Battlezone help needed!

[shrunkenmaster]

Hello all,
Not really posted here before, but I've been over at the BYOAC forum for a few years now.

I'm looking to scratch-build a Battlezone and could do with some measurement help. Can anyone here please provide any dimensions?
Also looking for the cardboard bezel if anyone has a spare!

[Luigi]

Doing some measuring should not be the problem....that card board WILL be a problem.

I can do the measuring when I'm back in our gameroom.

Meanwhile you might want to take a look at Google Sketchup and Gozers's Battlezone model.

Sketchup is free and you can get any measure you need yourself.

I will do the measuring, this is just a little hint

[Superully]

why scratch-build when you can have the real deal? i have a cabinet for sale - contact me when interested ...

[shrunkenmaster]

Thanks in advance Luigi, I have Sketchup and the model now. I take it Gozer's dimensions are pretty accurate?

Thanks too, Superully, but I have parts for this already! However if you want to drive it over to England for me then maybe

[Alpha1]

Shipping is normally around £150 from Germany to the UK

[shrunkenmaster]

Shipping is normally around £150 from Germany to the UK

For a whole machine?! Wow, now I must get on the German eBay! What company does shipping for this price?!

[Luigi]

Gozer's models are very accurate (usually). I have measured the edges in your photo and will compare them to the real cab.

BUT if I were building a Battlezone from scratch, I would use the model to get all the measures. It looks very good and you can be sure to get each and every single measure you need from the model. Who cares if the original differs a few millimeters here and there if everything fits together

Or buy Ully's Battlezone

[shrunkenmaster]

Thanks Luigi, I agree a couple of mm is no big deal!

I am banned from making a start on the construction until our house is sold and we've moved.
My wife has spent ages making everything look nice and knows what carnage I bring when the power tools come out!

Thanks to everyone here for being so super-friendly, I look forward to hassling you all some more at a later date 

[Alpha1]

I'd just buy an original one. You'll need a vector monitor unless you plan to MAME.

Infact I have a vector monitor for it if you are interested - i'm based in the UK.

[shrunkenmaster]

I'd just buy an original one. You'll need a vector monitor unless you plan to MAME.
Infact I have a vector monitor for it if you are interested - i'm based in the UK.

Thanks for the offer, but I am going with MAME for this. I've got a raster setup in my Star Wars cab and it looks great, though obviously not as good as a proper vector.
Plus building stuff myself is as much fun for me as playing the games.

[Alpha1]

Do you make the mini ones?

[level42]

I'd just buy an original one. You'll need a vector monitor unless you plan to MAME.
Infact I have a vector monitor for it if you are interested - i'm based in the UK.

.....I've got a raster setup in my Star Wars cab and it looks great

LOL !!! Good one !!!

[shrunkenmaster]

Do you make the mini ones?

Yep...

[Alpha1]

yeah makes sense - I saw you over on KLOV as Mex.

There's uk forums too.

ukvac.com and also jamma+

[Luigi]

I've done the measuring this afternoon. Some of Gozer's measures are very close to reality, others aren't  
I will upload your picture with the measures I found out, but...

To be honest: building a Battlezone on your own is a very silly idea. It won't look good if you don't have that plastic bezel, for example. I stood in front of it and tried to imagine how it would look without that.....I couldn't. Plus this cab has lots of details.....did you recognize that the upper edges on the sides are lower in the front than they are in the back? (Sorry, I think I don't find the correct words)

This will be a hell to build and I repeat my suggestion: use Gozer's Sketchup-model if you really want to do this!! You will need lots of additional measuring...


my2cts



PS: What's the size of these cabs you built?