frogger Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 hi guys , im going to be building a budget hornet pit and id like to share it with anyone interested. first i got the cockpit poster printed to size. cut it out and mounted to plywood for a base to work on. i have started to edit the file to remove the switch knobs throttle and any other bits that are not right and replace them with a drill point. these will be glued to plexiglass which i get from the garbage tip for nothing. i work at bunnings which is australias largest hardware store. even with my team discount i would still pay hundreds for plexiglass. instead goto a garbage tip and get old lcd monitors or tv's the back light system uses a sheet of 5mm plexiglass with 2 lights either end on the edge to spread the light evenly. i normally grab a few and then when i go back i take the remains that i dont use from them back and grab more. the white dots on it are basicly to help give an even spread of light. if i do back light my panels ill also use the difuser sheet that comes with the monitors. its like transfer paper but plastic and when u place these paper panels ontop of it u get a nice suttle glow from behind. will post up when i have more. cheers frogger
romeokilo Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Mate thats a fantastic idea recyling old lcd tvs from the tip. Cant wait to see how it turns out. Well done! Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Hansolo Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Looks like you are off to a very good start. Keep adding pictures of the progress. Cheers Hans 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album
frogger Posted April 22, 2016 Author Posted April 22, 2016 going to start a new thread as ive changed my mind and ill build an L39 pit
Mr_Burns Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 going to start a new thread as ive changed my mind and ill build an L39 pit Frogged, where a outs in oz are you? Do you have a file for those cockpit print outs?.
frogger Posted April 23, 2016 Author Posted April 23, 2016 im in W.A geraldton. flick me a pm with your email and ill send what i have.
SageOT Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Little late to the game in posting, but looks good Frogger. Keep up the progress pics. VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet[sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Carrier Strike Group One | Discord
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