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| javeryh:
Your panel looks good from here. I cannot see anything wrong with the buttons so unless something is really bothering you it's probably OK to keep it as is. The black on the side looks nice and flat too so seems like you are doing a great job. Painting is the worst but once you get past it (take your time) you will basically be finished. :cheers: |
| zeorangr:
--- Quote from: vertexguy on December 01, 2021, 10:23:16 pm ---CP is looking nice in the photos! Is the button router issue just in the wood paneling or somewhere else? If it's just the inner wood, thats easy to patch up with some wood filler. I have photos of me doing that all over on the side pinball button holes in my build thread. Use a dowel like object with sandpaper on it to smooth it out to perfection. If you don't notice the issue without going under the hood, then it depends how much of a perfectionist you wanna be. Keep going! --- End quote --- Thank you, that's reassuring. :) It took a chunk out of the wood and the acrylic, but the button covers most of it - Here's what it looks like with the buttons out: Right now my main concern is light bleed once the button lights up, but I've got a couple of contingencies in mind to try and mitigate that if it's an issue. Worst case, I'll patch the button hole with wood filler pretty much exactly like you described, and just cut another piece of acrylic for the top, but I'm hoping I can get away with not doing that. ;) --- Quote from: javeryh on December 02, 2021, 10:52:02 am ---Your panel looks good from here. I cannot see anything wrong with the buttons so unless something is really bothering you it's probably OK to keep it as is. The black on the side looks nice and flat too so seems like you are doing a great job. Painting is the worst but once you get past it (take your time) you will basically be finished. :cheers: --- End quote --- Thanks! I appreciate it. The paint actually turned out WAY better than I'd expected, so I'm feeling pretty hopeful that I can actually manage to paint the rest of the cabinet over the next few weeks and get something that doesn't look awful. And if it does, I'll just do it again until it looks better. :cheers: |
| nitrogen_widget:
wire up a smoke machine to kick off when it transforms. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: zeorangr on December 02, 2021, 06:20:27 pm ---Worst case, I'll patch the button hole with wood filler pretty much exactly like you described, and just cut another piece of acrylic for the top, but I'm hoping I can get away with not doing that. ;) --- End quote --- If you do end up having to redo the panel, you might want a bit more space between the trackball and the spinner. Looks like someone playing Golden Tee "Superman" style instead of "two-thumbs" style might end up stubbing their fingers. Scott |
| vertexguy:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on December 02, 2021, 06:57:00 pm ---wire up a smoke machine to kick off when it transforms. --- End quote --- ...and let's not forget the classic 1980's Transformers transformation sound effect. :lol |
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