idea's on control panel size... please help

[daz]

I know this has probally been discussed before, and I have been browsing the examples for over the last hour; but I would like input from users on this since I can't find the information I am looking for.

I have some time off work starting tommarow and I think I am going to start re-doing my control panel. I currently have it setup for 2 players, 6 buttons per player, and 6 other buttons along the top for control fuctions and p1,p2. I want to build my new panel as a 4 player with trackball. I dont plan on a spinner. My cabinet was constructed from lucid's plans to the the key. I am looking for approximate  dimension's on a 4 player control panel and have not been able to find many. I plan on making it wrap around the cabinet a little bit to avoid a regular rectangle shaped cp.

Could anyone that currently has a 4 player control panel estimate the length and depth or point me in the right direction for some plans?

Thanks,
Jesse

[TalkingOctopus]

I constructed a four player Lusid Cab.  Check it out:

Here: http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/plans.html

and

Here: http://webpages.charter.net/rbecker5/files.html

The best thing to do is make a full sized cardboard prototype.  Then get four people and make sure everyone has enough space and can see the monitor.

[daz]

That is exactly what I was looking for! I wonder how many more examples I would have went through before I found it.

Thanks much,
Jesse