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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2008, 01:06:18 AM »
wow it has a very nice graphic.    
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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2008, 06:43:30 AM »
wow it has a very nice graphic.    
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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2008, 11:36:51 PM »
Back on this  ;)

Well, for some reason the old CRT I've putted inside that cockpit doesn't work anymore  :-[

Why did I put a CRT for emulating a vector game such Star Wars  :oops: ? Well I guess it was an easy solution at the time and I didn't think too much ... I was young  ::) ;D

I'm not able to find a true color vector monitor here in Europe... and it would be a miracle if I find one *working* & a working Star Wars board *working*  :roll: :ghost: ... I don't want to spend $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to import an 'untested' or 'maybe working for 1 hour' vector monitor + Star Wars 'maybe working' boards  :oops: I still keep an eye for that of course...

So I'll continue the emulation way... because I'm really using that cab for playing the game (in my all time top ten). This cockpit is not a collector item... it lives ... I want It play the game when I want  ;)
In addition some great progress has been done regarding the vector emulation  ;) Check this out : AAE.

I already tried this emulator with Asteroid and the result is *amazing*. I plan of course to test it with Star Wars, because that game is now  working in that emulator  ::) :P :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

So... let's remove that 15Khz CRT  :arrow:



and replace it by a 31Khz monitor, that will draw better vectors than the previous 15Khz  ;)


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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2008, 07:38:13 AM »
I have the boards, but I'm not sure how to test them without a vector monitor. Do you know?
I also have a full set of original manuals for the cockpit.

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2008, 05:24:34 PM »
I have the boards, but I'm not sure how to test them without a vector monitor. Do you know?

I'm sure 'Level 42' will have an answer to this  ;) He's the master of the Star Wars boards  8)  AndrĂ© please ?  ::)

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2008, 10:51:58 PM »
I have the boards, but I'm not sure how to test them without a vector monitor. Do you know?
I also have a full set of original manuals for the cockpit.
If you have an oscilloscope you can use that to see the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1zI8tmQ-T8

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2008, 08:17:40 PM »
It's time to replace the old & broken roof. Starting from this  :arrow:



The old Plexiglas roof (top part) and the new one :



The old & broken Plexiglas roof (back part) and the new one :



Bye bye  :D



And here's the cockpit with the ULTRA LIMITED new roof (top + back) repro ... made in Amsterdam Rotterdam  ::) ;). (Europe) ... only 2 set in the world !!! One for me, the other for Level42  8)







From the inside  :D  :arrow:



That black color on the Plexiglas is just wonderful  :) :-*



A general view  :arrow:



Next step... to repair all the water damages and the 'Dark Side' of this cockpit (the last picture shows the 'Light Side' of it... not as damaged than the other one).

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2008, 10:07:42 PM »
HAH, glad I see you got them installed OK !

They look pretty dark ! A bit darker then I had expected. (Not too dark I hope ?)

How did they fit ?
How do you like the bends ?

I do have to say you hurt my feelings a bit though:
They're definitely NOT from AMSTERdam but from ROTTERdam. I guess you don't care much, but me, being born in Rotterdam, having spend my entire youth there and still living close to it, Amsterdam is like the arch-enemy. It's just one of those things... :D
I don't like Amsterdam and that's mildly put..... I won't elaborate here but it just sucks :D

The only good thing I've ever found in Amsterdam was................my Star Wars Cockpit !!!! ;) :D

O well, it's not _that_ important of course ;) The important thing is that you hopefully are satisfied with it !

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2008, 09:13:11 PM »
They're definitely NOT from AMSTERdam but from ROTTERdam. I guess you don't care much, but me, being born in Rotterdam, having spend my entire youth there and still living close to it, Amsterdam is like the arch-enemy. It's just one of those things... :D
I don't like Amsterdam and that's mildly put..... I won't elaborate here but it just sucks :D
The only good thing I've ever found in Amsterdam was................my Star Wars Cockpit !!!! ;) :D

LOL. OK AndrĂ©, I can understand  ;D :P I've just corrected it  ;D

How did they fit ?
How do you like the bends ?

No problem at all. Perfect match for me  :)

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2008, 10:25:06 PM »
OK, let's bring the cockpit from the v1 into the V2, because I need space to work around it.

First mission, remove the remains of some part of scotch located at the base of this side  :arrow:



Let's do it with my usual product  :arrow:



It's working but... opss....   :oops: ...beware ... that product remove also the paint behind the scotch  :ghost:


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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2008, 12:55:05 AM »
Yikes....couldn't you "roll" the scotch residu off with a finger ? Hard work, but definitely the safest.
Or use a (new) sticker and very shortly stick it on the old scotch residues and pull of again immediately (with two hands) to get the sticker to "eat" the residu.

At least put something over that nice new carpet before you ruin it  ;D

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2008, 08:02:11 AM »
Yikes....couldn't you "roll" the scotch residu off with a finger ? Hard work, but definitely the safest.
Or use a (new) sticker and very shortly stick it on the old scotch residues and pull of again immediately (with two hands) to get the sticker to "eat" the residu.

Yes, I'll do a mix of that  ;)
I'm using a piece of unused  blue carpet under the cockpit in order to protect the carpet in place  8)

OK, regarding the water damages, a lot of work  :-[

Let's start with this corner + the base of the side  :arrow:



I apply 'PRIMER' for wood first.

Because there's too much space to fill, I'll apply a first layer of 'bondo' (wood filler) :



Next day, a second layer of bondo...



...and I finish by sanding it :





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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #27 on: December 17, 2008, 08:19:08 PM »
An other edge to repair... see  :-\  :arrow:



It requires few layers of 'bondo'  :arrow:



I don't have too much empty space in the lair, so I cannot put the cockpit lay down on one side  :? I've to work on that position... which is not easy  :oops: But it's ok  :P  :arrow:



Notice the piece of 'blue carpet' under the cockpit, in order to protect the original blue carpet from the V2  ::) 8)

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Re: Star Wars cockpit... operation back to life ^^
« Reply #28 on: December 30, 2008, 06:58:31 PM »
Let's start to paint on that side.

Usual protection  :arrow:



and the paint :



The second edge of that side... same work :





Before  :



After
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It better isn't it ?  :-* But I'm not happy with the blue color used  :? It doesn't match the original cockpit blue color. I'll see what I'll do for that...

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« Reply #29 on: December 31, 2008, 04:04:45 PM »
...and back on the other side... The one that supposed to be against the wall. This is why there are so many scratches  :-\

Ok similar work than previously. A lot of areas to fix  :-X ... here's some of them :









Let's fix the blue color on the edges...





...and now the black color :



Done  :arrow:



The worst thing on this side is ... Darth Vader... too damaged  :twisted: ... Ok let's try to fix 'him'  ;)

Let's use this set of colors :



Before :



After :



OK, not perfect but far better than previously isn't it ?  :P :-*