Ok first of all, don't miss out the HUGE roadtrip done to bring back the cab' from UK to Belgium     



A must see !!!       

So the cab' is empty :

- No XY (vector) monitor
- No PCB
- No power supply

This game is one of my all time favorite games , and each time I'm playing on my mame cab, I play Star Wars with the trackball...

Now, I've got the real arcade cab' and I really want to play Star Wars with the flight yoke, inside the cockpit.

I know XY vector monitors are quite rare to found nowdays, especially outside the States    Same problem for a working pcb 

So I'm starting the quest for xy monitor & pcb but I'll put a raster monitor, and emulates the PCB with mame  :idea: , as I said, I don't want to wait severals month to have true XY monitor + pcb and watch an unplayable arcade game like Star Wars   

I'm lucky    Yesterday I've found this :



   25" tv, second hand of course, for only 60€ 

Ok, I'm removing all the useless parts 



...really lucky    This TV model includes all the pot' needed to set the picture size, like a true arcade monitor 



... frightening isn't it     



Yes, I've to cut the sides, or it won't fit ...



Ok, now the size is ok 



Here's the 'monster' open :



...the bezel.. I've to clean it 



Hey, by the way, I didn't test the TV        Let's see if it's working  :
Well, I'm sure the seller won't get back that 'half' of tv now 

Let's plug a game cube, and of course Rogue Squadron     



   OK, the TV is fine    Let's see how to fix the TV inside the cab...

Ok, let's remove the monitor and see how the flight yoke is fixed...



It's easy... only few screws



...exactly two from the back, and three more in the front... I remove the yoke  in order to clean it, and prepare the 'hack'    

...removing the marquee :



Two speakers... behind the player head, inside the cockpit :



... and two others speakers under the seat :



Opppss... a lot of dust...

Let's clean up a bit...  

... and now... this game is now rising again      








Stay tuned for a video of the game... played      

2 years and half later... back on this 

I really love my Star Wars cockpit, fully playable and very fun to play... but now I would like to start the aesthetic restoration. As you will see, there is still a lot of work to do on this one 

The plexiglass roof of the cockpit is broken, see 



Opps... sorry for the dust on pictures 

OK, now let's see how to remove it.

Three screws on the top...



...now removed :



2 x 2 more screws here :



Three screws on that metal plate, on the marquee...



...and 3 screws under the marquee :



After removing the marquee :



A first screw here :



...and the second one :



...and this is it. Now I can easily remove the roof :



The damages  :





It shouldn't be a a difficult job for a plexiglass specialist : cutting a sheet of plexiglass and bend it proper... it just need the right tools to do it.

You can do this yourself. Just make sure you can get hold of Polycarbonate (with the right color - mostly this color is called PC Smoke). PC can be bend cold (you do not have to heatup).
With PMMA (Acryl) you have to heatup the plate otherwise it will break.

Visually there is no difference between Polycarbonate and PMMA ... so choose PC. It's also very cheap and can be bought everywhere (Gamma, Brico, ....)

YYYYYYYYYEEESSS 


Thanks to Level42 

There'll be a new top plexi on the cab ... very soon

Sneak Preview :





All the story of this by André, right here 

Aghhhh... I can't wait to have it 

Can't wait to see the new perspex on this.......shame about the water damage.