Junior Dig Dug

[the-hat]

Hi Guys,

Just re-found this forum after some time and thought i would share my project with you..
Its only part complete, so I will upload photos as i go. All comments / suggestions / improvements welcome.

Basically the idea is to build a 3/4 scale of dig dug, using a centipede cab for the original measurements, this is for my 3yr old (to grow in to !). Im gonna build this and put a 60 in 1 or mame setup in it so he can play some different games.... break him into the collecting hobby slowly lol.

i got the wood yard to cut all the square cuts, and then it was freehand jigsaw for the angles..

please excuse the crappy pictures, my iphone has something wrong with the camera/flash

 

[the-hat]

so the cabinet structure is done, next to put the speaker / light shelf
in, and some support for the bezel. Then on to the painting, heres a
few more pics..

To give you guys an idea of the size, heres a pic of me with the cab....

and i also picked up the artwork yesterday from the printers (Thanks Rav for the scans)

 

[andyman]

Very nice

Wish my Dad built me an arcade machine when I was 3, had to wait until I was 22 for my first one, all good from there though. Is it a Christmas present ?

Andy.

 

[Guests]

Looks good Kev.

 

[trm]

That is awesome dude And I love the sideart. He's a lucky chap!

 

[the-hat]

Is it a Christmas present ?

hehe - was supposed to be but in typical me-style it was left until last week to start....

i think im gonna have everything done except for the control panel and marquee brackets in time as i havent taken my drawings to the metalshop yet........

finished painting it last night:

now i gotta wait for a router and bit to arrive for the t-molding before the final coat of paint and then the art....

in the meantime i can make the monitor supports, etc :|
the-hat2011-12-19 09:49:52

 

[dezbaz]

Great work, nice little cab.

Looks like you got the sides nice and flat. Not easy to do with plywood (Not the stuff local here)

Looking forward to more

 

[andyman]

was supposed to be but in typical me-style it was left until last week to start....

You are not alone

Andy.

 

[the-hat]

just a quick update on this. its still not finished, was waiting for a router bit, took 5 weeks to arrive and is the wrong size, so still waiting. without that i cant cut the t-mold groove, which means i cant put the final coat of paint on, so no artwork yet, but........

I have installed a 14" scart monitor, after de-casing, a 60-1 jamma board, psu, speaker, lighting tube, etc, and its all up and running. Except of course for the control panel, which is still being made by my friend in the metal shop.....

heres a couple of pics. (im not a photographer btw

 

[ataritoobin]

Wow, that's looking incredible. Nice work

!

 

[virtvic]

I love little cabs - especially dig dug (I'm getting a full size euro dig dug very soon)
Here is my weeny project that I just got around to (nearly) finishing recently.

I still need to hide the door hinges and redo the artwork - it's all been sun bleached from where it was in storage.

virtvic2012-01-19 21:23:35

 

[guddler]

Nice! - That's really cool. Those cabs are cool anyway

 

[the-hat]

wow - thats cool. what sort of size is it ? and what did you use for the screen ?

cheers,

 

[virtvic]

It's exactly half size of a Taito trimline.
http://www.taitotrimlineremake.blogspot.com/

It has a Playstation lcd screen in it.
It's got a 60 in 1 pcb in it and uses a vga to composite (yellow socket?) to convert the video

 

[the-hat]

ok, so i F*#$ed up big time

My router bit just arrived, and its years since i used one so thought i better try it on an offcut. successful cut first time , so check the t-mold fits........

i used 16mm ply, and the T-mold appears to be around 18mm ? so i have an overhang on both sides of the wood, damn it. can you get t-molding that is like 2mm smaller ? its gonna take a lot of painting to raise the wood by 2mm

 

[virtvic]

I think you can get 5/8" which is very close to 16mm, but you'll almost definitely have to get it from the US and A.

 

[the-hat]

T-molding.com here i come.....

so much for a xmas present, maybe for next year lol

 

[andyman]

Or glue a 2mm plywood veneer on top and trim

 

[the-hat]

Thanks for the suggestion Andy, but i think with the level of my woodworking skill that is going to be a disaster lol... ive ordered the t-molding so gotta wait for that now !

 

[strykr]

Cab looks great Hatster! Wish my old man had made me one of these back in day! I had to wait till 30 to get my first cab!