Jawhn finally got his Space Wars!!!

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So excited. Been working on this one for a while, at one point was not sure between it and the one Shawn picked up, which was better... This one was definitely closer, though.

Pics soon. Jim Cleverly is the man I owe all the thanks in the world to, he went and inspected it / picked it up for me. It's currently with him, and at the end of this month, I will be making the hellacious drive to pick it up. Jim's even driving it down from the mountains to help me, since my Arizona ass has no idea how to drive in real snow... Let alone up in the mountains!

Just wanted to share. Not really counting my chickens before they hatch, but they are definitely fresh out of the shell. ;) Just got off the phone with Jim, he just loaded it up minutes ago.
 
More backflipping. Jim has already taken some pics, and put them on ol' Photobucket! :)

Here we go...

Came with original manual:
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Looks like I have a little bit of woodworking cleanup and sideart touchup to do...

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Awesome game. What T-molding is on that machine sir?

I am not sure... Will not be in my grubby lil mitts until the 30th. Jim might be able to tell ya more about it...

Jim, if there's any "extra," like, hanging off underneath, or on the back or something, can you cut a small piece off and send it to Shawn? I know he's been trying to find some...
 
I am not sure... Will not be in my grubby lil mitts until the 30th. Jim might be able to tell ya more about it...

Jim, if there's any "extra," like, hanging off underneath, or on the back or something, can you cut a small piece off and send it to Shawn? I know he's been trying to find some...

Nope, no need. I just bought 13/16 textured and that seems to work and fit fine.
 
Thank you, guys.

Now... Now I have to:

A: Go pick it up. 10 hours each way. Ugh. But thanks to Jim, not the 13.8 hour drive to the seller's house in Longmont...
B: Figure out the best way to add a door to my arcade to get this behemoth in there.

I have an older house built in the 50's that all doors are like 28" wide. :mad: And yes, I could just disassemble the doorframes, but I'm not even sure if my hallway it would have to go down would be wide enough. Hoo boy. Gonna be interesting to see how I accomplish this...

Jim's THE MAN!
 
Thank you, guys.

Now... Now I have to:

A: Go pick it up. 10 hours each way. Ugh. But thanks to Jim, not the 13.8 hour drive to the seller's house in Longmont...
B: Figure out the best way to add a door to my arcade to get this behemoth in there.

I have an older house built in the 50's that all doors are like 28" wide. :mad: And yes, I could just disassemble the doorframes, but I'm not even sure if my hallway it would have to go down would be wide enough. Hoo boy. Gonna be interesting to see how I accomplish this...

Jim's THE MAN!

Get your priorities straight... rip down the damn house and build another around the new game! What kind of KLOVer are you? ;)
 
Nope, no need. I just bought 13/16 textured and that seems to work and fit fine.

The original "T" molding that was on your machine Phet was a Flat Style
like on Donkey Kong, no arch to it at all, it was "Flat", "Black", "Gloss".
 
Congrats Jawhn.

If you are gonna have big problems trying to get that in your house with those tiny door frames and hallways, you can store it at my place next to my Tempest if you want to.

No need to thank me. I'm a giver.

Let me know!

:D
 
The original "T" molding that was on your machine Phet was a Flat Style
like on Donkey Kong, no arch to it at all, it was "Flat", "Black", "Gloss".

Yeah that's what I bought. I was confusing myself with the PigOut I just bought T-Molding for. Funny how when I started a thread (or 3) asking what T-molding a Space Wars originally took, no one knew.
 
myself, i didn't know till i picked up jawhn's today. first time seeing one in person for me.

Friggin' ginormous refrigerator, is it not? :D I couldn't stop playing it at CAX with Dave and Mike. I kinda knew I always wanted one, that just clinched it.
 
Oh, man! I'm so jealous. I had a blast playing that game with you and Mike at CAX. We'll have to get together for a re-match sometime.
 
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