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TopJimmyCooks:
Although I don't care about them myself, I would make the center front wide enough to receive a coin door. Many consider them de rigueur for an upright cab.

yotsuya:
Good job for the theme. I see the Tower of Babel in the lines of the cab! :applaud:

GregD:
Why vertical? I may be wrong but, it seems that most noob's building their first cabinet go with a horizontal monitor. Like I said, I may be wrong about this.

eds1275:
I like it. Looks easy enough to build, though I liked the curves. But hey, who's to say we need to follow your plans exactly anyways? Put the curves in, a coin door, make that front panel stick out a little further so the guns can go in behind, add some pinball buttons, drop a spinner on it, put a widescreen in it horizontally - the possibilities are endless.

Ond:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 08, 2012, 08:56:21 am ---What I love:

* Easy angles
* The middle front piece is great. There are some good artwork/lighting options here.
* I absolutely love the wrap around control panel. Again lots of good artwork options here
What I'm concerned about:

* The marquee wood - are they at angles? Whats the plan for marquee retainers? I only use them successfully at 90 degrees and anytime I've had to bend some, I've been less happy with the results. I suppose Happs marquee retainers would work here.
* The vertical monitor and a street fighter layout is weird. I assume it would be easy enough to flip the monitor for horizontal format, or reduce the number of controls for a dedicated vertical, or build some sort of rotating mechanism.
Overall, I like that it has clean lines and looks like a modern version of a classic arcade. This design would lend itself well to being all wood or full artwork. Very nice.

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Thanks for the feedback, I'll let you know what I plan for the marquee when I've figured that out :). I like the look of the edges around the marquee in the model so I may have to get creative to achieve it in reality. I will do an option for either horizontal or vertical mounted monitor, probably not an adjustable option or rotating though.

--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on March 08, 2012, 09:41:26 am ---Although I don't care about them myself, I would make the center front wide enough to receive a coin door. Many consider them de rigueur for an upright cab.

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Agreed, I will do this and make the addition of a coin door an option.

--- Quote from: yotsuya on March 08, 2012, 10:05:40 am ---Good job for the theme. I see the Tower of Babel in the lines of the cab! :applaud:

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Tying a strong theme to a cabinets shape is a good way to design. Metropolis has some great images to use for artwork inspiration and will really bring the cab to life.

--- Quote from: GregD on March 08, 2012, 10:17:14 am ---Why vertical? I may be wrong but, it seems that most noob's building their first cabinet go with a horizontal monitor. Like I said, I may be wrong about this.

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As mentioned before both monitor aspects will be included as build options.

--- Quote from: eds1275 on March 08, 2012, 11:28:21 am ---I like it. Looks easy enough to build, though I liked the curves. But hey, who's to say we need to follow your plans exactly anyways? Put the curves in, a coin door, make that front panel stick out a little further so the guns can go in behind, add some pinball buttons, drop a spinner on it, put a widescreen in it horizontally - the possibilities are endless.

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Absolutely! builders with enough confidence to modify anything I come up with could tailor the design anyway they like. :cheers:

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