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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Ron on November 23, 2011, 11:57:01 PM

Title: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on November 23, 2011, 11:57:01 PM: Hi all

Inspired by scr33N and the king of kong i started to build my own blue dk cabinet.
During this project i made a blog of it.
If you are interested you can follow the build via this link: http://www.ronsblog.nl (http://www.ronsblog.nl)
It will become a repro of the original except for the coin door and the arcade monitor.
Mame will be running and beside that i create a jamma circuit for my other boards.
Hope you enjoy it.

A big thanks to scr33N for inspire me. :)
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on November 24, 2011, 09:53:43 AM: Looks good :spaceace:
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: gyruss on November 24, 2011, 10:16:05 AM: Nice work so far. You can use Ckongs paint code, it's almost perfect!

btw in what dining did you play donkey kong? And was it the original cabinet?
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Q*ris on November 24, 2011, 11:16:23 AM: Just: WOW!
Nice work so far and cool looking blog too.
Except for the lcd monitor part, I support you 100%!
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on November 24, 2011, 11:42:26 AM: Yes, i agree with chris..

but that HP in the bottom is cool though ! hehehe

what is it ? DC 7800, 7900 or 5800 ? ;D
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: gyruss on November 24, 2011, 11:49:08 AM: Why don't you put a tv inside?
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on November 24, 2011, 12:50:47 PM: Thanks guys,

@ettiene, it's a dc7900.
@gyruss, it was in the center of Delft where the dinning room (snackbar) had a crazy kong. The other one in Delft had a original red DK :D
@chrischris, i'm sure this will be changed in future ;), although it looks very nice it's not the original feeling.
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on November 30, 2011, 05:00:21 PM: Will update the blog very soon.
Little busy with other stuff right now.
The cab is almost finished :D
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on December 04, 2011, 07:47:14 PM: Blog is finished :)
Hope you enjoy it.
It was a nice project and very satisfying.
It's time to play now :pac: :D
Thank you all for inspiration and support.

http://www.ronsblog.nl (http://www.ronsblog.nl)
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Superully on December 04, 2011, 08:33:53 PM: looks great!!! :spaceace:

how did you paint it? roller?
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on December 04, 2011, 08:45:17 PM: Looks very good !

:spaceace: :spaceace:
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on December 04, 2011, 08:49:16 PM: Quote from: Superully on December 04, 2011, 08:33:53 PM
looks great!!! :spaceace:

how did you paint it? roller?

Yep.
(http://www.teamsomcom.nl/images/roller.jpg)
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Q*ris on December 05, 2011, 01:28:25 AM: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
and so fast!
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on December 05, 2011, 07:51:30 AM: Quote from: chrischris on December 05, 2011, 01:28:25 AM
:spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
and so fast!

Thanks all.

Yes, the build went pretty fast but preperation prior to this build took much time :wink:
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: zapposh on December 05, 2011, 08:49:38 AM: Very nice looking repro and the paint work looks fantastic.
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on December 07, 2011, 05:09:44 PM: Coin door on it's way :)
Build continues 8)
Verry happy.
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on December 13, 2011, 07:20:03 PM: Quote from: Ron on December 07, 2011, 05:09:44 PM
Coin door on it's way :)
Build continues 8)
Verry happy.

And he is in :)
Only coin mechs needed and then finalize the cab.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eu4lBXJcjSo/TueWoG2onwI/AAAAAAAAAD4/bOZji3q6DNw/s1024/coin-door.jpg)
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on December 13, 2011, 07:55:06 PM: Thatone looks pretty good, most of the time they are beat up
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on December 13, 2011, 08:34:18 PM: Yes, i'm a lucky bast..... ;)
Only need a new black layer of paint, that's all.
:)
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: zapposh on December 14, 2011, 08:10:32 AM: Fantastic shape.
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: level42 on December 14, 2011, 09:48:11 PM: Quote from: Etienne on December 13, 2011, 07:55:06 PM
Thatone looks pretty good, most of the time they are beat up

They usually are beat up because if you put your finger on it, there will be a dent in it. Crime in Japan was apparently nothing compared to the US and Europe since these coin -doors are flimsy as hell...

Congrats on finding that in that shape !
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on January 23, 2012, 12:14:36 AM: Thanks,

The blog will be updated soon.
Cab is almost finished.
:)
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on February 24, 2012, 01:57:26 PM: Added a new picture gallery to the site.
http://www.ronsblog.nl (http://www.ronsblog.nl)

:)

Will be updated with the new coin door.
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: scr33n on February 24, 2012, 02:20:51 PM: Looks great!!! Nice and clean job :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Title: Re: My donkey kong blue cab build.
Post by: Ron on February 24, 2012, 04:21:41 PM: Thanks, you inspered me big time ;)