Mortal Kombat, a Vewlix style cab. (Completed)

[mgb]

Very nice

[sabreerbasAlpha]

you know what lukensteinz  you are doing a top job on this much loved cab. very well done my friend. 

[lukensteinz]

Hi everybody!
I haven't really done much more on the cab except paint.

I ended up getting one of these suckers

Absolutely brilliant tool.
Except I was sold the wrong one for the job, I should have gotten the next model up, which is much more suitable for acrylic type paint.
This one doesn't have the oomph to atomise the paint properly, so I have to either water the paint down a bit, but that ends up running if you're not careful.
Or keep it slightly thick and do a couple of thin coats, which ends up being kind of textured....

Never mind, I'll get another airless gun another day.

This was the first coat, smooth, but a few runs and you could see the sanding marks :-(


Sanded back again


New coat of paint

It started looking good. I buffed it back nice and even, quite a bit of elbow grease involved.
This was also done with watered down paint but still with a run out time of 40 seconds or less with the little tool that came with the gun.
Basically a little cup with a hole in it.

Next coat

Paint as above.

From other side


From the other other side :-P


And one more


As you can see, the paint went on nicely, but looks to have a slight grainy texture.
Just the paint not quite atomising like it should.

Next up, the red paint!!!
(blood red, you know for mk style)

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[lukensteinz]

I ended up taking that spray gun back. Explained that the previous sales person had sold me the incorrect tool for the job.
I ended up paying the difference for not the next model up, but the one above that, the Wagner 180P.
Bloody amazing difference in quality of paint, it atomises the paint properly and cleanly.

Here's a shot of the red.


I think it's far too bright, will try another shade tonight. This one actually looked pinkish orange this morning.

And, I wish I'd never tried using spray cans on this. Sanding that crap back is bloody hard, it tends to rub off in chunks

I can see this spray gun getting a lot of use. Oh and never let it run out of paint

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[lukensteinz]

Well, the lack of updates is due to Tapatalk no longer working.
I've basically finished the build, just some minor things left to do.

Attached two pictures. One has the Vewlix style cab in among some of my older cabs/projects.

[talkgeek]

Well done, looks great, nice way to play in 2014 - love the shape, will be adding this to my build wish list for my arcade cave

re the artwork for CP and marque - was this vinyl or printed on normal card (bond) stock ?  - what printer did you use?

Great to see Kiwi's contributing on this forum, and thanks for the recommendation re spray gun - we have been using one that was bought years ago for the father-in-laws car restorations, but only he seems to get a good finish from it.

cheers

[lukensteinz]

re the artwork for CP and marque - was this vinyl or printed on normal card (bond) stock ?  - what printer did you use?

cheers

I just printed the art straight onto SRA3 size paper, from our printer at work which is a high quality business printer/folder/book maker from Konica Minolta, then trimmed it to size with a guilotine, and taped the pieces together. 
The seam is only just barely visible.

[BadMojo12]

   Well done; love the MK theme; totally inspiring me to try a viewlix style to do all the Atomiswave/Sammy/PC fighting games.  Well done.

R

[lukensteinz]

Some more pics?

[Gatsu]

Sooooooooo shmexy! 

[MK3FAN]

VERY IMPRESSIVE! Great job! I never really cared much for the newer generation of MK games. Deadly Alliance was really the last one I learned to play. For me, all my MK fandom lies with the 4 arcade games.

[Malenko]

For me, all my MK fandom lies with the 4 arcade games.

MK1, MKII, MK3, and UMK3 right? 

[MK3FAN]

For me, all my MK fandom lies with the 4 arcade games.

MK1, MKII, MK3, and UMK3 right? 

Actually, I did have all 5 cabinets at one point, but now I just have MK3/UMK3 in one cabinet. UMK3 was an upgrade to MK3 so I consider it (now adays) as one game. MK1-MK4 is what I meant. MK4 is probably the worst MK of all time (although it was still a good game, imo) but it holds a lot of good memories for me. I really learned how to play it at the "Single Sailor Club" in Pensacola when I was stationed there in the Navy.

[Malenko]

Actually, I did have all 5 cabinets at one point, but now I just have MK3/UMK3 in one cabinet. UMK3 was an upgrade to MK3 so I consider it (now adays) as one game. MK1-MK4 is what I meant. MK4 is probably the worst MK of all time (although it was still a good game, imo) but it holds a lot of good memories for me. I really learned how to play it at the "Single Sailor Club" in Pensacola when I was stationed there in the Navy.

I have MKII, MK3, and sadly an MK4 cabinet (that was painted black)

[MK3FAN]

Here is what I have...



...and the FB page I run...

https://www.facebook.com/yourmkarcadesource

Check it out if you have the time...

[Gatsu]

Says that the page can't be found MK3FAN.

[Malenko]

heres the real link:
https://www.facebook.com/yourmkarcadesource

[MK3FAN]

Yeah, sorry. I'm at work right now and don't have access to FB. I thought I linked it correctly. Thanks Malenko.

[AngryPancakes]

I have now completed the cab (Mostly, except a few little wire tidy up exercises)



I couldn't update for a while due to Tapatalk not logging in and not having net at home. I will try and post some more *in progress* shots later.


G'day one and all.
Just started out with my second build, which is to be one of build I will end up doing concurrently.
My very first one was a clean tidy MK inspired cab. Inspired only in the way of shape though.

First was development. I spent a good week of afternoons sketching and modelling first.
As it is I ended up changing the design a good 3 or so times. All design was done with Alibre Design, a parametric cad program. (A hobby license can be had for cheap).

The rough out first;


This is what my final design looks like now.;



Controls are some modified el'cheapo buttons. I ended up bending up some small stainless rings to go around the bottom of the plunger hooks, which lowered the overall button height and also dropped the engage distance. Works a charm in my old Vulgus cab. (I have two originals partly restored. One is a tempest cab ripoff which seemed to happen a lot in NZ during the '80s, which was only ever a Paperboy cab of all things!)
The joysticks are Siemitsu copies. They aren't too bad at all.
The cab will run both a ps3 for modern fighters, and a small pc for older games, plus be wired for Jamma.
The screen will be a decent 32 inch widescreen.
Probably will make the theme MK style.

I started cutting last night. Forgot what a mess a router makes.


Will be laying out more of the sections later tonight. Reckon I should get the bulk of it done in a few weeks.
Then I can move on to this one;


Off to work, over n out!

wow, so amazing!!! I was wondering did you ever put up that PDF file with all the dimensions on it? Thank you,