Here's some shots of the side art applied to the cabinet pieces, a quick look at the marquee artwork, and the assembled control deck.
SIDE ARTwww.RecRoomMasters.com did the side art printing and application, and I'm happy with the way it looks on the wood; however, I'm a little disappointed at how the artwork is already bubbling around the bolt holes. I built it out the day I received the sides so I could take measurements for my upgrades, and that's when I noticed the bubbling. I didn't really tighten the bolts that hard either. Oh well. You'd have to really look for it to see it.
MARQUEEThe marquee, also printed by Rec Room Masters, reads "Super Ultra Megacade." My wife is Thai-American, and thought it would be funny to include the Thai translation in the artwork, which reads "very large box with games inside," in English. The print came out lovely, and will be lit up by a traditional fluorescent lighting fixture.
CONTROL DECKThe control deck came together nicely. As mentioned before, the overlay printing was done by
www.GameOnGrafix.com, and came out terrific. The vinyl is super durable, and went on without much fuss. One thing I'm upset about, and it's my fault, is how the flight stick's mounting plate can still be seen. I should've applied some spackle to the top of the plate, sanded it even with the wood, and then added the overlay. Totally kicking myself in the ass for not catching that. Other than that, everything looks really clean. I even wrapped the frame of the box with a 30mil black vinyl so it's as smooth as the overlay. I then added a custom cut chipboard to the base, which I'll screw on when the switches and brains of the control deck have been connected.
I'm waiting on 7 more buttons to complete the user controls. These 7 buttons will go on the cabinet itself, right in front of the bezel, and will let the players add credits, pause the game, soft reset, and even exit back to the frontend – I'll be using MaLa for my frontend.