Finally back into this project..
I found some rubber matting for the floor that is an exact match for the original. The guy who parted out the donor cab in the states supplied me with a bit of the original stuff. I took this to a local rubber supply company who pulled out a roll of the stuff. Cost about $30 or $40 and looks awesome.
As documented previously, I had completed the hoops..
I've finally painted them and installed the artwork.. of course, I needed to sit them in place for a (couple of) money shot(s)
I took the inner hoops down to a local plastics place where they made up the canopy covers and also the plexi for the screen. They did an incredible job of the angle part and the cost was pretty reasonable. I am planning on getting a couple more sets made up if anyone is interested.
Keeping the momentum going, yesterday I managed to spray up the inner hoops..
Today, I spent some time outside doing the t-molding on the underside of both hoops. This was a fiddly little job because each hoop consists of three pieces and therefore three separate pieces of t-molding. Because the t-molding is a little wider than the 18mm MDF, I had to pull the hoops completely apart, install the t-molding, trim it up and then reassemble.
I also fitted the wide t-molding from Ram Controls (yes, I was one of the lucky ones!). I was so nervous that I'd stuff this up so I inlisted the help of Mrs Hoopstar.
Here are the Hoops sitting in place with the canopy covers also sitting in place. The original joiner pieces are also just sitting there for the shots..
Next job is to cut the center brace for the hoops and cut the T-molding slots in it. I also have to trim the upper marquee panel and install T-nuts for the metal marquee retainer bolts. Once this is done, I can install the TOG repro glass marquee and we're on the home stretch of wiring up the cab.
The plan is to get it up and running with the 22" PC monitor and MAME - still trying to get my SW rom to work with MAME 149 :realmad:
Dez is going to hook me up with one of his new vector monitors down the track and then I'll run either a Zector card or, if I can ever get one that doesn't require me to sell a filtering organ, an original Atari game board.
We're getting close boys and girls..