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Glory Days - Completed!
dekar24k:
--- Quote from: Blanka on March 20, 2009, 03:19:40 am ---Great artwork, but can't you restyle the red cab in vector-art for maximus too?
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Thanks! But remember guys, I didn't make the graphics from scratch (as I mentioned earlier in the thread). I just found a nice image from iStockphoto and spent a couple of hours in PS to customize it into a marquee and CPO design. I wish I was that good, but I'm not. :)
I'll re-style the cab as well, but I ran out of time yesterday so I didn't have time for more. Luckily it's Friday and I'll get to work some more on the design. :)
dekar24k:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on March 19, 2009, 06:55:31 pm ---Just curious, what was your reason for choosing the UAII kit? I've been thinking along these same lines and was wanting your opinion. Did you look at very many different types/vendors?
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Well, honestly it's the only quality kit I could find online. I didn't want to cut and drill a cab myself (at least not this time) so mameroom.com looked like the best option for my needs. I was at first planning an upright 2-player cab, but I figured a bartop would fit in nice in my apartment and it would be a decent project for a first-timer.
Next time I'll build a 2-player cab from scratch, so you can consider this project a warm-up. :)
dekar24k:
Here's another update (I will start to copy straight from my blog now, so you don't miss any details):
The cabinet has arrived
Yeah! I tracked my Fedex shipment this morning and the cabinet kit has finally arrived. The Fedex facility is at the airport cargo right outside of Oslo, so without further a due I hopped in my car to go pick it up.
As soon as I got the package home again I noticed that it had taken quite a beating during the shipment, so I figured I should take a picture of it, in case the parts were all mashed up.
Luckily, after unwrapping, the parts looked perfectly fine and I even got impressed how precise the cutting was. All the pieces were there also, including the long strip of black t-molding. The only thing that set me off was the massive amount of polystyrene broken into bits and pieces. Remember if you’re going to get a kit like this yourself, have a vacuum in handy when unwrapping; you will need it.
After vacuuming both myself, my dog and of course the cabinet parts, I racked them up against the wall waiting to be assembled.
I also got the trackball and trackball mounting plate today which looked and felt exactly how I expected; great!
All I really need now before I start the assembly is the marquee and control panel overlay from Mamemarquees.com.
Today I will drill the flipper button holes for the cabinet (I have no idea why it doesn't already have them pre-drilled) and if I have time, make a nice little intro-video for Maximus Arcade.
Check back soon for updates and thanks for reading. :)
PS. When I start the actual building I will provide higher res pictures and some video clips as well.
dekar24k:
Also, what do you guys think about this button setup:
Should cover everything I need right? I'm going to make the ESC-button shifted so I don't accidentally hit it while playing (which would really suck).
Uncle Monkey:
I like the art, looking forward to seeing it finished....
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