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Like Prop above I'm currently building a simpit but mine will be quite different from either of yours. My inspiration came from the pods of old, specifically the Virtual World 2.5/3.0 pods that FASA allowed people to play in during the 90's. See picture below:









I've got a bunch of the panels from these pods and I'll be building some of the likeness in them but I'll also be using a bunch of your designs for immersion as you've got serious skills when it comes to design/innovation and creativity for pod immersion. One of the main differences with my pod versus the standard VR2.5/3.0 pods will be I'll be using three monitors on a mechanized platform that moves towards the pilot once the door is closed. Kind of unfolds if you will (built several arcade machines with rotating monitors so I'll use the same mechanical principles here)



So onto my questions if you get a moment:

1). You talked earlier in your thread about paint but I was hoping you could go into greater detail about how you were able to achieve the plastic type look/feel with paint? I chose plywood over MDF for a few different reasons but my plywood is sanded, which works very well at hiding the grain (done it before with arcade machines, no visible diff versus MDF). So I was hoping you could indulge me in your process, the parts used and how many passes it took you.

2). Where did you get the stencils for your interior lettering? I don't remember seeing it posted in the thread but maybe I missed it.

3). When posted my build on the arcade forums I frequent, I would post links to this thread and to you for certain ideas and I wanted to be sure you were all cool with that.



Thanks,

Ulric Glad to see this thread got resurrected as I've got a few questions for you Choowy.Like Prop above I'm currently building a simpit but mine will be quite different from either of yours. My inspiration came from the pods of old, specifically the Virtual World 2.5/3.0 pods that FASA allowed people to play in during the 90's. See picture below:I've got a bunch of the panels from these pods and I'll be building some of the likeness in them but I'll also be using a bunch of your designs for immersion as you've got serious skills when it comes to design/innovation and creativity for pod immersion. One of the main differences with my pod versus the standard VR2.5/3.0 pods will be I'll be using three monitors on a mechanized platform that moves towards the pilot once the door is closed. Kind of unfolds if you will (built several arcade machines with rotating monitors so I'll use the same mechanical principles here)So onto my questions if you get a moment:1). You talked earlier in your thread about paint but I was hoping you could go into greater detail about how you were able to achieve the plastic type look/feel with paint? I chose plywood over MDF for a few different reasons but my plywood is sanded, which works very well at hiding the grain (done it before with arcade machines, no visible diff versus MDF). So I was hoping you could indulge me in your process, the parts used and how many passes it took you.2). Where did you get the stencils for your interior lettering? I don't remember seeing it posted in the thread but maybe I missed it.3). When posted my build on the arcade forums I frequent, I would post links to this thread and to you for certain ideas and I wanted to be sure you were all cool with that.Thanks,Ulric

