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Wade:

PatrickL,

I'm not sure what you mean.

Zorg,

I'm sorry, but I don't have any Galagas in my possession right now.

The part that is obviously incorrect is the lip where the sides meet the front face.  It should be roughly 3/8" all the way along the front edges.  In his plans, the lower front has a slope, instead of being perfectly vertical (as it is on the real cabinet).

I do have a friend nearby with a Galaga that I restored, so I can get access to it if necessary to help correct the dims.

I also know there are flaws in the T&F cocktail dims, because I provided the dims.  I corrected one length later that we intially had to estimate, and he didn't want to fix the drawings. :/

All I'm saying is... if you are after perfection, Jakobud's plans are the way to go.  They are a great guide if you want something similar, or want some general dims to base a custom cabinet from.

Wade

zorg:


--- Quote from: Wade on June 23, 2006, 08:19:00 pm ---
I do have a friend nearby with a Galaga that I restored, so I can get access to it if necessary to help correct the dims.

I also know there are flaws in the T&F cocktail dims, because I provided the dims.  I corrected one length later that we intially had to estimate, and he didn't want to fix the drawings. :/

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please take the time to track the exact dimensions, and I'll take care of the plans.

patrickl:


--- Quote from: Wade on June 23, 2006, 08:19:00 pm ---PatrickL,

I'm not sure what you mean.

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The part that is obviously incorrect is the lip where the sides meet the front face.  It should be roughly 3/8" all the way along the front edges.  In his plans, the lower front has a slope, instead of being perfectly vertical (as it is on the real cabinet).

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I think you are incorrect in that statement. I have seen so many pictures of Galaga cabs where there clearly is a slope visible. It's only about half an inch or so, but it is visible.

Maybe the cab you restored doesn't have this slope, but I have seen lots of pictures showing the slope (to be honest I have seen none positviely showing a straight leading edge). Are you sure the cab you restored not was an original? Maybe there were a few galaga cabs with straight fronts, but even if so there were lots more with a sloped front. Jakobuds dimensions for this cab don't seem wrong to me.



Wade:

"All I'm saying is... if you are after perfection, Jakobud's plans are the way to go.  They are a great guide if you want something similar, or want some general dims to base a custom cabinet from."

BTW, What I meant to say above is "aren't the way to go"...

PatrickL, I'm absolutely sure there was no slope.  I helped restore a couple of other Galagas and they were the same - the lower from from the ground to near the CP was perfectly vertical.  These cabinets had the original Midway logo plate on the back and everything.

I HAVE seen some people on this forum build Galagas from the PLANS and of course ended up with the slope that shouldn't be there.  Maybe you have seen some of those?  Maybe the pictures you are looking at appear to have a slope because of the perspective.

Since this is apparently a pretty big concern to some of you, I will make plans to get the dims from one of the local Galagas.

Wade

patrickl:

No, I have seen battered originals with the slope. With pictures taken for the side art or dimensions.

It just doesn't make sense that someone would make the front slope by accident. It makes much more sense that someone remakes a Galaga and forgets about the slope on the front. I have even seen a pictureof the side with measurements written on it and he forget (misstyped) the slope while it's clearly visible that there is a slope.
 
Seriously, the front IS sloped on an original Galaga/MS Pacman. Could be that there were two types of originals, but I seriously doubt it.

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