This weekend should be one of progress
now that the cab has been stripped it's time to do some minor bodywork and paint the thing. I'll start with sanding it smooth before patching up some rough edges with some bondo. Since it's particle board I've read a oil based primer would be best, so I'll get that on probably on Saturday. On Sunday I'd like to get the final colors started on it.
Decided I'm going to go with a neogeo color scheme and keep it simple. I've seen too many ugly and gaudy mame machines and would like to avoid that. Might go with white t-molding, undecided though
The monitor is still a work in progress. Like I mentioned in my previous post I acquired 2 tubes with compatible yokes, one from 96 one from 2000. Undecided which I'll use but the 2nd will be kept as a spare, although I imagine by the time either of these tubes is burnt in and ready to be replaced getting a PC with the right output will be more of a concern. Sent in a check for Bob Roberts for a flyback, capkit, width capacitor kit and some plastic tools for adjusting the width coil. I read the width coils can be a little stubborn as they get older and are quite fragile, so I also snagged a replacement width coil if worse comes to worse (plus with them not being made anymore it's not a bad idea) So it should just be a matter of time before the monitor is ready to go.
Havn't put a ton of thought into the PC yet, avga vs soft15khz, windows vs linux, xp vs 7 etc. I'll be looking more into that shortly.
Control panel I am on the fence on. I don't have tons of access to tools and really only have a jigsaw for cutting stuff. For now I'm leaning towards something like what this guy has
Since I'm not planning to do much in terms of art and this will all be non destructive I don't see any harm in trying a simpler to construct route for the panel for now. I can always just build a new one if I don't like how it feels.
I guess that's it for now. I should have some pictures early next week of the progress with the cab itself. Hopefully Mr Roberts will get my check and send my parts so I can get working on the monitor next weekend.