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Namco:
Beautiful control panel.. but you may need to redo it. It can't feel good to play it without somewhere to rest your wrists.
Anyway, great build. I am dying to build a slim cab one of these days. The chrome t-molding really sets it off. Great job!
GeeF:
Yvan256 - good point about the joystick ;D
Namco - thanks, it doesn't feel bad to play on this CP.Playing visual pinball is also nice, because I can rest my hands on the T-molding.
There is a strange thing about the led buttons. They aren't the same level.The yellow seems a lot brighter than the others.I'm not sure why.....maybe the led spectrum is stronger on that color, or the yellow button is more transparent than the red or the orange one.
Yvan256:
--- Quote from: GeeF on September 25, 2009, 01:54:23 am ---There is a strange thing about the led buttons. They aren't the same level.The yellow seems a lot brighter than the others.I'm not sure why.....maybe the led spectrum is stronger on that color, or the yellow button is more transparent than the red or the orange one.
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What we really need is transparent, frosted buttons (to diffuse the light) with calibrated RGB LEDs underneath (i.e. each color should light up to the same strength). That way we could have true multi-colored buttons that don't look like neon lights. ;)
The best would be electric-sensitive plastic that can change color based on voltage or something, kinda like sunglasses change darkness with sunlight. Unforunately electrochromic plastics/polymers don't seem up to the task we need.
GeeF:
Yes , good ideas. :)
Here is a shot with the marquee installed. Of course it looks a bit fifferent in real life.
I'm not entirely happy with it, looks a bit dull. I use a 8w neon for the marquee illumination.
Perhaps it is a too strong. The guys on the graphic are the same as on the CP.
GeeF:
It should look like this:
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