vaad Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 At the start of Jan me and my girl friend moved into a smaller flat so I put the arcade into storage. Well I have convinced her that we have space for it but before I bring it home I am doing a few small upgrades. Just thought I would share as I go along as this place has been quite lately. Before I started. I started off by wrapping the CP in carbon fiber wrap. New illuminated buttons and new joysticks. I had major issues with the joysticks and mounting them. The old joysticks used a M6 Coach Boltand the new ones wanted an M4. So I ordered M4 Black coach bolts but of course they fell through the CP as the hole was meant for an M6. So i had to drill out the plates on the new joysticks and use the old bolts.... for now I have an idea for them later on. Can you notice the Yellow button.... Whoops an ordering error. :@ Next up was to get the screen 100% straight. With that being a little off and the old vinyl being VERY off it looked like the screen was installed by a man with one leg shorter than the other. Still need to tidy the cables up and that horrid bit of MDF but its coming along. Today I removed the old Tube lighting system I had. It used to run very hot and I get worried... No heat now. I still have loads to do but its fun doing bits and bobs when I have the free time. Let me know what you guys think also if you have any ideas.
Drnick Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Nice work so far. As for Ideas I would put some LED Lighting either side of the front panel under the control panel or at the back edge, maybe both. I would update the Bezel and the Marquee to more personalise the unit too.
mrxtreme Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 very nice work! do you have a pic of the marquee on with that LED setup?
vaad Posted July 3, 2014 Author Posted July 3, 2014 Well i got it home the past weekend and started work again. With the power of Tesco Value BBQ sauce I pulled the @8"ck~r up 2 flights of stairs. You may recall this heap of a mess stuck the inside of the cab. Today I knocked up a quick removable shelf so I can easily take the PC out if it ever needs work on it. Also a quick video of my Progress so far
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