With all the cold weather up here lately I decided to give my old Dynamo cabinet an overhaul, working in the warmth of the basement. I wanted to add one my CP's to it so I had to create a 'shelf' for the CP box to sit on.
I started by notching out the 'bumps' on either side of the cabinet, where the standard CP normally fits in between. Then to get the depth I needed for the box I also had to cut back the monitor area on either side. See the picture below, the red line is where I cut..
After doing that I had to re-cut the t-mold slot on either side in the monitor uprights. Then I threw on a fresh coat of black paint and some new blue t-mold all around.
Cutting the sides back like I did reduced the depth of the monitor area a few inches but I still managed to fit a 21" flat CRT Trinitron PC monitor in there, with the case removed. I have the monitor on a simple shelf sitting on 2x4's attached to either side on the cabinet.
I made my usual admin panel below the monitor and attached it to the insides of the cabinet with some angle brackets. A black posterboard bezel and the original monitor glass finished the monitor area off.
I then went about building my standard CP box/CP top. Went with Blue Happ Supers for the 8-way's and a Ms Pac Reunion joy for the 8-way. I replaced it's standard short stick with one from Tornado Terry, using a regular black Super sleeve instead of the silver metal one he gives you.
Using a yellow ball-top and a few yellow buttons gives the CP some interest and ties in with the Pac image in the artwork. It also helps the kids when playing as they always head for the yellow button which saves me some explaining.
The trackball is the usual blue translucent 3" Happ USB variety, also from Terry, and the spinner is a Slikstik one I had from a project that got cancelled.
I also added a keyboard drawer below the CP box using some full-extension slides, it's well hidden.
So with the CP installed and some PC speakers mounted in place of the arcade speakers it was just a matter of finishing it off with some button decals and artwork.
The decals were of course from MikeD and Mamemarquees did their usual fantastic job of printing my art work. Kudos to Scott for getting the yellow Pac image to really pop, the pics below look photoshopped but they haven't been.
You might recognize this artwork as I used it on the black version of the Woody I did. The CP on this one is a little bigger so I was able to do the black outline, and the sideart is new. The background image is available in the AAL (link below).
Hope this will give those Dynamo owners out there some ideas. I know there are a bunch of us with these cabinets.
Links:
CP parts: Tornado Terry's -
http://www.tornadoterrys.com/surplus.htmArt Printing: Mame Marquees-
http://www.mamemarquees.com/Button Decals: MikeD -
http://ironvulva.com/jump.htmlBackground Image: Arcade Art Library -
http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/