Author Topic: Mamestrosity showcase cab updated!! (7/23/10...thinking of selling...) (Read 36357 times)

kujina · « **Reply #40 on:** April 30, 2004, 09:49:31 am »

Looking good

SkateDetroit · « **Reply #41 on:** April 30, 2004, 01:45:18 pm »

Make it a box shape doesn't necessarily have to slope down in the back but, make the front edge curved just like your monitor box. Then you can mount the back light similiary to the way mine is, or simply bolt it to the bottom of the box. The plexiglass on mine is curved. There is simply a slot routed running along the curved edge.

hulkster · « **Reply #42 on:** April 30, 2004, 03:20:21 pm »

hmmm...i never thought about mounting it to the bottom of the box, or top of the monitor section. do you have a showcase cab? if so, post pics!!! i would like to see your marquee box.

hulkster · « **Reply #43 on:** May 05, 2004, 04:27:44 pm »

i guess anybody can help with this, but in regards to my marquee box...what would be the best way to hold the plexi and marquee in? i know a lot of people use the happ marquee retainer, but that is for the upright cab and it has something to latch onto. what would be the best way for me to hold a marquee/plexi in, with the box sitting on top of the monitor section....check out the pics earlier in the post if you dont know what im talking about. thanks for any help.

Cisco Kid · « **Reply #44 on:** May 05, 2004, 05:48:23 pm »

WOW! .... thats going to being a killer setup

Are you going to use a monitor or TV?

... and for the speakers ... HTS or the Happ's style speakers behind the speaker cloth?

hulkster · « **Reply #45 on:** May 05, 2004, 06:26:38 pm »

27" tv with svideo for the monitor. and im using only a 2 speaker setup....surround sound isnt really necessary, even if i have a big cab. so im using a 2.1 from creative.

i need ideas for the marquee box still though

but thanks for the reply!

Matt, GoC · « **Reply #46 on:** May 08, 2004, 01:39:04 am »

Black...marble...c-contact...paper...
Dear god no! Not another one!!!
WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude you should commission one of the guys here to do you some fancy artworkin's for your CP. There's no reason to protect marble contact paper IMHO.

hulkster · « **Reply #47 on:** May 08, 2004, 12:32:10 pm »

um....huh? im not using contact paper, nor did i ever mention using contact paper...sooooo....what the hell are you talking about? if you are referring to my first cab, i used contact paper for that, but this is my new cab....hence the new dates.

SNAAAKE · « **Reply #48 on:** May 08, 2004, 10:40:05 pm »

Its a "marble contact paper joke" hulkman.

Not many people get it(hey I did)

hulkster · « **Reply #49 on:** May 22, 2004, 02:58:13 pm »

its been a while since i posted some pics, but as you can see ive made a lot of progress. so much in fact that i will be finished probably in about 3 days! yup. anyway, here are some pics of what i have so far.

hulkster · « **Reply #50 on:** May 22, 2004, 02:59:05 pm »

another

hulkster · « **Reply #51 on:** May 22, 2004, 02:59:25 pm »

another

hulkster · « **Reply #52 on:** May 22, 2004, 02:59:58 pm »

again

hulkster · « **Reply #53 on:** May 22, 2004, 03:00:21 pm »

and more

hulkster · « **Reply #54 on:** May 22, 2004, 03:00:43 pm »

arcades are cool

hulkster · « **Reply #55 on:** May 22, 2004, 03:01:01 pm »

last one

flampoo · « **Reply #56 on:** May 22, 2004, 09:46:38 pm »

I'm diggin' it. That's a badass font and the CP is nice and simple. What are your js and button colors?

hulkster · « **Reply #57 on:** May 22, 2004, 11:44:28 pm »

im using black and blue buttons, with white start buttons....cuz i didnt get in on the black start buttons

but i think since part of the marquee is white, it will look decent. im gonna mix and match the blue and black buttons though to see what i like best. i made a template of what i wanted a long time ago but now i cant find it!

hulkster · « **Reply #58 on:** May 24, 2004, 09:24:42 pm »

heres the cp art applied. looks pretty good, cept theres one thing....apparently the mounting plate for the trackball isnt as flush as it looks

so you can see a little square outline and you can feel it a little if you rub over it. its nit picky, but i paid a lot for the art and i wanted it to be perfect....oh well. anyway, what do you guys think?

oh and by the way, yes i have a light underneath the trackball for the cool glow...but i have yet to hook it up to the power supply...that will be very soon though!

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #59 on:** May 24, 2004, 09:36:31 pm »

That rocks man. Good work!

greywolf22 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 25, 2004, 01:50:13 am »

That is a fantastic cab, and the CP art and Marquee that Pixelhugger designed is first rate...really is coming together nicely.

GGKoul · « **Reply #61 on:** May 25, 2004, 03:30:19 am »

WoW!!!

The CP looks real good!! Pixel's artwork looks real good!!

Great Job!

-GGKoul

hulkster · « **Reply #62 on:** May 25, 2004, 07:53:21 am »

thanks for the responses! i was making a lot of progress last night but.....i was cutting some t molding with a box cutter, and.....yup you guessed it, right through the t molding and straight into my calf. boom. it didnt hurt, but man did it bleed. now its all over my moms carpet! she bought this cheap imitation rip off of oxy clean, but its called Emmacu-10 and it looked like it was working last night, but this morning, it basically just smeared it around a lot. anyway, im working on it more tonight after work, and i should be able to get the bezel, plexi glass cover for the monitor, and rest of the wiring done! ill post more pics tonight.

dema · « **Reply #63 on:** May 25, 2004, 11:13:04 am »

I love the marquee. Things look great. I can't wait to see it completely assembled.

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #64 on:** May 25, 2004, 02:41:51 pm »

Nice work Hulk. Love how the color scheme is coming together with those blue buttons! That's gonna be one impressive cab. Can hardly wait to see the final pics. Seeing the art somewhere other than on my screen feels like I'm looking at photos of my child gone off to college... all grown up and in a new environment. Sniff sniff

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #65 on:** May 25, 2004, 03:13:40 pm »

Sharp looking control panel , very nice work.

hulkster · « **Reply #66 on:** May 25, 2004, 04:35:07 pm »

Quote from: Pixelhugger on May 25, 2004, 02:41:51 pm

Nice work Hulk. Love how the color scheme is coming together with those blue buttons! That's gonna be one impressive cab. Can hardly wait to see the final pics. Seeing the art somewhere other than on my screen feels like I'm looking at photos of my child I gone of to college... all grown up and in a new environment. Sniff sniff

"when i was a child i made art as a child, when i became a man, i put away childish marquee's and cpo's and let pixelhugger do the work for me!"

Tilzs · « **Reply #67 on:** May 25, 2004, 05:04:43 pm »

are your coin door plungers blue?

darktemp · « **Reply #68 on:** May 25, 2004, 05:18:45 pm »

Definately blue, where did you get those?

hulkster · « **Reply #69 on:** May 25, 2004, 06:18:00 pm »

yes they are indeed blue! im trying to stay with the color scheme. but i got those from happcontrols.com. i think it was in the coin door section (imagine that) and its in there somewhere, you just gotta find it. they have yellow and red and all kinds of stuff.

Tilzs · « **Reply #70 on:** May 25, 2004, 06:36:32 pm »

Nice, only problem with happs is that if I ordered new plungers from them, it'd probably cost me more than what I payed for the entire coin door $:-\$

hulkster · « **Reply #71 on:** May 25, 2004, 08:43:05 pm »

yeah happs is very pricey, but these werent too bad. of course i think the shipping was more than the actual part! not sure about that, but thats a likely possibility.

hulkster · « **Reply #72 on:** May 25, 2004, 10:15:10 pm »

okay i took a few pics of what i have so far. i put the lexan in for the monitor cover. the wiring is mostly done, and i got the blue led underneath the trackball....i just have to figure out how to mount it right. its one of those led cannon things, and it looks good when pointed in the right direction. the speakers are in, and the speaker panels are up obviously. the light behind the marquee i know...is very weak, but that will have to wait a while. i still have a few other things to complete on the middle part as you can see, and i also have to make the bezel. im kinda scared on doing that, well not scared, just not wanting to do it more likely

but let me know what you guys think of it so far!

hulkster · « **Reply #73 on:** May 25, 2004, 10:15:31 pm »

another

hulkster · « **Reply #74 on:** May 25, 2004, 10:15:48 pm »

one more

dema · « **Reply #75 on:** May 25, 2004, 10:31:23 pm »

I think it looks great! I am really impressed that you were able to put it together so well, and I love the artwork. How big is the TV you're using? That would be the only thing I wonder about. I'm sure it will look perfect when it's 100% complete and in its final form but right now it looks a little small. The Mega's design on mameroom.com has a 33" screen and I think that's a good size at a minimum since the monitor is off of the cp. I'd get a huge tv screen if possible.

hulkster · « **Reply #76 on:** May 25, 2004, 10:47:46 pm »

its a 27" tv and the reason i used it is because it was free! i know it looks small, but i built the top section so that the the distance between the top and bottom to the screen itself is five inches. so once i create the bezel, the top and bottom pieces will be 5" x 27". understand? anyway, the screen will look centered and wont look so small. however this is a big step up from my 19" computer monitor on my first cab

DarkKobold · « **Reply #77 on:** May 26, 2004, 11:32:39 pm »

Oh god.... I can't believe you destroyed classic multidensity fiber board for this mame machine! Now there will never ever be fiber bo....

oh....

wait....

wrong thread. Looks good hulkster, your effort really shows! can't wait to see it with a bezel!

no hard feelings!

hulkster · « **Reply #78 on:** May 26, 2004, 11:42:09 pm »

haha, very nice. i did destroy some original mdf that would have looked great with custom art.

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #79 on:** May 27, 2004, 09:19:44 pm »

This project looks better each and every day. Keep it up!


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Author Topic: Mamestrosity showcase cab updated!! (7/23/10...thinking of selling...) (Read 36357 times)

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