Lovely.
Hmmmm, my brother is up for a few days next week..... He's a joiner by trade
He'll be up looking after pets, Wed - Sun while I'm away
*edit*
Anyway - Shouldn't the be the ED-POD pronounced 'ead pod
Hmmm ... did you remind him to bring his toolkit with him?
Yup, because he's doing some flooring for me in the man-cave, so he might as well mock up some additions to my already comfortable chair![]()
Sounds cool! What have you got in mind?
Just trying to throw some ideas for basic shapes and colours for the throttle overlay. This is just something knocked together for now. The actual size of this will extend top and bottom to fit the panel:
Ideas on this very welcome. Artwork is not my strong suit.
I like the orange lines .. but I think, if it was me, I'd try to retain something of the white markings, of the original, rather than the blue labels ..
BIG pic ..
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I think I'd keep it looking quite technical still. The white lines and labels evoke a real and complicted machine, to me ...
It maybe that you wouldn't be able to finalise until the game releases, so ideally, if placed under clear perspex, can you keep the facia updated by swapping the underlay later?
EDIT: what will the over/ underlay be printed on? Some kind of polymer ideally?
Making nice round holes, in paper, sounds like a tricky trick.
Maybe a transfer for lettering? ... created somehow,
or "maybe" a two colour screen print, though then you're into realms of having to make stencil letters
(might work OK for orange lines though)
What drawing program are you using, to draw your test plate above? (sake of interest)
I use Photoshop mainly. The template was produced by someone on the Rise of Flight forums but was in a format incompatible for Photoshop so I converted it to a jpeg.
The other option I could consider is printed adhesive sign vinyl to stick directly onto the MDF top plate.
Edit: thanks for the interest/input with this btw.
I think at the end you need to paint the walls of your room as well to fit the cockpit.![]()
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Shh ^ .. hadn't mentioned this idea to him yet ..
Personally I hope to see the "Cobra shaped conservatory / extension" on Google Earth soon (tm)
I think the acrylic sandwich idea is a good one too .. holes are tricky, but transfer techniques may be a real bogger ..
"frosted" perspex might help? less of a shiny finish ... shiny I think would detract .. I'm sure these nice people LOVE to send samples [ link ]
EDIT: it's a bit of a ponderable ....
No no no, he needs to build a landing pad replica!
Maybe this method worth exploring ... [ link ]
I think if you apply the PVA carefully enough, and as smoothly as you're used to doing in your pics above, could get you a smooth finish over the blackboard paint ... ???
NOT sure how you print WHITE letters with an inkjet though !!!!
(Transfering black, over with a white show-through, maybe a stretch .. unless done a small area at a time .. maybe ..)
Adhesive vinyl would look good .. though it sounds like a bit of a handful, with long thin decals, to my sticky hands! I think you're much more used to dealing with ..
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Another common and pretty simple way is to print the artwork and place it between two pieces of acrylic glass. Its quick and cheap but acrylic can be a hassle to work with and the finish, altough neat looking, still comes out feeling somewhat cheap due to the overly glossy finish. Might look better on your otherwise matte throttle though.
If you can get the printing done in high quality, and figure out a good way to work the plastic, it might be worth a thought, quick, cheap and backlight ready![]()
I think at the end you need to paint the walls of your room as well to fit the cockpit.![]()
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Shh ^ .. hadn't mentioned this idea to him yet ..
Personally I hope to see the "Cobra shaped conservatory / extension" on Google Earth soon (tm)
I think the acrylic sandwich idea is a good one too .. holes are tricky, but transfer techniques may be a real bogger ..
"frosted" perspex might help? less of a shiny finish ... shiny I think would detract .. I'm sure these nice people LOVE to send samples [ link ]
EDIT: it's a bit of a ponderable ....
Looks like I have a new home ... I've been kicked out of the party and into the back yard![]()