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A Mame machine in an antique buffet - USB probs solved (I think!)
Bender:
I'm waiting for you to solve this one.... then I'll steal it >:D
drventure:
A little more progress
I posted about the wearing that was happening with the gold stamping several weeks ago.
You can see it here.
Finally took the time to pull the sticks and mask everything off.
Even decided to give my spinner knob a little aged brass treatment
The spray didn't go on 100% even, but, after looking at it a bit and getting the masking off and controls back on, my wife and I both agreed that, at least for this particular cab, if it'd been a "perfect" finish, it wouldn't have looked right. As it is, it's just flawed enough to look like it's been around since about 1850, just well taken care of
At least, that's what I'm telling myself :)
I've also got an idea as to how I'm going to run the monitor power and Video cables. Right now, they're just draped about, but I found this nifty bell shaped pipe mounts and Lowes.
After a few hours in an ammonia vapor bath, they end up looking nicely patina'd with a brown cast and just the right amount of greenish-blue.
Should be interesting!
Also, I just saw the thread about Ultimarc's new Gun module! Oh yeah!
I'll be picking up a couple here soon and doing a couple more steampunk nerf guns, this time with these modules.
Here's a couple guns I did about a year ago, just to see what kind of success I'd have. I think they turned out pretty good, though, for an actual cab gun, I certainly wouldn't want to put all the embellishments on them ;)
And finally, you can see in that last picture the "stick boot" I've put together for my flight stick. It turned out quite nice, but, I really need a brass bezel to go around the lip. Leaving it bare doesn't look good, but the bezel can't be too thick or it'll impede the stick movement (even more than it already is <sigh>)
I cut a bezel out of thin .005 brass sheet, but, whew! that's just too thin. It's way to dentable and I can't get it to lay flat.
So I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that yet.
Epyx:
What I love about the No 18 Arqadium project is picturing how comfortable it would be to just sit around it and game. Does it have that cocktail cabinet ease of sitting around it that I am picturing or do you need to stand?
Benevolance:
I totally agree with Epyx. I could just see rolling up to the arcade in a nice, leather chair and playing for hours.
Epyx:
--- Quote ---I totally agree with Epyx. I could just see rolling up to the arcade in a nice, leather chair and playing for hours.
--- End quote ---
And on Halloween this would have to be done in Victorian garb...complete with monacles and pipe... ;)
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