Indy Temple of doom question

shilmover

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Just picked up a control panel for this game but its missing the buttons (it was stripped for that matter, but I got the joystick and need to build a wiring harness). Anyway, what color are the buttons? I have seen mostly red, but some black.
 
they are kind of an orangey-red.. not Orange like DK orange, but not red either..

dont mind the home-made control panel. i havent ordered an overlay for it yet.
 
i just took a piece of 16 gauge sheet metal (14 gauge is probably better, but tractor supply didnt have 14 gauge). i had then clamped the sheet metal with a piece of wood on top and bottom, heated with a propane torch to get a 90degree bend. then i had a piece of wood that was already routered to the contour of the bend, so i stacked the wood inside the steel and clamped the control panel again (with the control panel currently parallel to the ground but after the bend it will be perpendicular). slowly i heated the steel from the bottom of the control panel (about an inch from where i just made the 90 degree bend) and used a small 2x3 to put even pressure on the control panel as it heated up and made the bend. after it was all cooled, i took some scrap and made two brackets for the clamps to grab on to. i welded those brackets and viola! i am done.

works great and most people probably wouldnt think it was home made, especially if i put an overlay on it - but right now its just spray painted.

i did mount the joystick the wrong way, so i just switched the wires. total cost was about $12. perfect for the indy an i didnt have to hack up my roadblasters cp.
 
Who can you order the Indy CPO from? (sorry if this is a newb question)


they are kind of an orangey-red.. not Orange like DK orange, but not red either..

dont mind the home-made control panel. i havent ordered an overlay for it yet.
 
i just took a piece of 16 gauge sheet metal (14 gauge is probably better, but tractor supply didnt have 14 gauge). i had then clamped the sheet metal with a piece of wood on top and bottom, heated with a propane torch to get a 90degree bend. then i had a piece of wood that was already routered.......

It cost you $12 in parts but what's your time worth? Personally, I would just get a Rolling Thunder panel and hack that up....you already have the panel, plus the holes.

Just a thought for anyone else looking to score a panel w/o the added labor.
 
not a bad idea if you can find one.. but i only put about an hour of labor into it.. just like repairing a cabinet.. sure, you can find them in better shape, but sometimes its worth the additional labor for the reward of knowing you did it yourself.

but to each his own.
 
Why you gotta hack up rolling thunders? I love that game leave rolling thunder alone! Oh by the way I just hacked up a bouncer CP cuz I needed to back a Jamma rig you didn't want that did you? LOL! Talk to u soon

Joe(acejedi)
 
Dude, I wish I would'a known.....I mean before I threw out that Rolling Thunder control panel. From now on you will be receiving nothing but Rolling Thunder control panels in the mail. 4 EVAR!!!!!

You're a Rolling Thunder whore, but Phet still loves you.
 
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