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What hasn't yet been done on a cab?
BadMouth:
I'd like to see a cab that makes good use of UV responsive paint and accessories.
The only time I've seen it done is on Tron restorations/tributes.
I also haven't seen a big buck hunter shotgun accessory on a cab yet.
It's on my someday list.
Another idea I like, but never got around to is having labels above the buttons that are under tinted plexiglass and don't show unless an LED under them is illuminated. I had sports games in mind, so they would be shoot, pass, turbo, etc. Also considered using EL sheet to illuminate Golden Tee instructions when that game is loaded.
If you figure out an affordable way to do curved bubble molding, please share.
I've been wanting to build a new jukebox with molding like that.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 01, 2013, 08:40:42 pm ---Another idea I like, but never got around to is having labels above the buttons that are under tinted plexiglass and don't show unless an LED under them is illuminated. I had sports games in mind, so they would be shoot, pass, turbo, etc.
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To me, that's a great innovation.
shponglefan:
--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 01, 2013, 07:38:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: shponglefan on July 01, 2013, 07:37:59 pm ---Holograms?
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Been done, at least commercially
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Yeah, I thought we were talking about DIYer's though.
lcmgadgets:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on July 01, 2013, 07:38:16 pm ---Well, I'm under the impression that just because you CAN do something doesn't mean that you SHOULD do it, especially if you can't pull it off right. Other things, like light-up t-molding, have fallen by the wayside because it just doesn't work the way it's envisioned.
Then again, I'm a traditionalist. I'd take a boxy, well-painted, well-executed two-player black cab any day of the week (mainly because that's what I would have seen in an arcade back in the day). But that's me. There are some really nice out-of-the-box projects here, and others I just silently shake my head at. In the end, if the builder's happy, that's all that should matter.
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I absolutely agree, esp. about the 'pull(ing) it off part'. & I like the original cabs too, but I'm only going to b able to have 1, so I want something pretty spectacular....wait...weisshaupt's light-up t-molding doesn't look good?! I've got all the parts I need for that! Whats wrong with it?
--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 01, 2013, 07:27:31 pm ---Make your side art be LCD screens... matched to the game currently selected >:D
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That would b cool, except for the problem of having to leave the sides visible. If/when OLED monitors r perfected...wow...
I had once considered the idea of a large, translucent, glowing silicone brain (think Star Trek 'The Gamesters pf Triskelion') on top of the cab, with a servo in it that would make it pulse slightly, perhaps tied to a sound to light type circuit that would make it pulse faster when the sound picked up (hopefully indicating more action happening in the game). ...u can stop laughing, I'm not joking.
--- Quote from: BadMouth on July 01, 2013, 08:40:42 pm ---Another idea I like, but never got around to is having labels above the buttons that are under tinted plexiglass and don't show unless an LED under them is illuminated. I had sports games in mind, so they would be shoot, pass, turbo, etc. Also considered using EL sheet to illuminate Golden Tee instructions when that game is loaded.
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Those ideas rock!
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: lcmgadgets on July 01, 2013, 09:01:21 pm ---I want something pretty spectacular....wait...weisshaupt's light-up t-molding doesn't look good?! I've got all the parts I need for that! Whats wrong with it?
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To be fair, that cab was built 5 years ago, and I don't recall anyone since then taking on light up t-molding. My comment was more that the concept hadn't been refined and improved upon, like rotating monitors had.
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