Putting this here now although may be a few weeks before any wood gets cut. (Got a few things to finish off in garden first). I Will be looking for Opinionions/recommendations on this one.
I've had a Bartop for a few years now, but it just doesn't get the love it should do. Because of this I am going to sell the bartop and start again with a full size unit. For this build I have decided to go with Jakobuds MVS4 plans but I will be adding another row of buttons giving the standard streetfighter layout with extra button. I also plan to take about 10" off the back of the unit, I will keep the general shape so the only difference will be the height of the vertical piece at back.
The plan is building from ply or similar and then laminating. (Any recommendations for close match to Neo Geo Red available in the UK?)
To make an active marquee I am going to use a 25" Widescreen and for the main screen area I wanted to be able to play both horizontal and vertical games as close to original sizing as possible, to do this I am planning on using a 43" 4k screen mounted vertically (Approx 1/2 screen should be visible), This will then require custom resolutions and layouts creating which may take some time. (Any recommendations on what Video card/software is capable of doing this kind of thing easily)
As for art, I think I will just go with the standard NeoGeo MVS transfers resized a bit due to the machine being on the adkins diet, and also use the standard control panel art with relevant modifications for credit buttons and the like.
Ideally I would like to install a coindoor for the aesthetics (Anyone got any good links for UK suppliers?).
I'll add some images and stuff later, gotta go to work now