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August 10, 2018 at 8:28 am in reply to: Hawker Hurricane rebuilders and replica makers? #789602

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Thanks, Tony 🙂
Hadn’t thought of manual engravers, but I have previously chased around for folks with laser cutters, and have seen the layered material which you mention. I’d only thought of it for placards. You could get the rounded shape to make it really authentic – looking. Using that for the instruments themselves would certainly be more robust than my prints!
I’ve asked a firm to give me a quote.
Visited the tip today, and found a few sheets of aircraft aluminium! Looks like it came from a light model that had been damaged. Hope that I can incorporate them into my project.

August 10, 2018 at 3:57 am in reply to: Hawker Hurricane rebuilders and replica makers? #789617

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Hi Snibble,
As I mentioned, my supply of transparent film only suits my inkjet. (The laser melts it!)
I’ll ask if anybody can do it on laser film or something else more durable, and while I’m in the big smoke, I’ll see if anyone sells laser transparency.
I’ve also considered simply inserting perspex and colouring with glass paint.
Hi, QS,
Looks tempting! I keep looking at 3D printers, hoping that one day they’ll drop into my pensioner budget.
Hi Tony,
Tried your Facebook page previously. Been having some connection issues, tech people are investigating.
I’m sure I’ll get there soon, just fell over a couple of times when I tried.

August 9, 2018 at 10:13 am in reply to: Hawker Hurricane rebuilders and replica makers? #789895

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I know that I had at least one pic of the panel, but I simply haven’t been able to locate it.
Meanwhile, to give an idea of how I did the instruments, here’s the artwork for one. I have reduced it to a fraction of its original resolution to post here, as some of them are over 40 Mb each.
I am convinced that the ones which lasted longest are laser prints. Some had to be done on the inkjet, to get coloured transparent sections such as this undercarriage indicator.
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August 8, 2018 at 6:53 am in reply to: Hawker Hurricane rebuilders and replica makers? #790444

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Thanks, Gentlemen!
No close ups handy, but the panel is included in some shots on my website, eg:
http://airspeedsflyingvisit.threadwings.com.au/wpimages/da6df23bf2e7.jpg
All the instruments are home made from cans with printed faces and home made glass fronts.
Some of the printing hasn’t lasted the 15 years, so many will have to be re-done. I lost a heap of artwork when a hard disk failed.
QS- that looks quite impressive. I tried to learn about stepper motors, and other electronics, but my brain couldn’t handle it.
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