Blockcade 5 – King of Blockcade

You can’t have an arcade with Donkey Kong can you – I couldn’t quite match the cabinet colours on this one, but threw an extra brick width in to show a slightly different way of building a square box with a screen…

DK has this effect on people

We start with two 1×3 blocks in a cross shape

Add a button and whatever you have to hand for a joystick to build a control panel

To build the sides start with a 2×2 flat plate

Add a 1×4 block with four knobs and a 2×4 flat plate

Add a 1×1 with one knob facing upwards

And another this time facing towards the front of the cab to hold the marquee

Attach this to the control panel

And repeat for the other side

Add a 2×3 plate to the top and a 1×3 flat plate to the front – this will add stability to the model

Start the monitor bracket with a 1×3 flat plate

Add a 1×1 “hand” to the centre

And the now familiar 2×2 screen held in place with a 1×2 plate with rod

Attach this across the two vertical blocks at the back of the model

To create a coin box/kickstand, start with a 1×3 block and attach a 1×2 black flat plate to the centre

Add two 1×2 blue flat plates to either side

Add two further 1×3 blocks (in any colour really) to the back

Slide this into the bottom and you’re done

Marquee image – scale this to 6mm x 24mm

Screen image – scale to the normal 15mm x 15mm

And side art (same on both sides) – scale to 15mm x 20mm

Not my favourite of the builds so far, to be honest, but it gets the point across and I do like the bigger marquee size.

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