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The Final Stage - (06-22-12: Project COMPLETE. Final pics in OP!)
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: RyoriNoTetsujin on May 31, 2012, 11:04:16 am ---Does anybody else get depressed as they near the end of a project?
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Projects have an end? ???
I know what you mean. My current build bothers me a bit in theat I'm going for an actual complete cab.
I kinda prefer having junky setups that I can just throw together, modify, and swap stuff into....indefinitely.
Making stuff and getting it to work is the fun part for me, moreso than actually playing the games. ;)
Looks Good!
(swiping the Ferrari grill from the same place I did is different than swiping it from me :lol )
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 31, 2012, 11:26:49 am ---I kinda prefer having junky setups that I can just throw together, modify, and swap stuff into....indefinitely.
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Yeah, that's why I wanted to keep everything stock and had to make this project larger than "Occam's" - the inevitability of upgrades!
The PC case is just big enough for a full ATX motherboard (if I shuffle a few things around.)
I can swap out the wheel and pedals if they ever break or some amazing new wheel comes along. The flight gear isn't physically attached to anything, either.
Even the shelf where the PS3 lives... I can't imagine there ever being a next-generation console as physically large as my trusty old George Foreman Grill! :laugh2:
The only thing I may have difficulty with is if the sound system ever decides to give up the ghost... that said, I should be safe there as long as the speakers don't blow.
* RyoriNoTetsujin reflexively turns volume down.
AGarv:
This is by far the coolest driving cab I have seen - very nice!
RyoriNoTetsujin:
Thanks to a couple of weekends out of town, and a whole lot of work in between, I haven't had a lot of time to do anything with the project. I also fully admit I got caught in the "playable state syndrome" (i.e. little finishing touches get completely ignored because I'm too busy PLAYING THE GAMES, damnit! ;D)
So here, finally, is the marquee; the last little bit of the puzzle. I'm happy to say it turned out about as good as I could've hoped. This is especially nice considering this was the first time I've ever worked with aluminum, which is really quite easy if you take your time. I could've gone with just plain old black plastic marquee retainer, but I wanted to do as many new things as I could reasonably do with this project, so I opted for the aluminum. It also allowed me the shape and design I saw in my head and in my concept design -- while simultaneously stylistically unifying the aluminum bits on the g27 steering wheel, and that little bit of aluminum (silvery plastic?) on the PS3.
Aluminum angle came from New York Metal out in Astoria (yeah, NY Hardware House failed me for the first time...) Total cost was a shade above 20 bucks for 4 3-foot lengths of 3/4" by 1 1/2" aluminum - no shipping, since I went over there to go pick it up from their warehouse/shop! I'm so tired of paying and waiting for shipping!
Anyway, pics:
First, open frame with the NovaMatrix LINX installed (great stuff by GGG.)
And head-on from the racing seat. (Yes, there is a little bit of backlight bleed on both side edges, but for some reason my camera makes it look much worse than it actually is. As it stands, it would take a lot more fiddling than I care to do now to fix that.)
Nice angle:
And one more:
Over the next few days I'm hoping to clean-up/debrief the first couple of thread posts, and take many more "vanity" pics of the project in its' various configurations. Gotta finally route up that wire nest in the back, too! :laugh2:
Gotta say, I'm a pretty happy guy right now... :cheers:
BadMouth:
Looks good. :cheers: I think the speaker grill on the marquee needs an emblem on it, or the outside edge painted.
--- Quote from: RyoriNoTetsujin on June 21, 2012, 10:02:42 am ---(Yes, there is a little bit of backlight bleed on both side edges, but for some reason my camera makes it look much worse than it actually is. As it stands, it would take a lot more fiddling than I care to do now to fix that.)
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I was paranoid about this happening, so I looked around the hardware store for something thick enough to cover a tiny gap, but thin enough that it wouldn't cause a noticeable shadow on the marquee. Ended up using a peel and stick magnetic strip that comes in a roll and can be cut with scissors. Absolutely no reason for it to be magnetic, but it's just the right thickness an is an easy install. :)
(stuck to the cab on the inside edge of the marquee area)
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