Hi peeps, I've been heavily into MAME over the years, making a custom cab and trackball controller, heres a few images (well heres whats left that I've found lol!!!)
My original MAME marquee (can you tell I love SEGA?)
http://www.lazarus.org.uk/~subzero/mamecustom.jpg <--- the original JPEG for anyone that wants to use it.
The cabinet in construction phase:
A horrible photo of myself infront of the 'unfinished' cab:
My first bezel:
The plans for my trackball add-on:
Trackball parts:
The trackball casing was made of solid wood, myself and my dad cut it and built it (my dad has the tools-dads rool!)
The whole of it was covered in fablon before attaching the trackball parts:
The top was screwed onto place to make sure everything fitted together neatly:
Trackball was put into place:
The two buttons were added:
The optipac was wired up and the bottom was attached...final product:
Sadly both items are no more, the cabinet was dismantled and destroyed when I moved house, I sold the steering wheel and pc lightgun locally and sold the trackball on ebay...good memories though, and i still have the marquee....
Here is the cab where it used to sit - pride of place in the living room:
ooh ooh - i found a photo of me playing my favourite cab (this photo is at least 19 years old now!!!)
And just coz I love it:
And finally coz this topic deserves it:
