Author Topic: Kman-Sweden - F.A.C.B.- Now with Neo-Geo hardware. Feb 2 - 2010. (Read 39231 times)

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #80 on:** October 02, 2009, 02:48:31 pm »

Cool. You have some nice filters installed in Photoshop I guess.
I like the reflections in the "lenses" but I feel the text it to small.

Epyx · « **Reply #81 on:** October 02, 2009, 03:04:16 pm »

I would do your avatar justice and use the Iron Maiden font at least

Vebbo · « **Reply #82 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:19:41 am »

Quote from: Kman-Sweden on October 02, 2009, 02:48:31 pm

Cool. You have some nice filters installed in Photoshop I guess.
I like the reflections in the "lenses" but I feel the text it to small.

Nice, but no filters etc installed in photoshop

.

Quote from: Epyx on October 02, 2009, 03:04:16 pm

I would do you avatar justice and use the Iron Maiden font at least

OMG, off course, wasn't thinking about that

, Anyhow here's another go, with the Iron Maiden font and also added a swedish flag in the Arcade Cab text.

Ond · « **Reply #83 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:32:29 am »

Can I have a go at it too?

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #84 on:** October 05, 2009, 05:48:09 am »

Quote from: Ond on October 05, 2009, 05:32:29 am

Can I have a go at it too?

Go ahead.

Vebbo · « **Reply #85 on:** October 05, 2009, 08:45:01 am »

Well since im really ....slow.... here's a pure Eddie marquee

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #86 on:** October 05, 2009, 09:39:09 am »

Not so fond of the red...
I'll give you some color info so you people can go nutz with your designs.

The cab is black with blue t-mold and joysticks. Buttons and trackball have RGB led's (thinking blue here as well. white when turned off)
Then there's a aluminium marquee holder and aluminium diamond plate kickplate.

Vebbo · « **Reply #87 on:** October 06, 2009, 03:33:50 am »

Well here´s Eddie with no red

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #88 on:** October 06, 2009, 04:31:52 am »

That's a lot better...

Now take away the small 'Edd's and put "Machine" instead of "Cab" to get some balance in the picture and It'll be great.

Vebbo · « **Reply #89 on:** October 06, 2009, 05:01:39 am »

Here u go

jmike · « **Reply #90 on:** October 06, 2009, 07:36:11 am »

Quote from: vebbomania on October 06, 2009, 05:01:39 am

Here u go

That looks great vebbomania! Personally I liked the "little Edd's" but it's Kman's machine.

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #91 on:** October 06, 2009, 08:41:17 am »

Quote from: vebbomania on October 06, 2009, 05:01:39 am

Here u go

Now THAT'S cool.

Thanx.

There's a lot of gifted people on these forums, that's for sure.

I've been working late this week so I haven't had time to fiddle around with things like this as much as I would have liked.

n88n · « **Reply #92 on:** October 06, 2009, 08:45:38 am »

last one is perfect.

Vebbo · « **Reply #93 on:** October 06, 2009, 09:07:59 am »

I am just happy that u "all" liked it

and that i finally found a solution for u Kman

I'm not sure but if u need the artwork in CMYK or maby u need the photoshop file with layers. Just pm me and I can upload it and send u a link.

Epyx · « **Reply #94 on:** October 06, 2009, 10:43:22 am »

Ya I like it as well...I had a feeling the IM font would look good

ammitz · « **Reply #95 on:** October 07, 2009, 04:01:44 am »

Quote from: n88n on October 06, 2009, 08:45:38 am

last one is perfect.

+1

Nice artwork

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #96 on:** October 24, 2009, 11:19:36 am »

Here's some small updates for you all..

Cut the Plexi for the Marquee..
Test with black and white marquee just to get the feel of the final product.

My second Act-Labs gun has arrived! Woohoo!.

Plexi, thick black cardboard and the front of one of the broken CRTs.
I'll use the front as a template to cut the hole in the cardboard.

CP layout..

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #97 on:** October 25, 2009, 04:44:13 pm »

Started routing the plexi for the CP overlay.
Worked like a charm. Just clamped it down and routed small holes with a normal bit.
Then changed bit to a flush trim and went to town.

Now what to do with the corner of the CP? Round or more of a straight cut corner?
Any ideas?

Bezel test mounted. Still need to fasten it properly.
It looks horrible when the flash hit it but as you all know things look better in real life.
If you wondering about the empty space under the bezel? Thats where the admin/coin/service buttons will go.

jmike · « **Reply #98 on:** October 26, 2009, 06:52:50 am »

It's looking great Kman

About the CP, if I were you I'd round off the corners. you're putting t-molding on there too right?

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #99 on:** October 26, 2009, 07:08:50 am »

Quote from: jmike on October 26, 2009, 06:52:50 am

It's looking great Kman
About the CP, if I were you I'd round off the corners. you're putting t-molding on there too right?

Thanks Jmike. Yeah I'll put T-mold on it too. I have to order new T-mold because there isn't enough left from the cab build.
But I think I'm gonna order it from GGG since the order I did at t-molding.com increased by almost 100% due to some export/import taxes or some crap like that. I think I'll go for the lighter blue, like on my balltops.

ammitz · « **Reply #100 on:** October 26, 2009, 08:45:32 am »

I bought mine from this guy i England:

http://ukt-molding.co.uk/

If you contact him by email instead of ebay then you get 10% discount

Keep up the good work with your cab, and I would round the corners as well.

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #101 on:** October 26, 2009, 09:14:42 am »

Quote from: ammitz on October 26, 2009, 08:45:32 am

I bought mine from this guy i England:

http://ukt-molding.co.uk/

If you contact him by email instead of ebay then you get 10% discount

Keep up the good work with your cab, and I would round the corners as well.

Cool thanks. Can't see any prices exept for the router bit. Do you remember what you paid for it?

ammitz · « **Reply #102 on:** October 26, 2009, 10:03:56 am »

20ft ½ dark red @ £0.75 = £15.00 -10%(£1.50)= £13.50 for Tmolding as none ebay.
Packing and postage to Denmark £7.50

The good thing about this guy is that he's from England = EU = no tax or customs

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #103 on:** October 26, 2009, 10:18:00 am »

Thanks.

jmike · « **Reply #104 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:44:26 am »

Just something to think about (this question came up on another thread).

The lexan/plexi on the control panel (depending on how thick it is) will increase the size of the t-molding you'll need.

emphatic · « **Reply #105 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:44:59 am »

Also, check if www.arcadegames.se has the T-Mold you want. Free shipping. In Sweden. 'Nuff said.

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #106 on:** October 26, 2009, 03:31:06 pm »

Quote from: jmike on October 26, 2009, 11:44:26 am

Just something to think about (this question came up on another thread).

The lexan/plexi on the control panel (depending on how thick it is) will increase the size of the t-molding you'll need.

Thanks for the warning.. I've bought a thiner piece of MDF for the top of the CP just because of this.

Quote from: emphatic on October 26, 2009, 11:44:59 am

Also, check if www.arcadegames.se has the T-Mold you want. Free shipping. In Sweden. 'Nuff said.

Fantastic prices! No blue though.. I might buy a arcade monitor from here later.

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #107 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:49:43 am »

Emphatic. I like your site... Good links on it. Thanks.

opt2not · « **Reply #108 on:** October 27, 2009, 01:18:42 pm »

whoa, check out this t-molding off that Swedish site:

You should go with this stuff!

emphatic · « **Reply #109 on:** October 27, 2009, 02:27:03 pm »

Quote from: Kman-Sweden on October 27, 2009, 07:49:43 am

Emphatic. I like your site... Good links on it. Thanks.

Thanks. Hopefully, none are dead.

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #110 on:** October 28, 2009, 12:59:31 am »

So the most of you said round.. Like the green dotted line?

Epyx · « **Reply #111 on:** November 06, 2009, 11:17:53 pm »

Kman,

Personally, I would go for the green line!

emphatic · « **Reply #112 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:48:12 am »

Quote from: Epyx on November 06, 2009, 11:17:53 pm

Kman,

Personally, I would go for the green line!

+1

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #113 on:** November 22, 2009, 04:32:53 am »

Thank for the input Epyx and emphatic.

It's been a while since I last updated this build.
I decided to go with the edged look of the CP. It's my CP so I can do what I want.

I started off by drawing the shape of the CP on paper and then making a template out of it.
On the templet I got all the angles figured out and then just cut all the pieces to length and glued them together.
Since i didn't have any way to clamp the angled pieces together with I invented a way that actually worked out great.

I used a stapler gun (is that the name?) to hold the pices together.

MacGyver tape wrapped over the outside also made it hold together really good until the glue dried.

I glues and screwed the bottom to the frame. Nothing worth documenting.
I don't know if people go through the extra effort of angling the back and front pieces so they line up with the angled sides?
Well I did it with a belt sander of some sort. it was actually really fun.

It's been painted with the first coat of black paint and is drying at the moment.
Stay tuned for more... Kman.

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #114 on:** November 28, 2009, 05:25:13 pm »

The major woodworking is finally completed. Here's a dry run of the final assembly.
Admin buttons are:
white ones = P1 & P2
Yellow ones = Coin1 & Coin2
Blue ones = Pause , Menu, Quit and Service (for now... these might change)

I'm currently wiring the controlpanel. First all the lights, then the daisy-chain-ground and last but not least the +5v.

More pics to come about that. Also to come, the keyboard hack for the admin buttons and the NES & SNES to USB ports need to be installed..
Stay tuned. / Kman-Sweden.

emphatic · « **Reply #115 on:** November 29, 2009, 05:24:19 am »

It looks like you managed to get a really nice finish on that control panel, man!

It would have been cool if you had some sort of cover in front of the middle buttons on the admin panel, like admin panels on a TV has?

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #116 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:56:28 am »

Quote from: emphatic on November 29, 2009, 05:24:19 am

It looks like you managed to get a really nice finish on that control panel, man!

It would have been cool if you had some sort of cover in front of the middle buttons on the admin panel, like admin panels on a TV has?

Thanks. I'm satisfied with it.
I don't really follow you about the cover. Any pics to illustrate?

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #117 on:** November 29, 2009, 07:17:29 am »

I really need to order new, lighter blue, t-mold for the cab aswell... $:-\$

emphatic · « **Reply #118 on:** November 29, 2009, 10:52:31 am »

Quote from: Kman-Sweden on November 29, 2009, 07:17:29 am

I really need to order new, lighter blue, t-mold for the cab aswell... $:-\$

Can't you just put some of the existing T-Mold onto the light blue Control Panel, so it's more of an integration?

For your previous question, I meant that if you could recess the area where your admin buttons are (not counting start or coin buttons), you could put them in a hidden panel so nobody goes "hey, what does this do?" while facing the last boss of Metal Slug 3 or something (1 + hours of playtime down the drain).

syph007 · « **Reply #119 on:** November 30, 2009, 09:00:44 am »

You did good work. Only thing I would have done differently is used smaller and black colored marquee retainer, and used a bigger screen, but those can be upgrades for later!

Nice job, enjoy the games!


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