Arcadia Ave.(95%) and Budweiser Mame cabs(30%)

[Doctor Ugs]

May as well post these pics as well....

5 coats of flat black later.... and Fans installed. I can't do anymore until i get an extra 2 arms to flip these on the sides to route the slot for the t-molding.
Either I transform into Goro or wait till somebody passes by to gimme a hand...


Picked this up for my buddies cabinet, since his will be a Budweiser themed arcade cabinet. We plan to install it next to coin door. I can't get a bigger one since space is limited, his coin door is wider than a normal over/under coin door. Ultimately I wanted 2 , one for each side, but the guy only had 1 Budweiser left. Better than nothing...


Sorry but no open box pics as I havent opened the box yet.


That is all for now, like I said, I am waiting till somebody passes by to help lay these on their sides so i can route the slots for T-molding. I can't do them now, they are on cement blocks and they will wobble, and I don't want to screw up the slot cut...

[Doctor Ugs]

I'm in the last stretch now. My t-molding arrived with slot cutting bit , the slot is ready for t-molding and I started my color.

This pic is after 2 coats of color paint.

It's a sort of greenish brownish color.

I sanded and painted my third coat after this pic was taken.
..and my cp should be ready to pick up from the printers today.
Plus I should be picking up my 21" crt monitor as well...

More to come this weekend....

[Doctor Ugs]

I AM SOOOO SICK OF SANDING AND PAINTING

I swear the paint process is the thing I hate the most about building a Cabinet

that is all....
just needed to vent..

[Doctor Ugs]

Not much to update on, installed a pool, helped my sister move, worked through my whole vacation but hardly got a chance to touch my cab.... 

2 X 22" CRT monitors....
Got em for 15$ a pop.....


Plexi routed to fit perfectly flush with T-Molding.
the blue is the protective film, i havent removed yet, making sure not to scratch it.


and a closeup.


Ffs, how the hell am I suppose to work in this mess......


I'm sooo near to completion it's driving me bonkers. 

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Control panel update.....


CP drilled and 2 buttons in there for show.


closeup, plexi is reflective as hell


I'm now thinking of painting my cab Dark green, the cp doesn't blend with cab color......
...more expenses....


that is all.....

[Doctor Ugs]

what colour you all think I should paint the cab?

My first choice is Dark green like the dark green on cp.
any suggestions?

[GAtekwriter]

Why not go all the way and camo it?  It'd match your CP - might take a little longer to do, but it'd be something to be proud of when done!  I wish I could remember a website where I saw this procedure (I was going to camo a large artwork portfolio for a friend) - basically you paint your cab black to start... then you stick on these random stickers and paint the next color (dark green)... remove those stickers.  Then you stick on another set and paint a third color (light green or tan or whatever) and when paint is dry you remove those stickers... it gives you that layered look.

Jim

edit:  I believe the stickers were able to be purchased at HobbyLobby, Michaels, etc... craft stores.

[TOK]

what colour you all think I should paint the cab?

My first choice is Dark green like the dark green on cp.
any suggestions?

If not for the camo, I would have said go for a Number Of The Beast theme, since thats your real Acacia Ave tie-in.
Given the military theme now, I say paint it OD green and get the cover of the The Trooper EP on there.

[Doctor Ugs]

I thought of all camo, but with marquee and cp camo, (plus i usually wear camo pants in the winter) i think it would be overkill 

Ive thought of sticking some side art , which will come at a later time.
The Trooper is definetly one of my favourite eddie posters(still got my 80's posters in a tube)
But i was thinking of putting this Eddie...

I have a better copy on my pc. Just not sure what it will look like once blown up in photoshop. anyway, this is last thing I will be doing on cab, since It can be done after machine is in working condition.


CAB UPDATE: New colour, One coat of Dark Green(Flat)...
I'm sick of rollers and brushes so I'm spray painting the ---smurf---....


I'm now on my 3rd coat and cab looks beautiful , its like 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit for you Americans) in my garage. The paint is literally cooking on there. I'll need batteries to take more pics.

CP question. I have haps competition joysticks and my cp is 1/2 an inch plus 1/8 of plexi for a total of 5/8 of an inch(didnt want to other diffrent t-molding, i got 5/8 t-molding only)
How far can i flush mount my joysticks in the 1/2 inch mdf so the joystick sticks out more. I'm scared the mdf will be breakable if too thin. what's the max i can flush the mdf? remember it's 1/2 of an inch....

[Doctor Ugs]

Nevermind last question, i did it by eye, tested on old piece of mdf to see strenght, should hold up fine.


4 coats of paint, Joysticks and buttons installed...


Woooohoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jeffhlewis]

What grit are you sanding with between coats?

[Doctor Ugs]

with rollers i was using 320, then 600

the green is aerosol paint in a can, i put light coats with no sanding since surface was smooth already from previous sanding. and since its flat green , i dont think ill be sanding, it really looks great as is....

[Doctor Ugs]

Cab is in house, all hooked up. Playable condition. Things left to do are..Gotta make monitor bezel, print marquee, install lighting and I'm done.
Picture taken with flash off


Picture taken with flash on.
the T-molding is all installed, but the flash distorted it.




Marvel vs Capcom running on cab.


My frontend (Mala) is themed like the cp and marquee with camo. The marquee and control panel for each game appears as you scroll through the list.
Kept it simple as this was my first time designing stuff like this. I'll eventually put more work into it when all is done.


Shot of Cab running with Attack from Mars on a pinball simulator.


Allright guys. I'm on vacation, gotta go enjoy the great outdoors.
Rock on guys.

[massive88]

How did you go about cutting the plexi for the button holes?

[Doctor Ugs]

How did you go about cutting the plexi for the button holes?

Regular good ol' spade bit.


UPDATE: brought in marquee to be printed.... bought diffuser sheet, and 90 degree angled strip(which i'll paint) to hold up my marquee.

[Doctor Ugs]

Marquee installed


Took this picture with lights on and window blinds up. You can see marquee better.


Back to my vacation I go.....

[Doctor Ugs]

Little update.

Inside the Rats nest.... Just pop the hood of the control panel and this is what it all looks like. I tried to keep it as clean as possible, which I failed.... I keep my keyboard handy for configuring software..



I bought 2 new 12v car bulbs for Coin slot. Both lights hooked up to an old 9V adaptor. Lights working nice and bright.



THE FINAL STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!
Only got the wooden monitor bezel left to do, plus the artwork and 1 plate of glass(or plexi to cover the final assembled bezel.)

[Doctor Ugs]

Finally started painting second cab. Mine hasn't changed since last pictures(been busy building a patio space.)


Anyway, onto the arcade pics...

First coat of Flag Red on my buddies cab.


damn it looks bright in the pictures, but it actually resembles Ferrari Red in real life.


That's all for now, I'll update as things move along...

[Doctor Ugs]

Second Cabinet: 3-4 coats of red later....

Preview of fully assembled cab.


......and finally;
taking this picture was a pain, had to open every blind and every light, plus i used flashed, but you can finally see the bezel in this pic. the monitor is painted flat black as well.

my arcade is 99% complete, all that is left to do is print out a bezel overlay and cut one last piece of plexi to cover it all.
that's my windows boot screen you see on monitor...