Thanks again to Heber.co.uk for sponsoring this project. Check out their products at shop.heber.co.uk The model for this project is now available for you to use for your own projects at www.printables.com/model/873690-computer-space-replica-arcade-full-size-cabinet If you'd like to support this channel and our museum then why not become an official Cave Dweller at patreon.com/rmcretro Richard has also made a blog about the project at shop.heber.co.uk/blog/computer-space-replica-3d-printed-full-size-arcade-cabinet/ Enjoy! Neil
i love everything...thankyou do you have Tomytronic jungle fighter? Also i tried to donate but your site email is saying that its having issues ? i used the online site form but it keeps failing from chrome.
It's remarkable how close your got to 3D scan of the original through just working from 2D sources. None of the differences detract from the feeling of authenticity in the replica, it absolutely sells the illusion of being a Computer Space cabinet.
I've been following your channel from the early days. The evolution has been incredible. Linking up with Heber and Richard has just taken everything to the next level. Well done living out your dreams guys. It's an inspiration.
Words cannot express how impressed I am with this and Richard's going the extra step with the details. Just... Bravo! Said it before, ending up at the mill with Heber has to be the best possible outcome after losing the other place.
Droolingly gorgeous colour! What a fantastic finish, it looks stunning. How about a Alca Target UFO arcade machine as the next build? First arcade I remember, albeit me being too young to remember it very well. 🤣
There simply are not enough superlatives to adequately describe Richard's work in recreating this historic cabinet 👍👍👍. Huge congrats to everyone involved 👏👏👏.
I got some serious Blue Peter (perhaps Bob Ross for our American friends) vibes with Richard doing his paint tests, a very nice calming process for us viewers! Incredible job, not just the professionalism but the passion - 2 concepts that don't seem especially visible in a lot of modern life... Great work!
I played computer space in a hotel in Dallas around 1972. I only saw it the one time and I got one quarter... I think we avoided that side of the lobby after that, wonder why...
Great job. It's a fantastic example of what is possible with 3D printing. I have a feeling we're going to see a lot more spring up now all the hard work has been done.
I was lucky enough to see and play this in person - and it's even more remarkable that I imagined. I would have queued up again if they would have let me. :-) If you can get to the museum/arcade, do it. You won't be disappointed
This is ultra-mega-cool. I feel like wearing platform shoes just looking at it. Mind you, being 6'4" in platform shoes would make using that rather difficult. I showed my plasterer the use of the scrim and he is most impressed. Please send Richard my congratulations on an amazing job.
@@RichRap3D This is even more amazing in the flesh. It's difficult not to caress. The game is ridiculously brutal, so I think I'll just stroke the cabinet and leave the game to more hardcore fans
Genuinely fantastic work. But very curious why you opted not to use automotive paint with metal flakes and a glossy top coat. This seems like the perfect use case for that without needing to reinvent the wheel with potentially harmful resin.
Absolutely fantastic achievement, the cab looks amazing and the glitter finish is awesome It doesn't matter that the game isn't great in my opinion, it's the place in history and the fantastic appearance of it that's the important thing Such a cool addition to the archive. Well done to Richard 👍
A smoother surface could be made by thinning the resin, spraying on a thin coat then sprinkling on glitter. Let that cure then repeat a few times to get depth. Finish with a sprayed on resin coat, followed by a brushed then rolled coat of unthinned resin. That gets sanded and polished. For polyester resin the solvent to use is acetone. For epoxy, lacquer thinner, denatured alcohol, or acetone will work. Using thinners in epoxy will weaken the cured resin. The original Computer Space cabinets mostly likely had gelcoat polyester resin sprayed onto the inside of the mold then when that was almost cured the glass fiber mat and resin would have been laid up in the mold, or it could have been done with a chopper gun. A chopper gun takes spools of glass fiber, cuts them into short pieces and blows them onto the mold along with mixing resin with catalyst to spray on. In the 1960's and 1970's, fiberglass with a clear or transparent tinted outer coat with rather chunky glitter was a well developed process, used in many carnival ride parts, kit car bodies and fiberglass styling parts for vehicles.
Incredible built; that went from a distant memory to "wow, gotta have that!!!" Thanks for linking the 3d files, might try a scale model when I actually have some time
This is so cool! Great work! I got to see an original Computer Space in Red Flake color at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It was very cool, but it was powered off and behind glass which makes sense but really bummed me out too. I'd take getting to play this beautiful reproduction any day. Games need to be played!
Recently I finished a concept case for the 42 years of ZX spectrum and I installed my Speccy with all its cards. It took me ~8 months by only using retro methods.(No 2d or 3d printing). Richard's booth was an amazing project and it inspired me to make something bigger!
Seriously well impressed with this …….it looks amazing …well done to all ……these old arcades and some of the mechanical arcades are my child hood really i was always more impressed with these than anything newer like outrun and the likes
I have done some similar things in university- the ways we did it would potentially be better for a one off piece, but it would then be very hard to build a second one in the exact same shape.
The Computer Space cabinet wouldn't look out of place in an old 70s sci-fi film like Sleeper or Silent Running, well done looks great! Perfect spot for the on-camera chatting too, not only because they're my games in the background but because so many are also unique strange shapes.
Thank you so, very much for sharing this detailed look into the making of an excellent replica of this wonderful arcade machine. I had the simulation of the game for PC, but ever since Windows 10, the installer won't work. Only seems to work on Win7, or below. LOL Was able to play the mainframe sim version. I've thought of learning to lay up fiberglass on a mesh under framing, the way NA did it, back in the day, but don't really have the time to do it. LOL At least, with 3D printing, there's hope, now. Oh, a gas can (petrol tin) was used in the original. The lid was partly cut off of it, and then handle remained for easy removal from the cabinet. The metal flake looked really nice. :)
When Richard was painting the test samples, it reminded me of Tony Hart (our version of Bob Ross in the UK, except he had a plasticine best mate called Morph) back in the 80s. I think Richard could do more videos, even start his own channel?
The finish with the base blue paint looked incredible, but man, once the glitter catches the light, it looks amazing. Really really cool project and such a cool novelty to have for the cave.
That is fascinating. I haven't seen one of these machines ever. Maybe someday I will make it across the pond and try our your replica. That is gaming history there. It may have been a flop, but it was there at the very beginning of it all.
You guys have outdone yourselves... again. My gosh it looks so dang good. It's a good thing you have the replica badge because it could fool someone who doesn't know any better.
I think a heat gun combined with air spraying gives you a better initial glitter application. You don't want it to fully dry, but you want it tacky for building up layers. After that you'd probably want to clear coat it, which you can apply with a brush liberally. If it was my cabinet, I would definitely apply that clear, then wet sand and polish it to a smooth glossy final result.
I was a tad worried about the first test results of the resin "running off" on vertical surfaces. Because those samples were so small you don't get the full effect of all the resin from top to bottom on a HUGE surface running down and building up to drip off was worried the test samples wouldn't be that accurate. I am happy it turned out fantastic and looks amazing.
27:40 I admire the dedication and attention to detail for a proper replica, that's just hilarious. And then comes the stark conclusion about that particular piece of gaming history. Sometimes it's really about the journey 🤣 That's a very cool looking prop though, congrats.
Looks really good, really a work of art, just for the future if you want to coat a vertical surface with resin there are thixotropic agents that thicken the resin when a force like gravity is applied, its usual only 1-5% of this agent to thicken it enough so it doesnt flow even on a vertical surface
Thanks again to Heber.co.uk for sponsoring this project. Check out their products at shop.heber.co.uk
The model for this project is now available for you to use for your own projects at www.printables.com/model/873690-computer-space-replica-arcade-full-size-cabinet
If you'd like to support this channel and our museum then why not become an official Cave Dweller at patreon.com/rmcretro
Richard has also made a blog about the project at shop.heber.co.uk/blog/computer-space-replica-3d-printed-full-size-arcade-cabinet/
Enjoy!
Neil
i love everything...thankyou
do you have Tomytronic jungle fighter?
Also i tried to donate but your site email is saying that its having issues ? i used the online site form but it keeps failing from chrome.
Your previous landlord booting you has to be the best thing that happened to you!
Who knew watching paint dry could be so fascinating...
Epoxy doesn't dry.
It cures.
@@rockosgaminglogic ok dude
So pretty!
I love that Richard did the paint experiments on camera and talked us through the process.
Well done Richard :-}
Many TH-camrs may not know his background with 3d printing but he is something of a pioneer...
This recreation has to be one of those moments of brilliance. Top job Richard and Co.
It's remarkable how close your got to 3D scan of the original through just working from 2D sources. None of the differences detract from the feeling of authenticity in the replica, it absolutely sells the illusion of being a Computer Space cabinet.
Richard, you are a true artist. Fantastic work.
Fantastic. More Richard on the channel please. 😃
INCREDIBLE
Richard seems like a great bloke.
It was great to meet the team yesterday, and see the collection and this cabinet in person... it looks amazing, fantastic job! 😀
I've been following your channel from the early days.
The evolution has been incredible.
Linking up with Heber and Richard has just taken everything to the next level.
Well done living out your dreams guys.
It's an inspiration.
She's got ice hockey hair..
Richard is a Genius! ✊
That is a truly incredible build. Amazing job guys.
That looks absolutely amazing, I can't wait to see it in person! Brilliant work!
The sheer amount of work and time that was put into this is astounding. Some true talent at work here. Well done!
This is absolutely phenomenal! Such astounding attention to detail. Amazing work!
That came out REALLY NICE! Well done.
The cabinet looks fantastic. Reminds me of merry go rounds on the fair. Love the glitter!
Words cannot express how impressed I am with this and Richard's going the extra step with the details. Just... Bravo!
Said it before, ending up at the mill with Heber has to be the best possible outcome after losing the other place.
Droolingly gorgeous colour! What a fantastic finish, it looks stunning. How about a Alca Target UFO arcade machine as the next build? First arcade I remember, albeit me being too young to remember it very well. 🤣
A work of love - pure and simple! Great job!
That's a true work of art. Congratulations to everyone involved, especially Richard. So much work, but it paid off big time!
There simply are not enough superlatives to adequately describe Richard's work in recreating this historic cabinet 👍👍👍. Huge congrats to everyone involved 👏👏👏.
I got some serious Blue Peter (perhaps Bob Ross for our American friends) vibes with Richard doing his paint tests, a very nice calming process for us viewers! Incredible job, not just the professionalism but the passion - 2 concepts that don't seem especially visible in a lot of modern life... Great work!
Well Richard and Co. You've now made it to the national news so in essence that gives you all celebrity status. I salute you.
Fantastic video ! Thanks for that!
This cabinet looked futuristic then and looks futuristic now.
I played computer space in a hotel in Dallas around 1972. I only saw it the one time and I got one quarter... I think we avoided that side of the lobby after that, wonder why...
SIMPLY...AMAZING 👏
Well done Richard and the rest of the team involved! Amazing job recreating something so iconic!
Great job. It's a fantastic example of what is possible with 3D printing. I have a feeling we're going to see a lot more spring up now all the hard work has been done.
I was lucky enough to see and play this in person - and it's even more remarkable that I imagined. I would have queued up again if they would have let me. :-)
If you can get to the museum/arcade, do it. You won't be disappointed
This series has been simply incredible. I hope to make the trek from the US to see it one day in person.
This is ultra-mega-cool. I feel like wearing platform shoes just looking at it. Mind you, being 6'4" in platform shoes would make using that rather difficult. I showed my plasterer the use of the scrim and he is most impressed. Please send Richard my congratulations on an amazing job.
Thank you 😁
@@RichRap3D This is even more amazing in the flesh. It's difficult not to caress. The game is ridiculously brutal, so I think I'll just stroke the cabinet and leave the game to more hardcore fans
That was a truly outstanding project and a wonderful result, love the colour and finish in the end. An important part of history now in the museum.
These guys at Heber are such fantastic supporters of the Cave and the Arcade.
Commenting during the drying phase. I do like the zink and the blue. Watching the rest of the video to see how it unfolds 🧐
Super Impressive! Love seeing the line of arcade lovers waiting just to see it! Great job.
Genuinely fantastic work. But very curious why you opted not to use automotive paint with metal flakes and a glossy top coat. This seems like the perfect use case for that without needing to reinvent the wheel with potentially harmful resin.
Absolutely fantastic achievement, the cab looks amazing and the glitter finish is awesome
It doesn't matter that the game isn't great in my opinion, it's the place in history and the fantastic appearance of it that's the important thing
Such a cool addition to the archive. Well done to Richard 👍
A smoother surface could be made by thinning the resin, spraying on a thin coat then sprinkling on glitter. Let that cure then repeat a few times to get depth. Finish with a sprayed on resin coat, followed by a brushed then rolled coat of unthinned resin. That gets sanded and polished.
For polyester resin the solvent to use is acetone. For epoxy, lacquer thinner, denatured alcohol, or acetone will work. Using thinners in epoxy will weaken the cured resin.
The original Computer Space cabinets mostly likely had gelcoat polyester resin sprayed onto the inside of the mold then when that was almost cured the glass fiber mat and resin would have been laid up in the mold, or it could have been done with a chopper gun. A chopper gun takes spools of glass fiber, cuts them into short pieces and blows them onto the mold along with mixing resin with catalyst to spray on.
In the 1960's and 1970's, fiberglass with a clear or transparent tinted outer coat with rather chunky glitter was a well developed process, used in many carnival ride parts, kit car bodies and fiberglass styling parts for vehicles.
Incredible built; that went from a distant memory to "wow, gotta have that!!!"
Thanks for linking the 3d files, might try a scale model when I actually have some time
Just bloody wonderful!
Amazing job. If I ever get to travel I will visit this museum .
This is so cool! Great work! I got to see an original Computer Space in Red Flake color at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It was very cool, but it was powered off and behind glass which makes sense but really bummed me out too. I'd take getting to play this beautiful reproduction any day. Games need to be played!
Recently I finished a concept case for the 42 years of ZX spectrum and I installed my Speccy with all its cards. It took me ~8 months by only using retro methods.(No 2d or 3d printing). Richard's booth was an amazing project and it inspired me to make something bigger!
Merging the old tech with the new! Love that idea. Oh man I just learned how to drywall, that's exactly what this appears to be lol.
Awesome. I really thoroughly enjoyed the experimentation process shared.
The epic music juxtaposed with a video about building a custom replica of an old arcade cabinet I find amusing.
It doesn’t get more EPIC
@@RMCRetro True
Amazing work, Richard!
Great work. The final reproduction is so very close to the scan. That’s very impressive.
All that patience and hard work definitely paid off, the end result is stunning 👌
That's a brilliant job! Well done to everyone involved!!
What a great project, looking forward to seeing it on my next visit. Amazing work Richard.
Very cool. Hopefully it holds up over the long term
Awesome Project to see this brought to life!❤
Wow... this turned out better than I was expecting. Very cool!
Absolutely brilliant!
Great stuff! I love the finish on the cabinet! Very mysterious hints at the end!!!!
You guys should be collabing with @Ivan Miranda if you want to 3D print such large pieces, he is the master of scale!
Seriously well impressed with this …….it looks amazing …well done to all ……these old arcades and some of the mechanical arcades are my child hood really i was always more impressed with these than anything newer like outrun and the likes
GORGEOUS!!!!! Amazing job Richard. You are truly a master.
I have done some similar things in university- the ways we did it would potentially be better for a one off piece, but it would then be very hard to build a second one in the exact same shape.
Damn, that is a unique looking cabinet. Love the colour.
The Computer Space cabinet wouldn't look out of place in an old 70s sci-fi film like Sleeper or Silent Running, well done looks great!
Perfect spot for the on-camera chatting too, not only because they're my games in the background but because so many are also unique strange shapes.
There's one in Soylent Green ('73)!
Fantastic job! It looks amazing.
a historic beauty everyone wants in his collection, you did a really great job, fantastic!!!
Computer space nowadays sounds like an office furniture outlet.
That paint job is tremendous.
Is that the legendary RichRap Richard Horn? Great to see him after all these years still making.
It is indeed!
Thanks for the shout out. Very much appreciated. I have not stopped making all this time, I still use 3D printers every day and make more than ever.
The mini model would make a great Pi-powered desk trinket.
Thank you so, very much for sharing this detailed look into the making of an excellent replica of this wonderful arcade machine. I had the simulation of the game for PC, but ever since Windows 10, the installer won't work. Only seems to work on Win7, or below. LOL Was able to play the mainframe sim version. I've thought of learning to lay up fiberglass on a mesh under framing, the way NA did it, back in the day, but don't really have the time to do it. LOL At least, with 3D printing, there's hope, now. Oh, a gas can (petrol tin) was used in the original. The lid was partly cut off of it, and then handle remained for easy removal from the cabinet. The metal flake looked really nice. :)
Fascinating to watch the glitter streak down as the resin as it's drying, shows the issue with resin on non-flat surfaces.
When Richard was painting the test samples, it reminded me of Tony Hart (our version of Bob Ross in the UK, except he had a plasticine best mate called Morph) back in the 80s.
I think Richard could do more videos, even start his own channel?
He hasn’t made videos for a while but you can find him here youtube.com/@richrap3d
@@RMCRetro well, i think he would do well if he made videos again. Im sure many would agree 🙂
This and the Commodore PCB replica are AMAZING projects! And I learned a lot to help my 3d print projects! Outstanding!
The reflection from the cabinet made it look as if there were three neutron stars on the screen. :)
The version I played of this game had a gold shell. The coating that they end up with here is very accurate as far as I remember.
The finish with the base blue paint looked incredible, but man, once the glitter catches the light, it looks amazing. Really really cool project and such a cool novelty to have for the cave.
Fantastic job in making this recreation. Richard is showing dedication at it's finest. Well done!
Holy Hell this looks w!zARd!
Richard made all the difference here, great work!
I played one of these games in 1972 I think, up at Arnold's Park on Lake Okoboji, Iowa. Boy it was fun! And it was Silver with glitter, I believe.
Wow. This looks amazing! Great job!
That is fascinating. I haven't seen one of these machines ever. Maybe someday I will make it across the pond and try our your replica. That is gaming history there. It may have been a flop, but it was there at the very beginning of it all.
Today i learned the term "boiled sweet." 😊
😁🍬
27:35 Now that's attention to detail.
You guys have outdone yourselves... again. My gosh it looks so dang good. It's a good thing you have the replica badge because it could fool someone who doesn't know any better.
Nice job Richard and team!
Absolutely GLORIOUS!
What a fantastic achievement! Hats off to everyone involved in this. What a thing of beauty. Love this so much. Here's to more big projects!
This is such an achievement Richard, having seen it in person now it's worked amazingly. Looks and plays brilliantly even if it is a brutal game 😂
I think a heat gun combined with air spraying gives you a better initial glitter application. You don't want it to fully dry, but you want it tacky for building up layers. After that you'd probably want to clear coat it, which you can apply with a brush liberally. If it was my cabinet, I would definitely apply that clear, then wet sand and polish it to a smooth glossy final result.
I was a tad worried about the first test results of the resin "running off" on vertical surfaces. Because those samples were so small you don't get the full effect of all the resin from top to bottom on a HUGE surface running down and building up to drip off was worried the test samples wouldn't be that accurate. I am happy it turned out fantastic and looks amazing.
Great project, great result.
27:40 I admire the dedication and attention to detail for a proper replica, that's just hilarious.
And then comes the stark conclusion about that particular piece of gaming history.
Sometimes it's really about the journey 🤣
That's a very cool looking prop though, congrats.
Haha so true. I wouldn’t recommend it as your only dedicated cab in your bedroom, but as part of the museum journey it’s perfect
The more I play it, the more I actually quite like the game, quite basic, but as Neil said, it really shows the potential for future video arcades.
Looks really good, really a work of art, just for the future if you want to coat a vertical surface with resin there are thixotropic agents that thicken the resin when a force like gravity is applied, its usual only 1-5% of this agent to thicken it enough so it doesnt flow even on a vertical surface
What a great project! Kudos to everyone involved!
Awesome. That is such a unique case...