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First MAME Cabinet (Mortal Kombat) - can it be finished within 4 years?!!

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beastathon:
I suppose I'll start with background information.

I'm 16 and the only woodwork I've done is a year of woodwork in school.
I tried another cab before, but I had no plans, no idea, and it was a couple of pieces of wood haphazardly cut and glued together. This time I've got some plans (Jakobud) and I've learnt a lot (and still learning, of course), so I hope this cab will come up okay. I'm not going to be winning any prizes, I'm just aiming to finish it and have an okay (maybe a decent) looking arcade machine.

5 hours today (although the first 2 hours I pretty much did everything wrong) and I've cut the pieces for my control panel. I originally wanted to start on the sides, but I needed to practice with the circular saw (really damn nerve-racking!) first and thought I might as well not waste wood.

Progress...




If anything is looking wrong or you have any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

Malenko:
the shape looks good to me, better then I could do at 16. I look forward to the progress pix

Donkey_Kong:
A (mame) dedicated scratch build at age 16 is pretty impressive no matter what the result is. To just have the initiative is pretty dang impressive. I'm sure it will be awesome, Good Luck!
 :applaud:

Hunk_4TH:
Sweet that sure is an awesome idea! Good luck!  :cheers:

beastathon:
A bit of progress today. I got one side cut and sanded and my control panel sanded.
I cut most of the side with the circular saw, but much to my dismay, I had to use the jigsaw for one cut. I was so scared of messing it up I kept about a mil off the line and sanded it down. Oh yeah, sandpaper is my new best friend, it can fix a lot of mistakes!



Also, since I'm using 1/2" MDF, the only coloured t-molding I can get is black or white. Would I be able to paint the t-molding red, or is this a stupid idea?

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