Somebody dimensioned their star wars cockpit

[SavannahLion]

Also, I wonder if the yellow/red thing is a US/Europe thing, or if it was for the left/right as we're seeing opposite sides here....

The sample picture JoyMonkey has shows a red outline.

[modessitt]

In case anyone was interested in the cockpit for sale in KC recently for $500, someone on KLOV e-mailed the guy and got pics.  Here they are:

[ChadTower]

That's a great starting point for a project at $500.

[Zeppo]

yeah, I'd jump on that.

[rovingmind]

ok, from a money  stand point i can see why an arcade operator would paint the cab and swap the stickers to keep a game in play and money rolling in if the original boards died.

Why paint the plexiglass though? 

[ChadTower]

Is it plexi or wood?  Can't tell from that pic, the plexi may have been broken over the years.

[rovingmind]

it looks to still have the original curve.  I cant see them taking the time to do finish work on panels with that crappy of a paint job.

[rovingmind]

made it to home depot today and picked up a large roll of paper ostensibly for taping of the kitchen and living room for painting.  A portion of it will be set aside for this project.  More stuff was removed from the garage making more projet space available. 

[modessitt]

If you're in Australia, or have a ton of money, there's one on E-Bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Star-Wars-rare-original-vintage-sit-in-Arcade-Machine_W0QQitemZ270115727582QQihZ017QQcategoryZ154QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's one of the pics:

[Havok]

That guy is on crack.

[rovingmind]

It would be nice to get a copy of that cockpit manual though.  I had one downloaded but i don't remember where i had gotten it from, and that computer crashed.

[ChadTower]

I don't think the cockpit manual would be that different, if any, than the standup manual.  The boardset/controller/power supply/etc are all the same.  The only difference is that a small % of the cockpits have a 25" monitor.

[rovingmind]

i have printed the standard manual, the cockpit manual just shows more of the layout for original components.

[modessitt]

Anyone gonna go into shock over this photo?   

[rovingmind]

shock no...... drool yes........

Ultimate star wars lan party

[JoyMonkey]

This one must be a collectors wet dream...

[ChadTower]

Yech.  Unless that sucker has some functional differences, it loses all cool, I wouldn't want that over a regular one.

[HoopstarsGarage]

Archer McLean here in UK is working on a silk screened run based on scans of mint NOS artwork

Arch's repro's will NOT be silkscreened but will be very high quality inkjet repro's - but based on his previous inkjet work, it will be amazing.. 
That said, he has estimated that the full set of artwork with be around the $600-$700US mark 

Scary how much I know about all of this really


Hoops

[ChadTower]

$600 is very, very ouchy.  Too ouchy for me.

[rovingmind]

I can piece the cab together without over upsetting the wife, but yeah, $600 for the artwork wouldn't sit very well.   Might have to hijack the plotter at work.  Maybe print out as high a resolution as possible then clearcoat it

[ChadTower]

And if it came out acceptably, make a couple of sets to sell for small profit here to offset your own cost.

[rovingmind]

the plotter at work is an HP 1055cm+
600dpi by 600dpi color

I'll have to see if i can get access if i can get useable art files

[modessitt]

Heard that Archer won't be producing any art for a while.

Seems he:

a) broke his foot
b) moved to Chicago (job tranfer?  marriage?)

Hear everything is in storage in the UK still and he will have to make arrangements to get it all moved across the pond at some point.

So we can all stop holding our breath....

[modessitt]

Oh, yeah, speaking about holding your breath....

Don't want to get anybody's hopes up,  but I may be picking up that Star Wars cockpit later today or tomorrow....  along with a Lunar Lander and Gravitar.  Have to do the Lunar Lander first to maximize the time the cockpit is here.   

Better start charging the batteries in the camera..... 

[ChadTower]

Holy CRAP that's a great set of games.  I don't think I'd leave the room for 48 hours, even to pee.

[JoyMonkey]

Gravitar's got my most favouritest cabinet artwork ever.
Intersting tid-bit about Gravitar; the game concept came from Mike Jang, the same guy that did a lot of the cabinet design for the Star Wars upright and cockpit cabinets (and a handful of other classic Atari cabs).
I'm a wealth of seemingly useless info.

[Level42]

Anyone gonna go into shock over this photo?   

Well considering there were only 2450 made, there's a fair percentage of the total there.....doesn't look like an Atari storage place though ?

There is a small possibility I will lay my eyes on a real one this weekend.....

[ChadTower]

Well, if we have our way, maybe we can add 5 or 10 to that production total. 

[Level42]

Doesn't count....not the real thing

I wonder if that 2450 includes the Irish built cabs....

I wonder if the one I'm hunting is Irish. It is most likely of course....we'll see...

[ChadTower]

If we don't come up with quality repro artwork for a price we can stomach, it wouldn't be that hard to come up with new artwork for a whole lot cheaper.

[rovingmind]

If we don't come up with quality repro artwork for a price we can stomach, it wouldn't be that hard to come up with new artwork for a whole lot cheaper.

personally on a home built repro cab i would have no problems with making my own artwork designed off of darth vaders tie fighter or the deathstars coloring

[modessitt]

Anyone gonna go into shock over this photo?   

Well considering there were only 2450 made, there's a fair percentage of the total there.....doesn't look like an Atari storage place though ?

There is a small possibility I will lay my eyes on a real one this weekend.....

This is a picture from an article about an auction a while back,

Here is a link to the whole article, although it doesn't mention anything about the Star Wars cockpits....

http://arcarc.xmission.com/Arcade%20by%20Title/Starwars/c&vgfeb881.jpg

[modessitt]

 

Who's excited?

Right now I have a Star Wars cockpit in the back of the truck (along with a Gravitar and TWO Lunar Landers).  The artwork is not as good as I remembered.  It's all there, but there are a couple spots with scrapes.  Hopefully you can use other sources to fill them in if needed...

The bad part is I don't have a lot of time this weekend, but I'm going to have the game for almost a week (at least) and will definitely be able to find time to get the measurements done.  It is missing it's back door, so I will probably have to create one (doubt it will be angles like the Tron door hough).  It also has the Amplifone monitor, so the pics will show the proper mounting placements for those boards.  If you plan on using original Color X/Y's, the mounting may be different for the WG 6100's.

I will post a token pic here later tonight (just to prove I've got it) then will post once more here to alert everyone to the upcoming new post "FINALLY!  Star Wars Cockpit Cabinet Measurements".

So, by next weekend, this should finally be done and everyone can start planning, converting, and building!

 

[ChadTower]

Niiiiice.  If I had a SW cockpit in the truck I'd find a way to post from the road too.   

[rovingmind]

I'M OFFICIALLY EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



  

That gives me exactly one week to get my workspace set up.

[modessitt]

Well, I DID take a pic, but had a late delivery and left the camera at work.  I   'll post it tomorrow...

The cabinet has a small bit of damage on the very bottom corner behind the seat on the player's left.  As both sides are the same, I will base my measurements off of the right side and y'all can just mirror it for the left.  In fact, I will do this for both sides, just measure the right, except to get the proper placement and size for the coin door on the left.

I've also noticed that the canopy rails are composed of 3 separate pieces connected together, with 3 pieces of t-molding underneath and one large piece on top.  I will remove the canopy and seat assemblies to get accurate measurements, as well as document how they go together. 

The art on the sides of the canopy are inset into beveled shapes.  The sides are angled into the shapes so that the flat area with the art is slightly smaller than the outside edges.  I will attempt to get accurate measurements of both the inside and outside so y'all can judge the proper angle between the two sizes.

I don't know how long it's been since anyone sat in one of these, but I'm 6'1" and found it a bit cramped for my legs when sitting in it.  Hmm....modify the plans a bit to get a little more room?  Dunno....

Don't know if it was because of the camera or not, but remember the images of the US and Irish ones.  Remember how one had red trim and the other yellow trim around Darth Vader?  Well, this one has orange trim...

I know I'm going to measure the wood where the bezel and CP mount, but what about needing measurements of the bezel and CP itself?  Or will pics be okay?

Pics probably won't be posted until sometime Fri or Sat of next weeek.

If anyone has any other comments, suggestions, ideas or concerns before I get started, let's hear them.....

[rovingmind]

I have a control panel here to measure off of so you don't have to worry about that.

 My bezel is for an upright though and somebody here had mentioned that they were different than the cockpit version somehow.  I don't remember exactly what the difference is.  Something about the bottoms.

The mounting board for the both of them would be nice.  The pictures of the torn apart cab online showed it having a few cut-outs and angles.

Some basic dimensions of the bezel would be nice if you have the time, I'm wondering if the upright's bezel could be modded to work with the cockpit.  If its just a matter of length i could make a fiberglass copy and add in the extra inch or so.

[polaris]

I'M OFFICIALLY EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



  

That gives me exactly one week to get my workspace set up.

me too, whens mine being delivered? 

good luck with it

[scotthh]

Here's a cockpit on ebay. The seller in Longmont, Colorado (not me) says he has "lots of high resolution pictures I can send upon request"

[Havok]

So who's getting the pics and posting them here?