Bracket and screws.. We have 6 left

Does anyone have the deminsions for the wwf royal rumble left Banzi ramp? I am working with a manufacturing company that may be able to reproduce the ramp with stainless steel. I can't find any deminsions online anywhere. Please help. Thanks

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This is great stuff! I always wonder why they went with a plastic ramp in the first place. TFTC had all metal ramps.

The final size is 19.389 x 11.139. I haven't given the bracket much thought yet, I was hoping someone would give me the dimesions of the existing holes on the game.

I will get you those dementions asap

HAHA, Those are my pictures from my restoration last year. I asked a fabricator about a stainless steel ramp once before but they said it would be expensive to make. A stainless ramp would be awesome. I can remove my ramp, make some tracings and measuresments of it if that would help get this done.

If Dan doesn't get them by the morning I'll get them for you when I get home.

Where are we on the count currently?

Half sold.. still need 8 more people. The material for this is sooo expensive I really need to have 16 sold before I order it.

What ROM are you guys on? I just noticed that mine is on 1.03; is that the latest?

1.06 is the latest I believe

Well...

...I'm out of the club for now. I traded my WWFRR+cash for a Metallica pro. I'm going to miss it. Fun game, great theme, it's on the top of my list to own again.

Do you know what the differences are on the two Rom's? I can't find any ROM update notes.

I'm also interested in the differences between 1.03 and 1.06. Any info on this?

I looked but never found any info on the revisions.

Just hold out for 1.07, it will be released soon. I believe it removes all references to Hulk Hogan

I recently did the upgrade from 1.03 to 1.06. Played about 20 games and haven't noticed any gameplay changes at all. I think one of the attract screens may be different, but I'm not by the machine right now to check.

Ok so 3 holes are on top of Royal Rumble. 2 for the middle of the belt and 1 for the end of the belt touching the top. These measurements are the holes that the factory pre drilled. If you want the pre drilled holes on the belt I can measure them too. The holes are in a pattern like this

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The 2 holes closest to each other in the middle are 2 7/8" away from each other the next hole is 7 1/8" away from the middle hole. And if you need it the far right hole is 6 1/8" from the edge of the back box.

Hope this makes sense.

Yes it does.. good drawing. Do you know if it was one piece bracket or 2 piece?

Yes this would help. I have a company I am dealing with locally that can do it for me. Once I give them the measurements then he can give me the price making this ramp.

In all honestly I don't have a bracket nor do I think there is one. The holes in the back box line up with the holes in the belt so I think it's just 3 screws that hold the topper on. This is just my guess I have nothing that says for sure. The manual doesn't say anything about it either.

Got it.. I will make a test bracket for the prototype and send off to dannunz for testing first ,and with some luck get it right first time. We are still short on pre orders so I haven't ordered the material yet.

I will be happily awaiting it.

Bump...for excellent WWF Topper that Laseriffic is working on. If any are interested, please let Laseriffic know. We are needing 16 commitments to get a run on this.

Maybe making a new topic just for the topper will get the remaining people to sign up? Some may have a Royal Rumble but not actively check the members thread.

Good idea. I'll leave that up to Laseriffic or Dannunz.

I'll do it in a few days. The material ships out tomorrow, I went ahead and ordered it even though we don't have 16 yet.

They will sell! Game is a keeper in my mind.

Still looking for a middle ramp mode start plastic or at least a scan.

K, thanks for the info.

The material has arrived and I have begun the etching part today. As for the bracket here is my thought.. I will make a large bracket and have it ready to be attached. You will be able to mount the bracket first then decide if you want to attach the topper tilted it or keep it straight, your call. Once you have it position the way you like it you'll be able to remove it with the bracket in place and firmly mount the bracket to the topper. The holes in the bracket should line up with the first 2 holes in the drawing Phillymadison drew in a post above. We do still have some left and will be sending out confirmation emails this week to those that have already expressed interest.

Thanks
Joe

Great news! Thanks for the update. We appreciate your hard work and turning this into a reality for us WWF owners who don't have the original topper.

I am sure I could do it but I have to say that I am really having a difficult time with these right now. My technique for removing the mask is just not cooperating. I have already ruined one and that is not good. I stepped away from it for a bit until I can figure out how to remove the mask safely.
What size were you looking for? My email is [email protected]

Some masking you can spray water on to dissolve an loosen it up or you can try
a strong duct tape wrapped around your hand. Tapping the mask to grab and remove it?

I use windex, it dilutes the glue. The issue is that the paint that gets on the mask is spreading into the etched non painted areas. I am going to have another go at it. As soon as I get this done they are ready to go the rest is complete.

Any luck on this since you walked away?

Yes.. but it is a very long procedure. I am peeling each piece of paper one by one, it's the only way and it takes a heck of a long time to do. I am working on it but I need time to do this.

Make the customer peel it and knock off 10.00 ... LOL

Been looking for a mode start plastic to replace my broken one for a year now. No luck so I made my own mod. Thanks Modfather for the idea!

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Well guys unfortunately this has not gone well on my end. What is happening is when the laser etch's off the material it leaves very fine lines, when paint hits it it has a capillary action and spreads into non black areas and it ruins the etching. As I am peeling away the paper the paint has seeped into areas and can't be cleaned off hence ruining the material. I have 9 ruined at this point and I am trying to save as many as possible as I can't order any more material due to cost. I will update soon, I am going to have it re drawn a different way that might help in solving this issue for the remaining sheets I have left.

Would it be possible to do two layers, rather than etching/painting one layer? For example, have a solid black layer, then cut out the black areas completely in the gold layer and attach to the black base. Then that goes onto the white "leather" layer? The design may be too intricate to do that - and as you mentioned, would probably require ordering more material. Hopefully you're able to get the current ones into a workable state. I'm still interested in purchasing either way. Thank you again for your efforts on this!

Ok guys I got 10 done ready to go and that is it, the rest fell to failure. I have everyone who emailed me and I will be sending a email over the weekend confirming you still want one.

thanks
Joe

anybody added Colour DMD to their RR

Thanks for sticking with it, I can't wait to see the finished product!

Thanks Laserriffic for doing this. We all appreciate your hard work on this repro.