Sega Mini Cab Conversions

[gargoyle67]

Yeah Joe I remember that nice little cab, Can't wait to see frans either

[FrancoB]

It will be great to this these cabs finished off as you've put so much into them already....methinks these may end up being the prettiest "mini cabs" out there.
Miss my project cabs ...the little DigDug took 4 months from start to finish and that was easy compared to some of the machining your doing for these franco!!

Hope to see these badboys finished soon!!

Cheers Joe! I really want to see them finished too. If they are anything like what I have in my mind then they should be pretty cool

Have you got pics of your DigDug? I would love to see.

I really need to get mine finished too. all the artwork is done. I just need to print it

Yes, get it printed and done! Where are you having yours printed by the way?

Well, 2014 definitely is going to be year of the minis.

Franny! I'm back in action...the last little while has been rough on my schedule, but I was able to dump a bunch of responsibilities off, so I'll be dedicating time to your artwork now. My apologies for the delay, pesky life got in the way...

Brydood!

Cool man! No worries with the delay, it's not like I've been anywhere near needing it yet. I hope the responsibilities you're dumping are not too important!

Can't wait to see frans either

[joeblade]

Old Pic Franco....now resides at work with me instead of home!!

[anx10us]

Old Pic Franco....now resides at work with me instead of home!!

Love it, I know we have discussed this, but how awesome would a line up of these look ? Asteroids, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Defender, Galaxian etc

[joeblade]

cheers mate...that would look awesome!

almost as awesome as franco's finished and connected together for some 2ply shizzle!!

[FrancoB]

That looks great Joe, supacute!

Is the monitor rotateable? Just wondering about the six buttons with the vertical monitor

[joeblade]

That looks great Joe, supacute!

Is the monitor rotateable? Just wondering about the six buttons with the vertical monitor

thanks franco.....yep rotateable fo sho...!! the perspex monitor bezel lifts out and you can then "tate" the monitor and rotate the bezel...

[FrancoB]

Ah, most awesome! So it's the original mini rotator! I doth my cap to thee

What monitor have you got in there?

I do miss working with wood I might have to build something similar one day.

First things first though

[joeblade]

What monitor have you got in there?

Actually just a bog standard crt mate...but it does the job....

Im a Big fan of Wood too!!

[Spectre]

[FrancoB]

Go yourself!

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But yeah yeah, I know

I just can't seem to say no to my fellow dudelbros Currently making mini plastics for two others cabs but not for my own

I have got a jig made to make some stainless CPs though and I've got some programs sorted for them and the IO panels etc. Hoping to squeeze them onto the machine when things calm down at work.

Well, 2014 definitely is going to be year of the minis.

I still have time..........maybe

[cools]

when things calm down at home.

Fixed

[MAthku]

Sega one looks good if a little too big, I'd have a strip like the Ergret 2 type of thing, but hay that's just the goyals taste

Sega one looks good if a little too big, I'd have a strip like the Ergret 2 type of thing, but hay that's just the goyals taste

Agree with this whole heartedly, I think that "Micro City" flows a little bit better, that being said I think the blast would probably be your friend regarding design characteristics rather than the Astro simply for modern(er) aesthetics.
Striped side panels, albeit somewhat wider than traditional candy proportionally, say, around 4"? And by striped I mean a vertical stripe down the side of the cab following the curvature of the body , not go faster or pin stripe, think capcom impress. A full panel is too much aesthetically unless, like the capcomini it covers the ENTIRE side of the cab.

Thanks for the input guys.

I'm not sure how well a wide stripe would look on it's own. I think it works well on the E2 as its aligned to the angle of the monitor which is at a fair angle from the vertical. As the front on these Sega cabs are near vertical there isn't really much of an angle at all.

I'm not really a fan of the Blast City artwork, it's a bit 'hippy gone mad with a paint brush' for me. I would prefer something more basic and clean and so it's the Aero City (not Astro City) styling that I would like to base it on. I'd like to stick to a fairly simple blue/white/black palette and do something along the lines of this but maybe with a bit of a modern twist.



As for the name, I like like Mini City due to the assonance although Micro City does sound good too due to it ending in 'O' like the Astro/Aero. I think it's more Mini sized rather than Micro however.

This is gonna go way beyond awesome.

Looks thoroughly splendid

Lovely work.

Thanks meng

I guess I should start thinking up some ideas for the CP/Bezel/etc. arts eh?

I'll shoot you a PM Sir and we can start getting some ideas together. Thanks again for your help

Hi what is the funtion od the button under the coin slot?

[FrancoB]

I have got a jig made to make some stainless CPs though and I've got some programs sorted for them and the IO panels etc. Hoping to squeeze them onto the machine when things calm down at work.

Well, 2014 definitely is going to be year of the minis.

I still have time..........maybe

2015 it is then.....hopefully

The biggest thing holding me back has been getting the CPs and IO/service panels made. I was intending to get them made at work but since we moved to the new site things have been uber busy. The management has also changed now and there is no chance of getting personal projects on the machines. It's like they expect us to work or something

Since I can't get them made at work I'm going to have to get them made elsewhere. The CPs I'm going to get laser cut (see here) and I'm going to cut the IO/service panels by hand at home. It's these parts that have been holding me back as I can do too much more before I sort the cab wiring out.

CPs should be being ordered shortly and I've just ordered the aluminum for the service panels so I should be able to get on with them soon.

Feels good to be back in business

[geotrig]

[n3o2o1o]

Go for a Versus city look ^^

[FrancoB]

I have got a jig made to make some stainless CPs though and I've got some programs sorted for them and the IO panels etc. Hoping to squeeze them onto the machine when things calm down at work.

Well, 2014 definitely is going to be year of the minis.

I still have time..........maybe

2015 it is then.....hopefully

The biggest thing holding me back has been getting the CPs and IO/service panels made. I was intending to get them made at work but since we moved to the new site things have been uber busy. The management has also changed now and there is no chance of getting personal projects on the machines. It's like they expect us to work or something

Since I can't get them made at work I'm going to have to get them made elsewhere. The CPs I'm going to get laser cut (see here) and I'm going to cut the IO/service panels by hand at home. It's these parts that have been holding me back as I can do too much more before I sort the cab wiring out.

CPs should be being ordered shortly and I've just ordered the aluminum for the service panels so I should be able to get on with them soon.

Feels good to be back in business

2015 my pert hairy buttocks

I've had a few things change in the last few years and I had put these on the permanent back burner. They've been sat clean and dry in my games room waiting to be worked on again and I'm happy to say I've just recently dusted them down and got back on it

I've also had a few upsets with the project in the last few years which further stopped be from working on them but they've all been resolved now and I can crack on

All my photos, like thousands of other peoples, were hosted on Photobucket and they no longer show up after they stopped 3rd party hosting on free accounts. I had started to move away from **** anyway as it was a bit of a **** service and so there was no way I was going to pay for a premium account. Since then I managed to download all of my Photobucket albums in one go ( using [this] Chrome plugin ) and I've just trawled back through the thread and updated all of the IMG links. That was fun

I've got a load of other threads to update photos when I find them. I dread to think how much information on the internet has been lost due to Photobuckets dick move.

Anyway, its nice to be working on some projects again. I'll get some new photos up once I have something to show

[TheRedKnight]

Can't wait to see the progress!

[Flinnster]

Appreciate the pics working again, and can't wait to see that vertical one finished for proper!
I was just about to start a design for top marquee plastics too (inspired by yours), having just done a group order on monitor bezels
Nice to have you back sir!

[Flinnster]

Might need to chat sometime about those service panel plans also