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| Crazy Cooter:
The cabinet could still be sold to a 'pure' restorer when desired. If he started cutting pieces out to make a panel fit... that would be another story, but I don't see anything that devalued anything... :dunno No harm = no foul (assuming that no modifications were made to the cabinet). A lot of us have rare parts sitting around in boxes or even incorporated into our machines. As long as we're not cutting them up, they still have the same value and can be sold as original at a later date. |
| SavannahLion:
Wow a bunch of half-assed comments here. Of course, I'm guilty of half-assed comments myself so meh. :dunno To start with. I like this. It's clean and well done. It's reversable, not like that it matters much, fat chance you'll find the hardware for this beast. But not making permanent damage to the cab does allow for future alterations without having to deal with any of the old crap. Some constructive criticism (some of you have heard of it, right?) I would not have called this a restoration with 22k games by any means. It's probably what set people off. True, the cabinet itself is a restore, but the project as a whole is not. Somewhat misleading. I would have trimmed the CP feature set a tad. Drop the spinner and/or trackball. But that's my opinion. The use of transfers is brilliant. My current WIP uses an aluminum CP and I was thinking of taking an entirely and much more difficult direction with the art. With this method, it would cut a pile of work out. Of course, my original direction is still pretty damn cool though so I might still go with it. We'll see. :cheers: I'm not entirely sure I would have gone with the rectangular buttons. Square, maybe, but not so much rectangular. I would have made some other design choices that we shall not cover here. The fiberglass bezel is a notable one. Did you consider taking it to an autobody shop that specializes in fiberglass bodies to have the burns removed or covered or at least finding out what techniques they use? I believe there are techniques in the bathroom industry that also repairs fiberglass damaged tubs. I haven't researched but they might be applied as well. Just a thought. To those squawking about the game itself. Go look at computerspacefan.com and find the CS simulator there. Play it. Anyhow, I've bookmarked his site for future reference. Have fun bickering. |
| RayB:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on July 24, 2011, 01:34:15 pm ---Anyhow, I've bookmarked his site for future reference. Have fun bickering. --- End quote --- It ended 2 months ago dude. |
| TOK:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on July 24, 2011, 01:34:15 pm ---Wow a bunch of half-assed comments here. Of course, I'm guilty of half-assed comments myself so meh. :dunno To start with. I like this. It's clean and well done. It's reversable, not like that it matters much, fat chance you'll find the hardware for this beast. But not making permanent damage to the cab does allow for future alterations without having to deal with any of the old crap. --- End quote --- Brace yourself for some shocking news... Michael Jackson has died! Oh, and Bin Laden, too! :dizzy: :cheers: |
| SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 24, 2011, 03:11:20 pm --- --- Quote from: SavannahLion on July 24, 2011, 01:34:15 pm ---Anyhow, I've bookmarked his site for future reference. Have fun bickering. --- End quote --- It ended 2 months ago dude. --- End quote --- Oh ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---! DOH! Looks like I'm the :tool: This thread came up in a search (why it didn't come up before when I did similar searches is beyond me) and I didn't even look at the date. Feel free to grab a :bat and :whap me with it. --- Quote from: TOK on July 25, 2011, 08:47:07 pm ---Brace yourself for some shocking news... Michael Jackson has died! Oh, and Bin Laden, too! :dizzy: :cheers: --- End quote --- I just found out we have :gobama for a president. Will wonders never cease? ;D |
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