Quoted from AtTheArcade:Wow! That is an incredible gameroom!
I have a Ghostbusters themed arcade and I've been thinking for years about eventually adding some giant piece of equipment like you have to the left of your bar. Something with lots of lights, knobs, buttons, etc. I figured it would fit the whole crazy tech themes inside of Ghostbusters. Where did you stumble on some of that stuff if you don't mind me asking? I found some neat stuff on eBay years ago but the last few times I've tried searching I've come up dry. I'm not even sure what to type in the search box to get equipment like that.
Thanks! We had a lot of fun putting it together.
I have a large industrial fuse box with the big red throw switch that I'm going to incorporate onto the wall....somehow...
We live near a college, my dad found that 50 year old rack at the Property Disposition building where they sell all the old desks, lab equipment, chairs, everything. I see you're in Charleston, the college there must have a similar setup. That was pure luck, to be honest, but you could build a "rack" from plywood and make it look like rusted metal, there are instructables online and it looks incredibly realistic.
The actual electronic things in the rack and on the wall I've picked up over the years at estate and yard sales, from the trash bin at work, scouring recycle yards for gauges and buttons and things (I've been wanting to do this a LONG time). I wired leds into some, and bought a couple blinking circuits online and wired them up. You can use a string of xmas lights too.
You could trash pick some old switches/buttons/gauges and custom make something too. Again, online sci-fi prop instructables can help get the look you want.
I actually have some leftover things similar to the ones mounted on the wall, I didn't want it to get too crowded but can't bring myself to toss them out.....
Belleville, MI
