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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: sjgrover on May 23, 2004, 10:51:45 pm
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For the benefit of any newbies/lurkers out there (like myself) who aren't sure if this is something they can pull off, I thought I'd show my progress so far.
The control panel is esentially complete - it's designed to function as either a desktop unit or as the CP for the mini cab I've started. I'll admit it's a little busy with buttons but this panel was intended to be a learning project so I was playing around with as many options as I could fit in the available space. MDF is cheap so who knows what may change in the future.
The mini-cab took one day to go from design, to what you see here although I expect progess to slow down considerably from this point ... I don't know how many marathon building sessions I can get away with
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and the cab ...
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:o :o :o
can you resize your pics a little smaller ??...
its kinda too big to view....
I can only see less than 1/4 of the pic..... :P
(ok... my monitor is small....)
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Ridiculously large pic of cp replaced with ...
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And the resized cab. Apologies for the giant images the first time around.
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And the resized cab. Apologies for the giant images the first time around.
How big is the monitor?
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Im guessing 17" or maybe 19", but I doubt it's more than that...
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It's a 17" monitor. The cabinet is 48" tall. The top of the control panel is 26" high, which just by coincidence, works well with the chair in my office.
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It's a 17" monitor. The cabinet is 48" tall. The top of the control panel is 26" high, which just by coincidence, works well with the chair in my office.
Very cool. I was thinking about making one of these for my nephew. Can't wait to see the finished product...
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Painting completed. The colors are based on pixelhuggers blue/orange atomic MAME graphics which will incorporated onto the sides and marquee.
Subtle? Not really, but I wasn't looking for something that blends in. I'll have to redo the control panel however as the black won't work with the new color scheme.
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Awesome man.
Sticks out like a sore thumb but I love that!
cb
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That's dope. I love it. Was it hard to get the t-molding around the corners?
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That's dope. I love it. Was it hard to get the t-molding around the corners?
It went around the 90 degree corners better than I hoped it would. At least it turned out well enought that every time I look at it I won't be thinking, "I wish the molding had turned out better ..."
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With those colors, scap the atomic mame logo, that is just screaming for a giant Chicago Bears logo or maybe Chief Illiniwek!
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It seems like it took forever to take the last steps, but for all intents and purposes, it's done. Since June the control panel was rebuilt, bezel and graphics added.
Sadly, I get to play it less than anybody else. My wife has logged 12 hours of Frogger alone.
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One more ...