Project Announcement: Super Spacefortress Macross - 100% Complete

[pbj]

My apologies for the thread hijack, but I decided to go a little further into the rabbit hole...

http://www.maaca.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10632

That's a new one.  I knew about the Pinball Life t-shirts.

Be careful injecting jokes into the mythos.   

[yotsuya]

I'm putting this inside mine... 

[pbj]

That warrants a t shirt for sure

[yotsuya]

I'm going to print out a ton of these and give them to HaRuMaN to hand out with every Weecade purchase.

[Vigo]

 

[opt2not]

That warrants a t shirt for sure

Speaking of t-shirts, when's the Konkey Dong shirts going to be available?

[pbj]

If you want one with just the text, I think those can be screened at any time.

LMK

[blueznl]

More!

[yotsuya]

Working on it! Going to recap the monitor this weekend.

[Nephasth]

Working on it! Going to recap the monitor this weekend.

There is no chassis on my workbench...

[yotsuya]

Working on it! Going to recap the monitor this weekend.

There is no chassis on my workbench...

This one doesn't have 200 different solder points! I can do this one!

[Nephasth]

 

[yotsuya]

Here it is, waiting for the t-molding...

[Nephasth]

Diggin' the paint job, dude.

[yotsuya]

Thanks, bro. Again, quality paint = smooth finish.

The coin door should be here tomorrow. As far as bezel goes, I'm going to create a Centipede-style one. I was thinking black. Any other color suggestions?

[opt2not]

Looks good! Makes me miss my Alpha One cab.   

[opt2not]

If you want one with just the text, I think those can be screened at any time.

LMK

$10 shipped to Canada? 

[Ond]

......, quality paint = smooth finish.

I've been saying that for years.  Nice work.

[jdbailey1206]

Thanks, bro. Again, quality paint = smooth finish.

The coin door should be here tomorrow. As far as bezel goes, I'm going to create a Centipede-style one. I was thinking black. Any other color suggestions?

I would go black.  Black absorbs light.  If you use any other color, especially a lighter color, it will reflect the light back to the eye and you will lose some of the detail on the screen.  That is why you never see neon orange movie theaters.  I feel like there has to be bezel artwork.  But this being such a minimalist cab I feel it might be too much.   

[pbj]

If you want one with just the text, I think those can be screened at any time.

LMK

$10 shipped to Canada? 

I think more like $15-20.  Let me poke my collaborator and see what's what.

[yotsuya]

Thanks, bro. Again, quality paint = smooth finish.

The coin door should be here tomorrow. As far as bezel goes, I'm going to create a Centipede-style one. I was thinking black. Any other color suggestions?

I would go black.  Black absorbs light.  If you use any other color, especially a lighter color, it will reflect the light back to the eye and you will lose some of the detail on the screen.  That is why you never see neon orange movie theaters.  I feel like there has to be bezel artwork.  But this being such a minimalist cab I feel it might be too much.   

Great feedback, jdbailey. I agree.

As  far as a bezel, there are two instruction cards that go with the game, one per each size of the screen. I'll do a mockup of what I'm planning later.

[wp34]

Thanks, bro. Again, quality paint = smooth finish.

My wife is the painter in our house and that's her credo as well.  I'm pretty much told to shut up and deal with it when we go buy expensive paint.   

Looking good so far yotsuya.   

[yotsuya]

......, quality paint = smooth finish.

I've been saying that for years.  Nice work.

Thanks, Ond. Anyone who doesn't listen to you should get a boot to the head. I'm a believer!

Thanks, bro. Again, quality paint = smooth finish.

My wife is the painter in our house and that's her credo as well.  I'm pretty much told to shut up and deal with it when we go buy expensive paint.   

Looking good so far yotsuya.   

Yeah, I paid $50 for the cab, and $42 for the paint, but it was well worth it in retrospect.

[Generic Eric]

*snip*
Be careful injecting jokes into the mythos.   

Did you hear about Pinball Jim's Pinball Jam?  It is in an old warehouse on FM518 on the 3rd Sunday in May.

[pbj]

Isn't that where that Brolyn (spelling?) guy has his stuff?  I met him briefly about a month ago.

[Generic Eric]

I never made any connections when I lived down there.  Can't say.  I went to one auction near the 10 loop, but that wasn't for me.  Otherwise, someone in Clear lake had a coin and collectibles store with some video games and pins that they restored. 

[pbj]

Ah, FM518 is was just eerily close to his location.  I used to go to HAAG stuff years ago but I don't know anyone in that group anymore, felt like a stranger at the last thing I went to.

[yotsuya]

Wife was out, I was home sick, got a lot done:

Cleanest wiring job I've done yet:


When Quality Is Job One:


So anal-rententive, I love it!:


New coin door:


Still a ways away, but closer:

[rablack97]

Well I'll be damned....

[yotsuya]

Well I'll be damned....

[Generic Eric]

What is the 3 digit display above the power supply?

[yotsuya]

It's a mini voltmeter. I added it to simplify making adjustments to the +5v.

[Nephasth]

It's a mini voltmeter. I added it to simplify making adjustments to the +5v.

Nice touch!

[yotsuya]

Got the idea from KLOV. Here's a link to the auction. I stocked up!

Voltmeter

[Generic Eric]

Got the idea from KLOV. Here's a link to the auction. I stocked up!

Voltmeter

Cool.  Thanks for sharing the link. 

[yotsuya]

Got the idea from KLOV. Here's a link to the auction. I stocked up!

Voltmeter

Cool.  Thanks for sharing the link.

Yeah, I bought three of them. Make sure you buy the 2-wire one. There are also three wire ones that won't work as easily. The one I linked to is a winner.

[wp34]

That wiring looks clean.   

Do you leave the mini voltmeter in place permanently then?

[yotsuya]

That wiring looks clean.   

Do you leave the mini voltmeter in place permanently then?

That's the plan, especially if I swap other SHMUP boards in there. They're cheap enough. 

[yotsuya]

Update: Buttons are in, courtesy of GGG...



Yes, I'm going with black player buttons.

Here's my attempt at making the new control panel using JB Weld...



As far as the control panel goes, I've designed something, but I also want to pay homage to the game's kit roots. I'm strongly considering my own button stickers like the ones below. What do you think? Mine would obviously look nicer.

[yotsuya]

Bezel-

I went to the craft store Friday night to find a black piece of poster board to make my bezel. I have the template for a Centipede bezel, and since this is the same cab, I was going to make the same thing...

... but they were out of black.

So this morning, I get a text from a buddy asking me if I wanted a spare Centipede bezel that he had! I got it, saw that it was nice, and put it in my Centipede. I took the recreation I made for my Centipede, spray-painted it black, and dropped it in Macross. I'm quite chuffed!