by Ziggy587 Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:02 am
I'm not the most talented guy out there, but I'm pretty good at crafting stuff. It's gonna look awesome. I'm still mulling over the design and aesthetics in my head. I wont really have a final design locked down until I go to build it. I'll need to have all the parts that I'll be using before I can determine the size of the enclosure, and the final size will help determine the appearance.
My first instinct is to go black with red trim and mimic the look of the MK2 cab. I'll most likely make it out of wood, so I may leave it wood grain. Since it's gonna be kind of large, wood might make it a little heavy. But if I make it out of wood, it'll be better protection for the expensive boards. I could probably throw it down a flight of stairs and the boards would survive (not that I will try doing so).
I have one idea that I'll probably end up doing. The MK2 board is quite large, and it has an additional sound board. Plus a power supply and SuperGun circuitry, the enclosure will have to be a decent size. The front facing side of the enclosure, which will be the longer dimension, might be large enough to use the marquee. From back when I originally owned the MK JAMMA boards, I kept the marquee for MK2. My plan was to make a back lit frame for it so I could hang it on a wall and have it light up, but I never got around to doing that. So I'm thinking the front facing side of the enclosure could be the marquee, and it can light up when you power the game on. The marquee I have is original, but I also purchased a reproduction that I wont mind cutting down in size (obviously, I'll want to make the enclosure as small as possible).
I'm parting with some duplicate Blu-Ray and DVD movies. Check out this thread if interested.