My marque light box I made

[Nintendo Arcade]

Last year I purchased a Kong off 2 marque signed by billy Mitchell,hank chien ,Steve wiebe and jeff willms, the top 4 players at that time.
So I wanted to make something special to house it in,so I made this light box out of cheap sawn wood from wicks and a battery operated back light so I could move it around.
Cost me £22 to make
Including the spray paint which I decided to go radar scope red .

 

[Guests]

That's pretty cool Alex

Nice job sir, think I might want one!
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[tb lilley]

Very cool. Want!

 

[forcefulfil]

Sweeeeeeet!

 

[bbz149]

Now that's just freaking sweet

I had the same idea, but I'm better at having ideas than actually doing

So when can I stick my order in? as I got the same signed Marquee

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

I need one of these

 

[rcantor77]

Very nice mate... much better than any American Diner that you might choose to hang on your wall.

 

[ben76]

Very nice mate... much better than any American Diner that you might choose to hang on your wall.

They could have gone side by side....

Nice job btw Alex

- Ben

 

[Nintendo Arcade]

Thanks guys
Might need to experiment with the light as I could do with it being a bit longer, but it's fine for now.

 

[strykr]

Very nice mate... much better than any American Diner that you might choose to hang on your wall.

Hoe dare you, every 'cade needs an american diner neon...

 

[muddymusic]

Nice one Alex, you could probably sell a stack of these if you ever get short of work!

 

[sosfx]

Hey Alex,

That looks sweet mate !

Why not run a strip of LED's along the top and bottom inside, that will light it evenly ?

 

[Rich]

That's pretty cool. I've thought about doing something like this myself, I have a few marquees that will probably never end up in an actual cab, which reminds me - almost 10 years ago I bought a DK and DK Jr marquee from the US, they never turned up and and I never got my money back - that still annoys me to this day!

Cheers, Richard

 

[Fuzzy]

Very nice, mate.

 

[rcantor77]

Thanks guys
Might need to experiment with the light as I could do with it being a bit longer, but it's fine for now.

Yeah it looks like the vertical light in yhe middle is spot on so you just need to mount another one of those lights side by side and it should look spot on.

 

[prof5]

Try lining the back with silver foil and turning the light round to see if you get a more even light coverage

 

[aeroflott]

Try lining the back with silver foil and turning the light round to see if you get a more even light coverage

This! Looks sweet Alex.

 

[Bensonrad]

Nice, some years back there was an arty type shop in Brighton that was selling light boxes with Marquees on them, I remember 1943 was one of them. They charged over £100 for them.