. It made a huge difference! Very nice...
Great work as usual Ronnie. Bally sure was on a roll at this time….. one great game after another. I think that painting on Mylar should hold up, as long as care isn’t taken with future cleaning. It looks great. Thanks for teaching us, and showing what’s possible.
Just bought my first machine on Monday. It's a Bally 1981 flash gordon. I am really enjoying your videos, very informative.
Always love Joe's commentary, as he always been the less talkative brother or just camera shy?
He never talks much, on or off camera. He's Definitely the quiet one out of the 3 of us
Hey it's pinball! Of cause we watch! 🤩🤪😉
It’s amazing how Joe’s diagnostics are always spot on.
Mohawk Spray Lacquer is a great top coat for acrylic touch up. It dries super fast, and can be rubbed out and or polished within a day. Far superior to clear enamel for these spot touch up.. Give it a try.
Wow - Bally Six Million Dollar Man Pinball Machine! Back in the day's played the 6 player feature; bigger chance for a match at the end.
Ron, thank you so much for doing these detailed videos! I'm touching up my first playfield because of your tutorials - a Williams Blue Chip. Yesterday I pulled everything off the playfield and cleaned it with a magic eraser, and then wiped it down with some Novus 1 on a rag - to get the chalky residue off. And today I mixed acrylic paints to match colors on the playfield. Wow! Can't believe I actually did this. Looks pretty good! Yeah, those black lines really sharpen things up! So I rushed out to pick up some Krylon Satin Crystal Clear. And tomorrow I'll clear coat those sections. (I did decide to lightly sand out some of those brush strokes, in one of the larger sections, with some 1500 wet/dry. Does the clear coat hide those brush strokes?) I never would have had the confidence to touch up a playfield without your help! Thanks again!
PS: You helped me repair the flashing displays on my Son-in laws SS Mata Hari some time ago.
I think your present numbering system (#4/6) for a series of a particular machine is a great way to do it. And titling each video with the work performed, helps me find what I'm looking for when I want to go back to review.
@Mr Guru Whoops, how did I miss that! I've watched so much. Well, fortunately I only had one large section and it had been lightly sanded because an insert was loose there to begin with. I had to do some work around the chipped hole and glue it back in. I ME'd the rest of the playfield again and touched up those small areas. Thanks for the info.
I think you do a great job of matching the aged colors on these games! Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks!
Thank you Greg! We appreciate it!
Nice colour matching looks great! 😎👍
I know one day i'll muck with a pinball machine, so this is always fun for me to watch. Thank you for doing these videos!
You give a fellow left hander hope that someday I might be able to paint withing the lines. I would call this a respectable touch up job that doesn't jump out at you and might not even be noticed. And I sure couldn't complain if I didn't choose to spend a ton of money getting it airbrushed. From what was sharpie to acrylic paint is a great improvement. I would be impressed with what you could do if I was the customer.
So do you think that snipe hunters used to visit before you moved in?
Maybe :) I've been researching this building and the ones around it for years, there was a place called Snipes Army Surplus that was in the building on the other side of the parking lot, that no longer exists (they tore the building down in the 70's!)... so I'd seen the "Snipes" on the window before but just figured it was some temporary thing they did for awhile, I never saw the deed because back when I searched you couldn't go back before about 1995 online...
Love your videos. Do you have one that shows the technique you use to put clear on? I've looked through many of them and haven't found one.
Good job!
Interesting Easter Egg today! Worth a watch
As much as I like watching your artistic talents, sometimes it's your off- topic bits that are the best part.
The letters on the glass was pretty interesting. I wonder if the county tax office can check the record of deeds to see previous owners? 🤔
In any case, love what you guys do!
One thing that can help with your edges is 3x5 cards. Use it to mask the line you don't want to paint. I do this since my hands are unsteady in fine detail and it really makes a difference and it's quicker then using masking tape. When painting yellow lay down a coat of white first it help with the yellow.
Thank you Patrick, that's a good idea... i'll have to give that a try
Imagine what the people driving/walking by thought as they saw this fool going up and down, left and right looking at the glass holding a camera, LOL great job guys, entertainment at its finest.
Two college girls walked by just as I started so I was filming them out the window they prob called the police
i love the videos, of the arcade machines,pinball and the jubebox fix videos. i learn something always
Super easy way to get mylar off is to use a can of air duster spray upside down. When they’re upside down the freeze spray comes out really cold and freezes the glue under the Mylar and they pop right off with almost zero damage. I would think a little bit of dry ice from the supermarket or welding supply store would work just as well, if they sell that in your area
Great video! Why is water based the right choice? Maybe I missed that part.
Easier to work with and clean up, and also it never interferes with the clear coat
20:26 that weapons shop name they called it sniper shop where they sell guns n bullets n weapon else and they were long gone and u got building that i recognized it in my area have it before n it gone n tore down (they use to sell paint ball gun else n fake plastic bb for fake gun n have play flieds back yard it gone)
Great job... The blinking lights woulda messed up my mojo rounding around them...
Dang that red is about a perfect match...
I've had to touch up some faceplates for equipment... I struggle with the taller letters keeping the lines right (The dang font gets fatter at the bottom on a lot of the welders)
{My Boss} "Why you using your left hand? Are you painting from the left to right?"
{me} "I get a lot finer detail lefty than I do while clenching the brush with my butt cheeks... I also found it turns out better when I don't stick my hand in the wet paint as I'm working on it..."
They'll never understand...
Another great video, thanks for making your job harder by having to work around the camera for us to see.
Great job Ron. That is interesting about numbering your videos and not getting the views. I just thought my videos sucked.
Your videos rock...
Hi Ron!
Amazing work (as always) on the playfield touchup (I'm envious of your eye for color matching...) A question for the sake of my own curiosity; At what point did manufactures begin to clear coat the playfields themselves? I seem to recall some playfields featuring 'Diamond Plate' as a feature, and clear coating appears to be standard practice for newer machines, but when did it start?
Great work as always, always impressed with your ability to color match the paint. Maybe the local county office will have records for Snipes?
I use a paint called one shot enamel bc the colors are spot on for Bally machines.
Search the address and check about 18 spots down. It’s an old real estate listing. It has a picture of the storefront at the time. It was a casket company at some point… maybe between Snipes Pawn Shop and Joe’s.
I've seen that picture (that's how it looked when we opened the building a few doors down) we bought it from the casket guy... but I only knew it belonged to the church and then the Fraternal Police before that I didn't know about the pawn shop...
Fixing solid state and em's is wizadry in its own right. Then you add painting a pf/matching colors etc.. some dark arts man!
Thank you man
On the window glass i wonder if there was an acidic based adhesive or paint used
The character font on the play field is unique. Check out the number 3 in the bonus ladder.
Looks great.
That playfield looks pretty darn good to me!
TH-cam didn't take the thumbs down count away, they just hid it. So now you need a browser extension to see it, (you have zero thumbs down on this video at the moment, BTW).
The haters have given up I have completely conquered the haters! Thanks for watching Fred!
Just a heads up in case you didn’t catch it already….around the 3:15 mark, when the lights under the numbers are cycling, the 4 doesn’t light up.
If you watched to the end you would have learned that he hasn't worked on the lightbulbs yet…
Curious to know what you find out on your shop what it used to be
Look great! 😎👍
looks like the mylar touch up turned out pretty good... on camera anyway
I think what you call "Vivid" would be described as the Saturation of the colour. :)
Don't think it really matters what you call it though, we all know what you mean. I remember knowing someone who use to do painting and he would add a touch of blue to the white ceiling paint so when it "yellowed" over time it would end up staying more white. Not sure if it was worth it, but he use to swear by it :).
That's interesting, I've never heard of anybody doing that... I'm going to run it by Donnie and see what he thinks :)
@@LyonsArcade let me know what he thinks. I would be curious to know. I don't think modern paints yellow as much as older ones did.
Look up Gerald snipes obit from rock hill
Died 2015 "pawn shop"
I was searching some, found a Snipe's Cleaning and a Snipe's Scrap Metal.
It was Snipe's Wand Shoppe, he closed it when he became a Professor at Hogwarts. What do you mean it's Professor *Snape,* that's not funny!
Gotta check out “My Brother Donnie” and watch Donnie replacing engines on Ron’s trucks!
Can you repair another star trek pinball please.
In a few weeks we are going to upload videos of repairing a Star Trek from start to finish, 9 videos total... the 1979 Bally Star Trek. It's going to be one of our best series ever! Thanks for watching Tango The Cat!
@@LyonsArcade If I could give those videos a thumbs-up before you post them I would! :)
In 2015 there was a TV show called American Sniper. Wonder if it's any relation.
I think the Snipes family must own Rock Hill. Good Lord.. Contractors, cleaning company, and of course janitorial supplies. Even the tax records are pretty vague. It could have been anything one of the family members tried. LOL
Where I went to school, and we had phone books (remember those), about half the book was "Maki". LOL...True fact.
I'm always stunned by people: they won't watch if it's episode 4 because they haven't seen the first three? Do they think they'll have a problem understanding the plot or not know who the characters are if they haven't watched the first three episodes?
BTW: I'm not sure if I would watch a hour of just staring at the machine, but I did watch you chase a multi-ball for two hours so who knows! Maybe you could start a "pinball-cam" and just have a live video of a machine just sitting there.
I have thought About doing that haha
I wonder if Mr. Snipes name was George and was a race car driver?
Think it's glass corrosion.
The window was covered with a sticker that had cutouts and the glass corroded differently where it was covered to where it was not covered.
Glass corrosion cannot be washed of. The glass is changed permanently....
You might spend a few bucks on a better paintbrush and get some finer lines. Thinning the paint would help … it seems a little thick. Might take a couple layers, but i would think it would wear better.
I wonder how may true 6-player games were ever played on this machine. It's rare enough to get four people together to play a game, but six?
Yeah I agree… keep in mind though that a lot of the shuffle alley games were six player too so there must be some sort of precedent of locations where they expected lots of players 😀
@@LyonsArcade As per normal, I'm obviously hanging out at the wrong kind of places…
I blame Disney for the TH-cam no dislikes situation.
The Mouse doesn't like to hear bad news no matter how much his $h!t stinks.
That may be it, some of the marvel stuff as I understand has been downvoted into oblivion
@@LyonsArcade A lot more than the "Marvel stuff."
Nobody likes Di$ney $tar Warz much. Pixar, The Muppets, and everything the Greasy Mouse has touched has turned to Pooh.
It's no longer a good company. They're bloated bullies that don't listen when their customers tell them they're (Di$nknee) is screwing up!
Thought it could had been "The Casket Company" but it's not. Bet it was a gun shop.
The undertaker/pawn/casket/gun/pinball shop! All that's missing is a dentist, and you have a movie set
Yodelayheehoo
Instead put the number in the description.
Should read …”care IS taken”……
Maybe thumbs down results in me seeing less of your videos suggested to me from the youtube homepage.
whats with this game, literally everyone is working on one right now.
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