Pong TV game - A Scratch build Scale project

[Etienne MacGyver]

Time to do some cleaning up in the shed, let's start to salvage some parts that i want to use and throw out the rest..




After cleaning, i started on the backdoor, lets see if i can mount the lock in the center..




Its very very close to the neck of the tv (as expected) so i decided to place it out of the center..




And like Ully always says, a cabinet is not finished without a keychain  




This is how it looks after drilling and mounting.



As you can see , i got much more space in this position, no risk on damaging the CRT..




Moving on with the backdoor, masked everything so i can spray the edges.




I love fast drying paint ..  




Same for the cabinet, masking ready..




And black it is  




I finished the back by applying the decals, an overview..




A piece of wood is needed to make the lock fit tight, a small piece of a "roerhoutje" will do fine  




Detail shot of the serialplate, scaled ofcourse..  




The lock in place with keychain..




And the power sticker..
I never knew they made pong's in Holland  



And for the last action of today i needed to borrow some yellow from my wife's painting kit..




Ladies and gentlemen, meet Bob Etienne Ross  




And first layer done  




Again, almost there..
Updated things to do:

Backdoor latch and key
(T)moulding
painting the inside of the bezelwindow yellow for the 2e time
paint the upper and lower back in black
Attach the Alu serial sticker on the back
fix the glass to the bezel
cardboard inner bezel
Mount Speaker
Mount top lid

[level42]

Haha, you're a great guy Etienne, but you will -never- be a Bob Ross.

Bob was serenity itself.....calmly talking, whenever I caught him late night on some weird channel I felt relaxed within 20 seconds of listening to his voice.

You are totally the opposite my friend, 1000% energy that needs to be channeled somewhere 

Don't get me wrong both are totally OK to me

[Etienne MacGyver]

Painted the yellow part for the second time, and glued the glass in place after that with the hot glue gun.




A little extra glue on the bottom of the glass will not hurt  




For the rest i did some detail work that nobody cares about   , but i will document it anyway..
Remember the salvaged parts from the TV?
Removed the serial / brand sticker from the back, and all the glue was on the plastic side so that left me with a sticker which was actually not a sticker anymore.
So lets take some double sided tape, and make this a "sticker" again  




On the double sided tape..




Cut it out....



And then we have a nice sticker for future refference..  




Next up; the old power inlet..




And not to forget the back side of the tv, so that after a few years we can still tell what potmeter is what  




Updated things to do list:

Backdoor latch and key
painting the inside of the bezelwindow yellow for the 2e time
paint the upper and lower back in black
Attach the Alu serial sticker on the back
fix the glass to the bezel
(T)moulding
cardboard inner bezel
Mount Speaker
Mount top lid

[Etienne MacGyver]

Yesterday i picked up a "Backup Plan"  

Its a bit smaller, but at least we can play pong if the other dies during Eurocade  

same label, only no AV input, and its 5,5" instead of 7"

But the price was ok.....   2€  



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[Etienne MacGyver]

Mounted the speaker today, at first i wanted to mount it above the monitor in the part where the cardboard bezel wil come, but then i realised that when the top lid is installed, and there is glass in front of the monitor, the audio will be dimmed, so i hope that this position in front of the coinslot will be a solution for this.




Time to worry about the T moulding, so i decides to make a test piece..




Glued with the iron..




And after cutting with the tool described earlier...

Hmm its good that its a test piece! , damage to the vinyl... 






Lets see how to prevent that from happening on the real deal..
some masking tape should do the trick.. 




Carefully removing the tape...




Looks alot more promissing..




The instructions of the strip says to use sandpaper after cutting, i tried that, and the glue residue as seen in the pic above is almost totally gone, so i decided that this was enough practising, and continued with the cabinet..




And again the strip is glued into place with the iron.. 




The corner on the other side needs a little more attention, because the corner is a bit too tight, which gave a problem with cutting..




Anyway, masking tape ready, and time to trim the edges..




I did trim one side, and in the curve that i was talking about, during the cutting, a chip broke out 

ah well, now it has a more authentic look, with a little damage 

More later..

[ckong]

I hope that you had time today to enjoy survive the very beautiful hot weather

[level42]

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I really love the first iMac look of that little Lenco !!
 

[Etienne MacGyver]

I hope that you had time today to enjoy survive the very beautiful hot weather

I needed to jump in the pool from time to time to cool down indeed 

So i survived 

[ckong]

Corrected.

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I really love the Lenco look of the first iMac !!
 

[level42]

Nope...the iMac was first....

[Etienne MacGyver]

Time to do finish this..
Lets start with the cardboard bezel..




Right angle..   




Taped both sides in place.. 




And after cleaning the glass and the monitor for the last time, i closed it up.




And after mounting the toplid, everything is done ! (including me  )









I am Ready for Eurocade... 

Youtube slideshow video in production, so will post that link later.

Thanks all for your support ! 

[ckong]

Glad the built is over, this topic was getting too picture heavy.   

No, serious, it's a masterpiece and I hope that it will be in use at many Eurocade's still to come. This baby is not leaving us. 

[spider_man]

WOW!!!!

[Etienne MacGyver]

And as promissed, the slideshow video

http://youtu.be/YRWhe6EHFZk

Sit back, relax and enjoy the music and pictures.

[Gerry]

It's looking great!

Glad the built is over, this topic was getting too picture heavy.

There can never be too much pictures  .