Fresh! So glad this project got an update. It's looking damn good!
Right back at you! I think I'm waiting on 2 or 3 of yours to finish, I really like your approach to your builds/restorations...That robotron is going to be sick when its painted!
I know, I've been bad with getting my projects finished. I work in the current gaming industry, and lately we've been pushing towards our release date, so it's been rough trying to get the time and energy to do anything hobby related. That and I've been getting through my art commissions for some members here, so that doesn't help get things done. 2 or 3? Lets see, Robotron, my Canucks Cocktail update? and perhaps my Burgertime bartop?
Robotron is going to happen, that's for sure. Every time I play it, I think "damn, this would be 10,000 times better if this baby was minty". I'm determined to get my Canucks Cocktail updated this month, got all the new parts sitting here staring at me. And the Burgertime bartop, I've pretty much put it on low priority. Definitely after Robotron gets a facelift.
Sorry to hear about your crummy year, but like I say with life, "Everything's a means-to-a-means". What doesn't kill ya, makes you stronger, and it sounds like you've hardened. Now you're made with "sterner stuff", and it's good to hear that you've got through it all on top!
Saab huh? When I lived in California for a bit, I owned a '94 Saab 9-3. I really Loved that car. It had 180hp and turbo charged, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it ran on 4-cylinders and was light a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---! I would beat Porsches of the line and get the same bewildered look in my rear view mirror as you did. That car was so fun, so zippy, dodgey & weevy! I once opened it up at 3am to 180mph on an I5 straight-away (there were no cars to be seen), just to see if I could, and man did it hold together solid. No shaking, smooth riding, love that Swedish engineering. Aaaaaah...
Keep up the good work bro. Don't worry too much about the purity of the cabinet, you're paying it so much homage that you don't have to worry, it's a refreshing update to a wonderful cabinet design. It looks great, and it's aesthetically better than a majority of the "new" projects out there now. Taito cabs have always been a favourite of mine, and I'm glad to see yours coming out to be so..."SEXY" roawrrrrrrr!
*edit: I'm honored to have wrote my 1800th post here on your thread!