Centuri "The Pit" front of control panel artwork

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I need to recreate the front of The Pit's control panel, part circled in yellow in the pic attached. Wondering if anyone happens to have access to this game could snap a couple of good photos and post them here, and also indicate the height and width of this part of the artwork. Thanks!
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It doesn't look like too much is cropped off, I should be able to recreate the little bit that's missing. Thanks guys!
 
Here's what I'm using it for, a 3d model I'm working on for 3dArcade. I'd love to do the whole range of the woodgrain Centuri games, but artwork, or even decent photos, of the rarer games - Roundup, Challenger, D-Day, Locomotion, Route 66 - is just impossible to find.

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It doesn't look like too much is cropped off, I should be able to recreate the little bit that's missing. Thanks guys!
The only thing that is missing would just be solid blue, none of the graphic is missing. If for a 3d model, here is the original uncropped photo :) should be able to crop it yourself if that works.
 

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The only thing that is missing would just be solid blue, none of the graphic is missing. If for a 3d model, here is the original uncropped photo :) should be able to crop it yourself if that works.
Not sure what you mean, I don't see any areas of solid blue missing. There was a little clipped from the sides but it was negligible. The only thing I would have incorporated but it would have been a pain to do is where the red stripe overprints the blues, it's not completely opaque on the actual cp and you can see the red darkened a little over the blue.

Unless you meant the texture of the darker blue? That actually is a solid blue, the slight changes in color represent the grainy texture of the cp material.
As noted earlier, touch base with @DLP

If you missed his Centuri Row of the Gods: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/meet-the-centurion-army.542769/
I will definitely have to do that. And that row of cabinets is just staggering!
 
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@jibmums I'll also put in that The Pit came with a 4 way Monroe instead of a 4 way skinny wico, black top
All of them? I have a Monroe stick modeled for my Time Pilot, but I've seen pretty much a 50/50 split in all the photos I've collected between Monroe and Wico, so I went by the flyer photo which is a red-top Wico.

Interestingly, I've also seen three different arrays of carriage bolts at the top edge of the cp: a four-bolter, a three bolter, and a three bolter with the two outer bolts a little further inward. I went with the three bolter that was more similar to the other Centuris I already had done.
 
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All of them? I have a Monroe stick modeled for my Time Pilot, but I've seen pretty much a 50/50 split in all the photos I've collected between Monroe and Wico, so I went by the flyer photo which is a red-top Wico.

Interestingly, I've also seen three different arrays of carriage bolts at the top edge of the cp: a four-bolter, a three bolter, and a three bolter with the two outer bolts a little further inward. I went with the three bolter that was more similar to the other Centuris I already had done.
I was talking about the dark blue.

For carriage bolts, it is three bolts, but not like Vanguard. They are closer together. I believe like many other games, before "heavy" wico came out or popular, it was projected to use a skinny wico, but wild players would break them, so Monroe's became standard. the manual came with a January 1982 edit that showed an updated part list. The manual has several edits from the original October 1981 print. If you look at the flyer, which I think you mean the brochure/mailer?, you will notice the side art isn't what was released. For the side art, I was thinking of a different mailer so strike that. Hope that makes sense :)

Regardless, the 3d image that you have shown so far looks great :)
 

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Interesting, I haven't seen a Pit before with that "close together" carriage bolt pattern. They've all either had them lined up on the upper corners of the white/orange/red stripes, or moved inward about 1/2" or so. I thought I had seen one or two with a four bolt pattern also but I can't find that photo now; I was probably thinking of Aztarac which I was researching earlier for a model.

Would the red Wico stick be totally incorrect for all Pits? I kind of like the way it matches the red buttons, but I'm still a stickler for authenticity.

Here's a screenshot of The Pit and some of the other Centuris I've been working on. Eagle has a Swimmer cp for now until I can find a good scan or photos.

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Would the red Wico stick be totally incorrect for all Pits? I kind of like the way it matches the red buttons, but I'm a stickler for authenticity.

IMO, using a skinny wico is correct, but so would using a black top Monroe or a red top Monroe. Also using 3 carriage bolts far apart or closer together. When these arcade games hit the floor, it was a free for all to how to maintain them and then factories started to follow. Factories also used parts from other machines, made on the spot modifications, etc.

When I said I'd put in for the Monroe joystick, it's what I have seen and most used to. I am located in the south east, near centuri, and have seen numerous "The Pit," all being Monroe. So I am very much giving an opinion/recommendation rather than pure fact. If you see a skinny wico on a The Pit in person, note the carriage bolts. It sometimes gives a clue they have been replaced previously.

the lock down bolts all depend on the cabinet.
 

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When these arcade games hit the floor, it was a free for all to how to maintain them and then factories started to follow. Factories also used parts from other machines, made on the spot modifications, etc.

Tell me about it. I have two Black Knight (1980) pinballs that couldn't be more different, both cabinets and innards.
 
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