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Diet tron
rockyrocket:
Hi,
So for a while now I have been thinking about doing a tron build but on a smaller scale as I only have a small Uk house and trons are well a bit big boned to say the least! (think biggest loser).
About a year ago I broke down and bought a tron mini cpo, then a stick then a ggg cover and then finally one of Encryptors great restrictors, this meant I then had all the trinkets needed.
Anyway after finishing my starwars build (apart from waiting on the marquee - six weeks and counting) and with having a holiday coming up it was time to have at it with another classic.
Seeing as i had a 20" 4:3 available for this then a slimline "diet" tron was possible, but i still wanted the cool blacklight on the cpo so a plan for a tron/dragons-lair mutant hybrid was formed.
I get a great sense of satisfaction bending perspex and love it for control panels and have bonded the controls onto a couple of cabs without them parting so far after three years.
Picked up these UV cold cathode`s that seem to do the trick, shame my camera cant do it justice
Did say dragons lair, sorry about no constuction shots but i had my head down getting on with it.
The backboard to house the lights sits back behind the CP.
And with the polycarbonate in place.
Then the CP
So the svelte tron is only 50cm wide!.
All primed, and I am betting this is finished before the starwars marquee turns up.
Final shot!, all complete with marquee.
bigmatty77:
Looking excellent so far :applaud: Whats the overall height on this?
rockyrocket:
--- Quote from: bigmatty77 on March 22, 2012, 04:00:08 pm ---Looking excellent so far :applaud: Whats the overall height on this?
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66", any suggestions on what to put behind or around the cold cathodes are welcome as I have not decided on that yet.
I am thinking maybe white perspex or I have some flexible mirror.
alfonzotan:
--- Quote from: rockyrocket on March 22, 2012, 04:27:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: bigmatty77 on March 22, 2012, 04:00:08 pm ---Looking excellent so far :applaud: Whats the overall height on this?
--- End quote ---
66", any suggestions on what to put behind or around the cold cathodes is welcome as I have not decided on that yey.
I am thinking maybe white perspex or I have some flexible mirror.
--- End quote ---
I just painted a piece of hardboard primer-white and mounted the tubes to that for my cab. Worked out well enough, but I'm honestly not crazy about the cold cathodes themselves. Still planning to replace them with a proper black light one of these years...
rockyrocket:
--- Quote from: alfonzotan on March 23, 2012, 02:33:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: rockyrocket on March 22, 2012, 04:27:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: bigmatty77 on March 22, 2012, 04:00:08 pm ---Looking excellent so far :applaud: Whats the overall height on this?
--- End quote ---
66", any suggestions on what to put behind or around the cold cathodes is welcome as I have not decided on that yey.
I am thinking maybe white perspex or I have some flexible mirror.
--- End quote ---
I just painted a piece of hardboard primer-white and mounted the tubes to that for my cab. Worked out well enough, but I'm honestly not crazy about the cold cathodes themselves. Still planning to replace them with a proper black light one of these years...
--- End quote ---
Ok thanks for that, I guess maybe i will experiment a bit and will have to see how the cold cathodes go.
Have some art at the printers including a piece for in front of the tubes but may not use it, we will see.
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