[Scratch build] Zaccaria Piggybank - Let the cash flow in !

[Superully]

no, just to give you an example:

the scenes with the hobbits and the humans / elves were filmed with one actor in the foreground and one actor in the background, thus making the background actor appear to be much smaller. it's called forced perspective and with it you can do stuff like this



in theory, you should be able to have your little helper play your piggybank as if it were a full upright cabinet! in theory

[Etienne MacGyver]

I get it.

I'll see what i can do, he is 99% like me, and if there is one thing that i cannot do is "sitting still" (as you might have noticed) 

[Etienne MacGyver]

How are we going to fixate the marquee  

Yes ofcourse, like in reality; a marquee retainer  
I found some piece of metal strip from an old refrigirator...




Lets see if i can "Mac gyver" something out of that..  




First i cut the strip off with scissors..




and then its time to grind and file..  




And there it is; one marquee retainer..  




I glued also the inner part arts of the monitor area and the backdoor cover..




Almost finished!
I just need to install the electronics, and glue the rest together..
the speech module is delivered, and the sample that i lost with the other unit is recreated.

Later more guys!

[2-mad]

After finishing the cab you need to put a "Barbie" or a "Ken" in front of so your Die-Cast will be perfect !

[Zorg]

first let me say congrats on the job you've done.

Again a little update..

After removing the clamps from the supports, its time to clean the "gluebrew" 

let me share a tip about removing extra glue there's an easiest method, and really cheap one.
while the glue is still fresh and liquid, use a simple plastic straw (any local fast food can provide you more than you need for a whole life)
cut the straw as it collect the glue

as pics are self explanatory:

[Etienne MacGyver]

Thanks Eric ! That is a good tip.
but this "brew glue" came out during the drying, and i was not there watching it dry  

its like it starts to brew after one hour or something like that

[level42]

Hey Zorg.......we're going to miss you at Eurocade !!!!

[Etienne MacGyver]

Did just a little update, since my schedule was pretty busy today.
I re-installed the lock in the backdoor, and made a label for the key.
Also i fixated the joystick, but in a way so you can still move the joystick.. 




Hey zacc , How's it Hanging dude !   
After i drilled the last holes for the cables and the speaker, i glued the speech unit in the bottom..




Here you can see the hole in the bottom where the audio sample will come from..



Thats it for today, as always.. later more 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Time to finish this project..
The electric installation is comming up.
Since i don't want to have a bunch of wires loose inside i installed (just like in the real zacc) some cable duct.. 




Same story for the bottom of the cab, since there will fall a lot of coins there i need to protect the speechunit, and in the same time the bottom is a battery compartiment for the batterypacks, so i made a "Double Bottom" 




Lets test if it fits ..




Wiring time !
aaagghhhh    disaster strikes, one of te marquee leds did not lit, and after investigating, one of the legs broke off 
Just in time, i ran to the store, (closes at 21:00 and it was 20:45..) an bought a new lampunit..
i left the middle led in place which is in the same time the mount fro the pcb, and re soldered everything.
one profit, it looks much more neat than before... 




Battery packs and all wires in place... 




Time to install the double bottom..




And here the results.. 




The back..




and in the dark with the the lights on 




youtube video soon ..

i will bring it to eurocade as the official donations piggybank..

[kroustibat]

look great etienne

[Superully]

amazing!!! how's the gameplay?

[Etienne MacGyver]

Thanks 

I believe it has 6 different patterns on the playfield   

Just press the buttons tomorow 

[solidsnake]

that thing looks awesome,i want one too

[Muerto]

Excellent looking! And great way to christen it!!!

[Etienne MacGyver]

no, just to give you an example:

the scenes with the hobbits and the humans / elves were filmed with one actor in the foreground and one actor in the background, thus making the background actor appear to be much smaller. it's called forced perspective and with it you can do stuff like this



in theory, you should be able to have your little helper play your piggybank as if it were a full upright cabinet! in theory

I tried to make that shot, but in the hurry to get it on time to Eurocade, i positioned them the other way around  
so the cab should have been in the front, and xander in the back...

anyway, here are the pictures :







By the way, Big Thanks to all of you for your support and nice comments about this creation !  

Working on a video as we speak, so i will upload that later..

The crew of Eurocade already knew that i was going to donate this piggybank, but maybe other people don't, so

I have donated the piggybank to the only true zaccaria collector that was attending Eurocade, so its not in my possesion anymore..

I will however build something else someday in the future, so there will be another report.

It was fun to create, and to see the results and nice comments at eurocade .

Again , Thank you All !

EDIT:

Video Available:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDz2KaucxyA