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Dedicated Star Wars (ESB, RotJ) Bartop - Full Width - Construction Begins
drawfull:
After receiving my Star Wars yoke today, I decided that my mind was made up. I only have room at the moment for a bartop but I do have the width required to make this full size in that dimension. So that's the route I'm going down.
The yoke had been adapted to interface with a 15-pin gameport, but alas they're like rocking horse sh*t now so after a little surfing, I stumbled upon B-Spec Labs AKI 3.0 - A nifty little dedicated analog interface. I think the same as Mr Do used on his controller.
I am hoping to have this complete pre-painting by the end of the month as I have everything I need here or on the way:
PC: Asus EEE running XP Pro. Bartop is dedicated and it should run SW etc. They're only cheap so could always go down the pc component route if need be but am worried about heat (the juke I'm building gets VERY hot with an Athlon (I know, I know they run hot) laptop.
Control: Original SW yoke and backplate. I am getting artwork from Quarterarcade and Arcadeshop.com. Trying to anyway. :P
Interface: AKI from B-Spec
3/4" MDF and plan to recreate the bezel surround to match the dimensions dictated by the bartop.
I plan on painting the MDF and getting some bespoke artwork printed for the sides and marquee. Hoping to have a projected Star Wars cut out logo on the reverse.
Wood cutting should be gin tomorrow but I'll get a scan of proposed design posted prior to that.
Cheers
IG-88:
Good luck, sounds like a cool project. :cheers:
Stobe:
Sounds cool.
What kind of monitor are you planning on using?
I hooked up my yoke to my big cab just yesterday for some SW goodness.
(I have Mr Do's old one, as seen on his page).
-Stobe
drawfull:
--- Quote from: Stobe on September 22, 2008, 02:13:51 pm ---Sounds cool.
What kind of monitor are you planning on using?
I hooked up my yoke to my big cab just yesterday for some SW goodness.
(I have Mr Do's old one, as seen on his page).
-Stobe
--- End quote ---
I have a used 4:3 20" LCD on the way. I didn't want to go down the CRT route and hope with a few tweaks and good smoked plexi it'll look smart.
I was a little gutted that I couldn't hook the yoke up tonight, but I did try to buy a cheap adapter and no joy. I can wait a week and won't have the distraction of a playable panel and nothing else!!
drawfull:
Here's a rough drawing of the cab profile. I have edited this somewhat and printed it out to scale.
The top marquee area is now better proportioned, and the 'canopy hoops' 'fit' better. The front edge follows the profile of the yoke metalwork although it is incorrect in this sketch. The dashed lines represent plexi on the sides for an enclosed feel. I am going to rebate these to be flush with the MDF sides. The larger, clearer pic is a template of the actual MDF side, although the 22.5deg from vertical line shows the profile with plexi.
I didn't manage to pick up any materials today, but am going at 7am tomorrow morning. Joy.
I am going to make an outline jig so I can rough cut the sides then flush trim them - hopefully that way all cuts will be perfectly straight. I was going to use photomount to stick the templates down but don't have too much faith in my tools or my skillzz :P
It's gonna be huge: 25"w x 28"h x 22"d - problem is mounting the screen at 45degs, makes the cab really deep and don't know a way around that while maintaining visibility.
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