Slow progress...!

Okay, so finished the other half of the control panel...

I also got the speakers wired up to a cheapo Amplifier from ebay and an old  PC subwoofer secured in the base  of the cabinet.

The marquee lights are now all wired up, although I need to fit a switch to flick between full lights and UV meter controlled lights, or I may just do away with the UV meter - I have a feeling it will be annoying :-)

I applied more filler to the counter sunk screw holes which were still visible.  To kill time while the filler dried I played a couple of games  of Sonic the Hedgehog, although this was obviously just a scientific exercise to test the joysticks etc :-) .  Have to say I'm please with the kit from UltraCabs.

I've also completed the bit I was fearing the most - cutting the T-Molding slot - with the cab on it's side I was very conscious of there the blade might end up if it dropped out of the Router!  Thankfully the job is complete and the family jewels are still in one piece!

Have ordered all acrylic sheets from sheetplastics.co.uk (funded by ebaying a Commodore 64), once they have arrived I can finalise the positions of the monitor, then speakers and start painting!

I've also listed more Commodore 64 stuff on ebay since I found out how much the vinyl art is going to cost :-(

Have been "umming and arring" as to the colour scheme for the cab so have come up with a couple of mock-ups - so far I'l thinking white drawer and kickplate?

Haven't done anything constructive in over a week as I've been ill with "Man-Flu", mostly just felt sorry for myself instead...

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300 dpi Bubble Bobble Marque

PNG Format (7MB)
Adobe Photoshop PSD (22MB)
GIMP XCF (16MB)

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Bubble Bobble 250 dpi arcade side art

After "GIMP" crashing time after time because of the image size, I've finally put together a side art image for the Koenig Arcade Cabinet using the files I found earlier.

My machine couldn't handle the image at 300 dpi so this one is 250 dpi

PNG Format (50.5MB)
Adobe PSD Format (95MB)
GIMP XCF Format (59MB)


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Bubble Bobble 300 dpi Control Panel

Found some time this morning to waste and knocked up a Bubble Bobble themed control panel, decided to leave "Bub" and "Bob" off my design as they're already on the Bezel and sideart, plus I think the panel looks busy enough as it is.

Again, the panel is sized for the Koenig cabinet plans but as I've included the Photoshop PSD and GIMP XCF files they it can easily be adapted.

PNG Format (10MB)

Adobe PSD Format (28MB)

GIMP XCF Format (20MB)

 

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Bubble Bobble 300 dpi Bezel

The last of the eBay auctions ends in an hour or so after a week of non payers, late payers and relisting.

After eBay fees, postage etc etc it's looking like the budger is £160, so no kit from Rich's Bartop Arcades or the Retro Pit, looks like it's the DIY route  :-S

As it looks like I'll be using the Koenig plans I've been trying to find Bubble Bobble artwork which will fit.  I was unsuccessful but found some artwork for a Bartop sized cabinet @ http://zonaarcade.forumcommunity.net/?t=45266890 - The actual side art etc were only 150 dpi which may look blocky when printed, luckily the downloaded included .PSD files which included each element at a higher resolution as seperate files so I decided to use these to recreate the art for the Koenig cabinet in 300dpi.   

So far I've created a 300dpi bezel which can be downloaded in Photoshop PSD, PNG and GIMP XCF formats;

PNG file (15MB)
Photoshop PSD file (52.5MB)
GIMP XCF File  (38MB)

Plenty of work ahead to re-work the other art.

Messing around with graphics takes my mind off the fact there is some serious wood work ahead :-(

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