Lethal Weapon 3
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Quoted from Pondwater:it just looks terrible. It could be much better
I'm remembering what you mean from when I owned it a couple years ago.. It has that exaggerated slant on the right, and that weird bend in front
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Here's my first crack at it.. I have no dimensions to work off of so I'm estimating. Maybe the giant flasher cover should go away entirely and I can simply embed the "multiball ready" text into the building and it can light up?
Quoted from Pondwater:Would it be possible to remove the flasher altogether? What about cutting out the windows, placing frosted plastic behind them and then back lighting them like the sides of WWF Royal rumble
Quoted from toyotaboy:Maybe the giant flasher cover should go away entirely and I can simply embed the "multiball ready" text into the building and it can light up?
This is exactly what I would rather do.. not unlike the iron man mod I did:
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Did a test print, split it at the corner. Printed the left half vertically, printed the right half sitting face down. The left side is brittle so I'm going to print it like the right side. Going to print the mounting brackets separately so they're replaceable. Going to include the 4 bulb holders, but the buyer is going to have to transfer the wiring harness and lightboard.
I eliminated every other row of windows because I'm afraid there won't be enough strength, or room to mount things on the inside. Also rather than embed the "multiball ready" into the print, I'm going to print a separate sign with a transparent label so it looks like a lit sign.
Quoted from rollbrettfreund:Though, why not making a PCB for the 3 lamps(Victory, looping and double jackpot) and hide them as well behind a window?
I'm not a pcb designer
Quoted from rollbrettfreund:For the 2 flash lamps I used two LED strips with 3 LED each instead of the flasher bulbs and I just stuck them into the house. Works pretty well
That's ok until the strip goes dead, or a user decides they want a different color. I'm sticking with sockets
Quoted from rollbrettfreund:why not get rid of all that ugly rivets and replace the bulbs?
The 3 bulbs above the ramp? most people still like seeing bulbs, and I'm trying to make this as close of a swap-over while making improvements
Quoted from rollbrettfreund:Maybe you can also design in stable plastic holders instead of riveting the original brackets at the bottom?
The 3d printed brackets which I'm going to attach with screws. However if you prefer metal, you can transfer the original brackets over. I cannot embed hole mounts into the wall of the 3d print because of the orientation it has to print, nor would I want to (in case it breaks).
Making progress on the model, going to be 3d printing a new building overnight, hoping to have pics tomorrow.
Nowhere near done but making progress. I made a wall between the two pieces and hot glued them while clamping, it's a very strong joint for one solid piece. Painted the outside, painted each window sill black, 3d printed windows which works great because the printer lines create a nice fresnel lens to distill the light. I have some orange LED flashers and it's going to look crazy good when it's installed. The multiball sign will be closed off so no light leaks, and it also looks great. Here's a video (looks better in person, video makes it look washed out):
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I also still intend on building a rooftop out of PETG and some 3d printed blocks for the outer trim.
Got the roof installed, transferred the 3 bulb board, installed the mounting brackets.. didn't like how the painted doors looked so I 3d printed separate doors and painted those. Other than de-soldering the existing bulb sockets to transfer over the connector this is done.
Quoted from Hawk007:I would like one if/when they go into production. I am glad you kept the multiball ready instead of triball ready.
First one is sold to the op.. Finalizing one last detail to hide the screws. The price is going to be $80, and that includes:
completely painted building with roof and clear windows glued in
2 new bulb sockets, 2 new flasher sockets
LED bulbs in all sockets
Mounting brackets
I'm not including is the 3 led pcb, the clear inside wall, the wiring harness. You will have to transfer this over yourself, but since I'm keeping the same positions of everything it will be very easy and straight forward to transfer it over.
Quoted from redundor:My only complaint would have to be the black font over the fire. I am not a graphic designer, but I think it should stand out a bit more
Can't argue that. Things need to be readable from the player's view. I took another explosion, and made sure any area around the text was the same center yellow color:
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