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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Furemir on July 28, 2014, 02:43:33 pm
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After a long time lurking on this forum, i took the plunge in the deep. And started my own cab, i based it on the taitorama build. Cuz i love the lines of those early 80's taito cabs. Growing up in the 80's in Belgium most pubs had cab's with woodgrain sides. So i really wanted to put that in the mix. With less then none woodworking skills i starteds today after work, didnt get a lot done with a 2,5 years old son by my side. I hope this log will get me to keep on going.
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So did one side, my son helped out you ll notice! It still nees some sanding, the i ll be able to copy the side.
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Which tools do you have access to? When making the other side panel, I really recommend a router with a trim bit. The router has to me been a fantastic tool. I use it frequently.
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I have boughth a bosh router and it has a copy bit, so i ll guess i can make it happen. Tips and tricks are more then welcome.
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Being a fan of seventies martial arts movies ad thus fighting games this is going to be the side art
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What color do you plan on painting it?
That art might look great with some orange joysticks/buttons.
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Sides are gonna be stained, player 1 will be orange player 2 wille be blue. Kickplate and cp will be black with some retro oldskool graphics (probably). T molding will be white
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This is going to be the marquee
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With that marquee and sideart a light varnish on that cab with white or orange t molding/buttons would look pretty sweet.
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Are you sure about the sideart ? That picture doesn't seem to fit too well into the Taitorama shape.
It would look like this :
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=313497)
You'd have to squash the sides and the poor guy in the white suit gets amputated and beheaded ...
As for the marquee, you might want to consider using a more rectangular picture, as you most likely will have to squash the height to make it fit.
I'm also building a Taitorama cab and I have had trouble finding images that still looked good after resizing them to fit the cab's shape.
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An afterthought on the marquee ... I'd use something that has a darker background. If you have a white background and light it, you will probably be blinded when you look at it ;D
But seriously, with a white lit background you'd put the emphasis on the background, not on the logo.
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I think that marquee image is cool.
Wouldn't you want player 1 to be blue though and player 2 in orange so they line up with the dragon and the tiger (blue on left, orange on right)?
For the side art did you intend to do a full side skin of art like yamatetsu mocked up or just a smaller "poster" art?
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I think that marquee image is cool.
Wouldn't you want player 1 to be blue though and player 2 in orange so they line up with the dragon and the tiger (blue on left, orange on right)?
For the side art did you intend to do a full side skin of art like yamatetsu mocked up or just a smaller "poster" art?
I'm worried the marquee image would get squished at those dimensions.
And if we're voting, I'm for the smaller poster art as opposed to the full-side skin.
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I was gonna go for poster art. And indeed player 1 blue and player 2 orange was the plan. About the marquee i ll have to try it out, but you guys could be right.
Not sure yet what i m gonna do for CP art if any of you have an idea shoot.
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You have the martial arts theme going, perhaps try to make the cp look like a dojo?
(http://www.geracaoartesuave.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dojo_port1.jpg)
(http://wallpaper4me.com/images/wallpapers/matrixdojo-793666.jpeg)
With the second one, perhaps you could have the two weapon racks on each side become the location of the player controls?
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Made some miscalculations in my previous attempt so went to buy some new wood panels and started over, I also changed my mind about how the cab will look. Making the curve wasn't easy, ut i m pretty happy with the result. It isnt perfect though, but i have learned a lot already. Pictures were made with my cell Phone.
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Thinking of dropping the martials arts, found this marquee and fell in love.
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Made some miscalculations in my previous attempt so went to buy some new wood panels and started over, I also changed my mind about how the cab will look. Making the curve wasn't easy, ut i m pretty happy with the result. It isnt perfect though, but i have learned a lot already. Pictures were made with my cell Phone.
How did you cut the curve? It looks like you used an electrical jigsaw? You should have used a router. You can still sand the curves to become more smooth though.
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Yeah used an electrical jigsaw, could try some more sanding. You think i could still use my router to get a smoother curve?
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Yeah used an electrical jigsaw, could try some more sanding. You think i could still use my router to get a smoother curve?
Yes. Or sand more. Otherwise you will notice. Cutting a curve with a router freehand takes some practice. I did mine freehand with my router after some practice on scrap wood. (I never used a router before in my whole life). You only have to do one and copy the other side with a flush trim bit:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82432150/Retrocade/twins_2.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82432150/Retrocade/cabinet_done.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82432150/Retrocade/flush-copy.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82432150/Retrocade/final/standing.jpg)
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Hi, its been a while. But finally i found the time to get back in to my cab. Got some work done. Made the curves better, made the layout for my cp and drilled the holes.
I ll post some pics sson as i can.