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FunkyAndroid's portable arcade "Bloc-ade"
FunkyAndroid:
Today was a long but very productive day. We got the laminate on the sides! Decided to go with a flat black formica and I think it turned out amazingly. I've got some pics attached here. We messed up the back a little bit, but it's fixable just by buying a new faceplate for the ethernet port and just painting it. So I'm not too worried about it. There are places where I definitely need to touch up paint (corners, shelf door, etc.) so that'll be on tomorrow's agenda, hopefully along with installing the fans and other small pieces.
severdhed:
looks like a cool project, keep those pics coming.
i've often thought about building somethign like this, so when we take the projector out in the back yard for movies, i could hook this up and have some 10ft tall donkey kong going on the side of the house...but it probably wouldnt get used that much, so i've held off.
FunkyAndroid:
Thanks severd, I chose this route as opposed to a full cab cause of space issues. I'm a college student and I live in an apartment on the second floor. I also move pretty much every year so it'd be a royal pain to have a full sized cab. This will make it nice to hook up in the front room and just brawl on Street Fighter.
I just got done painting and now i'm just waiting for it to dry before I install the fans. It's looking real clean w/ the touch up paint. I'll have pics up soon.
retrofuture:
Dig the logo. The typeface is very Brody-esque. Good stuff :applaud:
FunkyAndroid:
So I finally got the fans installed and I think they look awesome. Took me a while to figure out how I was going to keep them all level. My method worked pretty well, although I did have to make some of the initial holes a little larger to allow for the bolts to go make it through the ply and the fan and fit nicely. But all in all it turned out well. I also put the on the video out plate, I still have to paint the ethernet cover and get it attached... It's going to look a little bit out of place I think, but we'll see how it turns out. Hopefully not too badly.
Here's some pictures of the new fan covers and the pinball buttons i put on the sides. (Just to make it look more finished than it is :duckhunt)
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