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The first cab I ever built! **warning: lots of pics**
RayB:
Haha... Gunstar, that's FUNNY! ;D
Here's the story:
This was my very first "Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet". I made it in 1983 when I was 13 (and it wasn't a school project--I did it for no reason other than my obsession with arcade games).
At that time, I would draw my own cabinet designs for fictitious games. Then I moved up to making fold-up paper cabinets just like that guy did recently (search this forum for "Paper Arcade"). Then my brother got a wood burning kit for his birthday. It came with some nice little pieces of light wood. I decided I'd make my own little wood cabinet to use as a pencil and stuff holder. I did the whole thing based off a couple photos in a game magazine (it was either "Electronic Fun" or "Electronic Games"). Why I selected Sinistar was strictly due to the colors of paint I had available (otherwise I would have done a Centipede or PacMan).
Everything you see up there is hand-painted. The wood was cut with a small hand hobby saw. The side art, marquee, and CP were done on paper and then glued on, followed by a coat of varish to keep it all on and protected. The joystick is a pin (the type used for pinning cloth when sewing or hemming).
The whole thing measures 7 inches tall.
I had plans to make a whole bunch of them, but time or money prevented that from happening.
~Ray B. ;D
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: RayB on October 18, 2004, 10:28:34 am ---For the past three weekend I've been de-junking my basement, and yesterday I found my old Sinistar cab I forgot I had!
--- End quote ---
Man, I just read this and before I looked at the pix, I was thinking "just HOW MUCH crap do you have that you could lose a whole friggen CABINET in your house?"
I had visions of Mel Gibson's apartment in "Conspiracy Theory", crap everywhere, but you're set if a bomb drops!
Gunstar Hero:
Glad I could be of service. :D
In all honestly though, it looks better than the paper Transformers I made when I was in the fourth grade.
Sad, I know, BUT... through some skillful folding, most of them DID transform!
At least, until they lost a battle with the Match-icons. ;D
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