Nice work Matt, and another great tribute to your mate.
I had one of these originals years ago, wish I'd hung onto it.
I would love an original but I could never justify buying one as I am far more passionate about pinball. So when I was given most of the material I got motivated to create a copy. I was also given a large upright machine that I may one day convert to MAME but it is in pretty bad condition and will take a lot of work. I'll see how much use this gets before I get too serious about the upright