Mame cabinet FTW!!!

[kobykaan]

lmao!!!!!!!! that crapmame link is awesome! the funniest thing I've seen this week so far!

 

[Myke]

finished the akuma side finally...took forever but I was slackin too. image is glary cuz the paint is still wet. sry XD

 

[gblock247]

Awesome artwork.

And those cabinets on Crapmame are some of the funniest things I've seen ever! I needed a good laugh

 

[Myke]

here's my marquee. it's actually all vectors in a pdf. I just jpegized it for posting on here.
going to kinkos to print it out today. original dimensions 8 1/2 X 27

I know it's kinda simple and lame compared to marquees out there. but I'm not too much of a digital artist, and I personally like it and it works for my cabinet XD

 

[Myke]

and my control panel

I sense I will be cutting some heads off with the installation of buttons trackball and joysticks, but whatev I'm not complaining too much. As long as it looks packed with characters and somewhat chaotic I'm fine with it.

 

[Myke]

marquee installed and with the light on. Picture is from my cameraphone so it's crap.

the color does wash out a little bit with the backlight on, but I don't care it still looks cool in my eyes. (so happy)

 

[playallday]

Nice job man

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[Edgedancer]

Man, I would love a Mame cabinet but I just dont have the time/money to invest in one. I will definately work on one next year after the HSC.
@Myke. Fucking awesome job mate.

 

[dinofan01]

That looks great. Coolest thing I've seen all day.

 

[Myke]

updates for today:
- cleaned off green spraypaint from the key holes on the coin slots (who would have known a little nail polish remover totally got rid of it....I was worried, I did NOT want green key holes...now they are nice and chrome again)

- got my control panel overlay printed out
here's a pic of it. I just layed my unpainted control panel box on the cabinet and placed the overlay over it. It will have plexiglass over that (and thank god cuz cutting vinil is a total Bitch!!!! it scratces REAL easily, and if you rub it too hard the paint comes off! I rubbed an edge thinking It was marking from the white pencil line, and it turned out that it was white vinil, I had rubbed the paint right off...I'm a little bummed but it's all really minor. and just on the edges, hopefully the t molding will cover that but I doubt it)
Edit: LOL! you can see me taking the pic on the marquee XD

- did the underdrawing of dan on the other side of the cabinet

 

[flashermac]

:nerdgasm:

Fantastic work

 

[Lazycus]

Nicely done. I've always disliked super deformed characters but it appears to be a favorite of yours, and that's all that matters on YOUR cabinet.

 

[Myke]

puzzle fighter and gem fighter mini mix have always had a soft spot in my heart...there's nothing like dukeing it out with baby street fighter characters in gem fighter XD

 

[Myke]

update time.
I got my PARRRTS! WOOT WOOT! all working too

drilled holes on my lexan and control panel (sandwiched them together)

an almost finished Dan (just need the lighter skintones +face features) sry for the flash.

 

[gblock247]

Great job so far dude, a labor of love

 

[Myke]

thx for all the support you guys =).

I finished painting dan today.

 

[th3sandm4n]

Awesome

Not to sure on the Dan bit though

I've had an idea for a custom cabinet for years. But money,space and time are the things holding me back. Who knows, I'll be done with school in a few weeks(forever!!) so maybe in the coming months I shall have time for fun

 

[Luigi F Mario]

Fuckin sweet! I've got an old pc I'm thinking about doing something like this with, however mine would end up really shitty.

are you gonna put a header on the sides?





-Luigi F Mario

 

[Myke]

Fuckin sweet! I've got an old pc I'm thinking about doing something like this with, however mine would end up really shitty.

are you gonna put a header on the sides?
-Luigi F Mario

you noticed I got the room for them eh? I have given it some thought, but I'm not sure if I will or not. either way that's something I can add later. If I do I gotta save up for it. I'm tightly budgeted XD. And about "yours ending up shitty", it's not like mine's super clean. After all I hand painted the sides which is a real nono in the mame cabinet builder snob's eyes. Plus head over to the BYOAC forums and you will see that there's plenty of stuff there that blows my cabinet out of the water. thanks for your comment =).

 

[Myke]

update time.

first of all I'd like to say FUUUUCK T molding! I hate it! it suucks! on my last cut last night, I sliced both my thumbs deep, had to go to the emergency room and get them stitched. no work for me for a while which kinda sucks ass.

on a lighter note, here's my updates:
-installed T molding (fuck that shit)
-installed casters to the cabinet (it now rolls yayy!!)
- repainted the coin mechanisms
-painted control panel box
-installed the control panel buttons, joysticks , lexan, and overlay.
-sprayed artwork sides with a matte lacquer for protection.
-remounted coin doors and plugged holes where the heavy metal barrier was installed (was in front of the coin doors)

pictures:

control panel:

overall picture:

coin doors:

I wish I had a before and after picture of the coin doors, because they looked super pitiful when I got them with the cab ( they are from 1989 after all), after a recoating of enamel they look brand spanking new. I also took out the little overlay inside of the coin reject buttons, and created my own custom ones with atari logos in em.
the bolts all around the coin slots are where the holes for mounting the big lock barriers were. they looked super ugly and covered half of the coin machines anyway. I wasn't planning on painting them but when I did I realised that the barriers really had to go, so I took some of the same bolts the barriers were installed with, coated the tops with some enamel and used those to plug the holes. I personally think they look kinda cool.

I'm so almost there. the last big thing I have to do before putting in the PC and configuring is pretty much mounting the monitor and spraying the monitor bezel.