Hi all - I’d hoped to get all the artwork on today but the bezel took me way longer than I expected. Mostly because I was trying to line it up perfect but also because it was an absolute bugger to get on straight due to the shape of it. (narrow borders on each side meant that I misaligned the bottom a few times). In the end, spraying the perspex with water first gave me the give I needed to reposition it until it was right.
Anyway - pics.
Here’s the bezel mounted to the perspex. I wanted it on the outside so it would meet with the cpo properly so I had it printed on the same matt laminate material.
Control panel was a lot simpler as it was just a case of positioning the cp and cpo over a glass table and shining a light underneath to match the control positions.
And here is where I’m at so far.
It’s intentionally quite generic because of the dynamic marquee and I wanted it to resemble the JAMMA cabs that were prolific over here in the UK back in the 80s. I tried to make it so that the graphics would emit from the center of the screen up to the marquee area and down to the bottom of the CP so that it would be seamless. This is mostly what made it such a pain in the ass to apply!
I’ve got the final 3 pieces to apply tomorrow - the speaker/start panel and the sidearts. I’m hoping they will be simpler than today!