New cab build, full size BG

[Wildman]

Time to up the game on my vpin. been building backglasses since 2013 and the only thing that I hated was the size of the  backglass, the 16:9 look on 32 in monitor.  It just looks funny next to my real pins. Im a 70s ,80s , 90s pin guy

so I decided to build a new pin with the correct size BG. and this is what I have so far it uses 42 in and 55 in monitors and it close as I can get it to the real thing.. I cant wait to finish it, lot of work to go ..

I will post pics when its done untill then heres a short vid of what it looks like right now..

 

[Schlabber34]

Nice!!! What is that, a 16:9 monitor stuffed in there in portrait position? I thought about doing that with the monitor sticking out the top of the backbox for a topper screen. But in portrait the monitor is so high, that you can't have a DMD area with speakers. Without speakers you can do DMD, translite and then topper on one monitor. But i'm an 80's kid, i need the speakers. Or two VPin cabs...............

[Curse]

Damn, that does indeed look awesome! Things to keep in mind when I finally build one.

[Wildman]

9 hours ago, Schlabber34 said:

Nice!!! What is that, a 16:9 monitor stuffed in there in portrait position? I thought about doing that with the monitor sticking out the top of the backbox for a topper screen. But in portrait the monitor is so high, that you can't have a DMD area with speakers. Without speakers you can do DMD, translite and then topper on one monitor. But i'm an 80's kid, i need the speakers. Or two VPin cabs...............

yeah 55in  in portrait.. I dont want toppers newer dmd like stern crap,,just BG and slim dmd.. I dont need to see speakers but when I do  i can use 2scr BG to see that... my main goal is to have it look like a real 70s 80s pin to match the real pins it sits next to 😉👍

[Schlabber34]

9 hours ago, Wildman said:

yeah 55in  in portrait.. I dont want toppers newer dmd like stern crap,,just BG and slim dmd.. I dont need to see speakers but when I do  i can use 2scr BG to see that... my main goal is to have it look like a real 70s 80s pin to match the real pins it sits next to 😉👍

Yeah, i got that. This is excellent stuff here. I try to make up my mind how my full size cab should look in the future. I'm also not too much into those modern Sterns, but i want to be able to play all 80's tables and maybe early 90's with the biggest possible BG. Especially for tables like Blackout, Elvira, High Speed aso. Tables like Diner already had a speaker panel and i also want to be able to play Medieval Madness or Cactus Canyon. I still don't know how to make this a all in one solution.

[Thalamus]

I went from a 60Hz 4k PF to a new 120Hz Oled. I might re-use that old PF monitor which is 53" wide, getting the BorgDog setup. But, currently, It's a regular 2k 60Hz where I've made two different templates. One for old backglasses set to 1.18:1 ratio and another one that just looks good. Admit though, yours looks better @Wildman - partly I guess, because of the virtual DMD. I still have my old real one and I'm torn between getting me a dedicated screen for virtual dmd or this 4k BorgDog solution turning the monitor 90 degree and just cover the unused areas.

[WaRcLaWz]

The full-sized illusion is outstanding. Looking good @Wildman!

[Wildman]

Just a quik update cab painted and starting the build...

[PLCJim]

What are you doing about the sound that would be coming from the backbox speakers.  That is something that I am puzzling about right now with having a two monitor setup like this.

[Wildman]

5 hours ago, PLCJim said:

What are you doing about the sound that would be coming from the backbox speakers.  That is something that I am puzzling about right now with having a two monitor setup like this.

right now im thinking a sound bar on top somthing like this and a subwoofer in the bottom... Im installing  SSF also..   still looking around for options

[Wildman]

These might be my choice with subwoofer

https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Outdoor-Speakers-Surface-Powersports/dp/B074CJ7G57/ref=asc_df_B074CJ7G57?mcid=0d22e893ca283cdba29337dbfeae426f&hvocijid=8590395983051076223-B074CJ7G57-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=730312820598&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8590395983051076223&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001644&hvtargid=pla-2281435178538&th=1

[PLCJim]

Clever, a nice manufactured enclosure.  Might be useful if you are playing White Water and you go overboard, too.

[Wildman]

So cab is finished just waiting for glass. heres some pics of it ...

 

 

 these are great for the gear motor sound, they are for kids toy cars and stuff. just cut apart and then its clean and flat, then you can mount it to the side of cab, even has the mounting holes and wow it is nice and loud. 

   

 

this it what it sounds like and another vid of the strobes i used for beacons, I like them cause there small and bright..https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fp9e4VEtrDU      and heres the strobes https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0XMlETMw8E

 

 

 

[Thalamus]

Hah ! Finally, a guy with the same cable management skills as me ❤️

Kidding - looks great mate !

[Animusan2]

I hope will post pictures of finished product with a video of some games ! Great job.

[KrakenByte]

Excellent and so impressive work here!!! 🤩

 

Only one little question about your buttons, which don't seem to be leaf switches, aren't they? What are they, then? I'm interested because I always spend time fixing my flippers' leafs, and it's a pain. Thanks in advance.

 

Anyway, awaiting more photos, crazy and amazing well done job!

 

Cheers!!!

[Thalamus]

@KrakenByte ??? Problems with the leafs ? I'm not a super fan of Noah. But, I admit that his https://virtuapin.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=40 is very good. I never had any issues with that set. Ages since I bought them now and never had to adjust. But, it MIGHT be that you need his flipper buttons as well ?! I bought these ages ago and never had to look for something else ... so, idk.

[Wildman]

11 hours ago, Thalamus said:

Hah ! Finally, a guy with the same cable management skills as me ❤️

Kidding - looks great mate !

I can only hide so much man lol, it works all I care about 🙃

[Wildman]

6 hours ago, KrakenByte said:

Excellent and so impressive work here!!! 🤩

 

Only one little question about your buttons, which don't seem to be leaf switches, aren't they? What are they, then? I'm interested because I always spend time fixing my flippers' leafs, and it's a pain. Thanks in advance.

 

Anyway, awaiting more photos, crazy and amazing well done job!

 

Cheers!!!

switches and most of the components come from here  https://www.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/pinball-parts   Highly recomended I love all his stuff, have had zero issues Phil knows his shit and his products are good quality. 

The buttons are RGB Leaf Buttons I like them no issues with them, I had real leaf on last cab and these are not bad at all ..https://www.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/pinball-parts/p/rgb-leaf-button

[Wildman]

7 hours ago, Animusan2 said:

I hope will post pictures of finished product with a video of some games ! Great job.

Just waiting for the glass then will post a vid 

[KrakenByte]

22 hours ago, Thalamus said:

@KrakenByte ??? Problems with the leafs ? I'm not a super fan of Noah. But, I admit that his https://virtuapin.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=40 is very good. I never had any issues with that set. Ages since I bought them now and never had to adjust. But, it MIGHT be that you need his flipper buttons as well ?! I bought these ages ago and never had to look for something else ... so, idk.

 

Thanks, @Thalamus. You're right, it's a good idea. In fact, I bought his buttons, exactly that item you said, a few years ago for upgrading another build I did (an old control panel with pinball buttons that initially was micro switched style), and I must say that it was a good product, but Noah only have them in two colors: red and white (I bought the red ones).

 

Finally, when I built the cabinet, it changed from "building it from scratch project" to a "restoration / conversion project" of a virtual pinball starting from an oldie machine TWILIGHT ZONE (Bally 1993, you know) and... which has YELLOW buttons. So, looking for high fidelity, I went to classic leaf switches, but they're a real pain because with crazy use come crazy adjustment maintenance times and I want to spend my spare time playing but not fixing things.

[KrakenByte]

18 hours ago, Wildman said:

switches and most of the components come from here  https://www.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/pinball-parts   Highly recomended I love all his stuff, have had zero issues Phil knows his shit and his products are good quality. 

The buttons are RGB Leaf Buttons I like them no issues with them, I had real leaf on last cab and these are not bad at all ..https://www.clevelandsoftwaredesign.com/pinball-parts/p/rgb-leaf-button

 

Thank you, @Wildman. That's a good advice too. I'm really curious about the highly acclaimed gold coated micro leaf switches, it seems that they're very famous and people said that you can have a great control with flipper buttons. I also found similar products near Europe like  https://www.ultimarc.com/arcade/buttons/goldleaf-pushbuttons/   , but I wonder if their performance worths it or not.

 

Maybe I'll give them a try!