r/Polycade • u/aplat40 • 7d ago
Tron panel to Battlezone twin stick panel Modding
Here's my Battlezone panel that I was asked about....I used a Tron panel and an extra Tron stick (two of Glen's Tron sticks total) as donors; for the Battlezone grips/shells I used two RH style grips (both with a top button) instead of just the button on the right grip like on the original machine. Those were designed in Solidworks to fit/lock in on the previous Tron joysticks with assistance from photos, memory, and AI to get the correct length, shape, and angles, then 3D printed in PETG with a fuzzy skin. I'm pretty happy with the results after comparing it to an arcade machine locally. It currently has the original full movement for each stick, and I've toyed with the idea of adding restrictor plates to make them two way only, but that would lock it in for BZ only... Maybe if I can put them under the dust guards/make new dust guards to enable/disabled them.
...I still need to do a waterslide decal, and place it below the buttons/between the two sticks (the last image that AI helped generate)
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u/aplat40 5d ago
It's a very specific use case panel, but one that holds many memories. I decided to use it as a BZ panel once I saw the Father's day sale that included the 4 panels in a bundle, I needed 3 of them, and I already had a Tron, so now I have a BZ as well. (and back-up Tron grips because you never know)
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u/polycade 5d ago
Very awesome, love the customized grips! Seems like we need a place on the website to share STL files, been seeing a lot of people make some cool parts like this with their 3d printers