Scratcher's Sitdown Build

[Scratcher]

Hey guys,

I wanted to build an arcade machine for quite some time using Bigbox as the main Menu.

But I didn't have the tools to make a good arcade cabinet case.

Now I ordered a sitdown diy arcade flatpack (called "AE HYPER AIR32") from  Arcade Europe. It finally arrived yesterday and here is what I got:

Really great quality, no thin mdf, even on the backside. It came allready assembled (except for the round top and 2 doors that hide the shelves on the lower part of the machine)

and also is really heavy. Had to carry it up to the third floor. Glad my janitor helped me, but still I was done for the day after that ?

 

Tomorrow, I will start the painting process which will take quite a while, I just hope I don't mess up ?

Edited August 13, 2019 by Scratcher

[Mr. RetroLust]

That looks great man, cant wait to see the end result, really dig the game room as well.

[Scratcher]

Slowly getting everything primed while making the best of what little room I have on my balcony:

[Scratcher]

Finally done with priming, started painting with lacquer today

 

[Scratcher]

Slowly getting more and more close to the goal when it comes to painting (and yes, that is Bob Ross on the monitor ?)

Edited September 2, 2019 by Scratcher

[Mr. RetroLust]

7 minutes ago, Scratcher said:

Slowly getting more and more close to the goal when it comes to painting (and yes, that is Bob Ross on the monitor ?)

Bob Ross, the legend! Paintjob is looking good man!

[Scratcher]

Got lots of painting done today, now I will relax for the rest of the day

 

[Scratcher]

It is been a while, I am still not done with this build, but I have done more things with this cabinet:

First added my old 32 inch TV to the cabinet, and tried what a marquee monitor could look like (just as a test, for the final product I want to use either a way smaller screen as marquee or a projector)

I build a PC inside wich looks really messy right now since I have not done cable managment yet

For a sound system, I used a Logitech PC 2.1 system. I wanted to use a mini amp at first, but I always had major sound issues with the PC, so I decided to go with a regular PC sound system and it works great.

Then shortly after christmas the buttons, sticks and trackball arrived from Ultimarc. I choose to go with 2 MagSticks+ and classic Pushbuttons. The trackball is a regular white one.

This is how the cabinet looks right now, running Bigbox

[Visivopro]

On 5/9/2020 at 7:23 AM, Scratcher said:

It is been a while, I am still not done with this build, but I have done more things with this cabinet:

First added my old 32 inch TV to the cabinet, and tried what a marquee monitor could look like (just as a test, for the final product I want to use either a way smaller screen as marquee or a projector)

I build a PC inside wich looks really messy right now since I have not done cable managment yet

For a sound system, I used a Logitech PC 2.1 system. I wanted to use a mini amp at first, but I always had major sound issues with the PC, so I decided to go with a regular PC sound system and it works great.

Then shortly after christmas the buttons, sticks and trackball arrived from Ultimarc. I choose to go with 2 MagSticks+ and classic Pushbuttons. The trackball is a regular white one.

This is how the cabinet looks right now, running Bigbox

Looks really good! Nice Work!