Hello world!
I have been around these parts for over 8 years now and I have been building my cabinet for almost all of that time. I have taken a few breaks during that time and I have had a few set backs as well (cabinet survived 2 floods!) I'm now at a point in my life where I have the time, money and drive to finish.
This was taken after the big flood over 2 years ago. Luckily I had the plastic shelving under the cabinet with a plastic drop cloth to start painting. It's the only thing that saved it.
Here it is as of about 2 months ago. I had just finished painting.
Now has come the time to finish the control panel. As you can see, I did a "mock up" of the panel about 8 years ago to see if I liked the layout. After YEARS of intense testing, this is the layout. Now it's time to finish everything.
Side note.... Don't EVER get the cabinet playable before its ready.
I am converting all of the existing controls over to full RGB controllable lighting including the joysticks. I also have to recut the top in 3/4" MDF vs the 1/2" it is now.
Here is a paradisearcadeshop.com RGB ball top mounted in a magstick plus base.
Here is a sample of the buttons I have ordered to decide from.
Left to right
Hoku w/ IL illumination module; Hoku w/ Pele ring;Electric Ice 2
I'm waiting for the ClassicRGB from Ultimarc before I make a final decision. I will post a comparison up once I'm done.
Here is a list of parts I'm using or will use that otherwise has not been covered.
Electric ICE trackball v1 with upgraded ball
Groovy Game Gear no-plate super high mounting kit
4 magstick plus sticks with RGB balltops and shafts
Betabrite message display for marquee
Mala frontend
Dual core Athlon processor and motherboard.
RCA 25" tv