The team over at RMC – The Cave managed to successfully 3D-print a rare full-sized 1973 Atari Space Race arcade cabinet, and it actually works. What may surprise you is that the 3D scan of the original machine was captured with an iPhone, before the model was refined for printing.
Once all of the pieces were 3D printed, they were assembled like you would a puzzle. Inside the cabinet, you’ll find a basic retrogaming console, a Sony CCTV monitor, and standard joysticks, all connected via custom printed parts. For those who have never played this two-player arcade game, each players basically controls a spaceship, in which they fly from the bottom of the screen to the top. Asteroids that must be avoided are represented by dashes moving across the screen from left to right.
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Great build, but I see every ripple, drip and the uneven distribution of the metal flake. You need to wet-sand the epoxy coat with a few different grits of automotive finishing sandpaper to get all the runs and drips out of it, then buff it out with compound. If some of the glitter is poking through the surface, shoot a coat of green candy (tinted clearcoat) and a couple more coats of clearcoat (4K clear is the best; Less wet sanding) Give it another light pass of wet sanding and another buffing and it’ll look perfect,” said one commenter.
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