ensamvarg Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Hello everyone! Started working on my pit today. This is my first cut and I went for the Electrical Power panel. :) Have a look. Please excuse the crappy photo. I'm too excited to wait until it's painted and put in my little lightbox. HeatBlur Template repository
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted January 16, 2013 ED Team Posted January 16, 2013 Looks great thanks for sharing and good luck with your build, enjoy it ! Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
ensamvarg Posted January 16, 2013 Author Posted January 16, 2013 Looks great thanks for sharing and good luck with your build, enjoy it ! Thanks! Something tells me I will need it. :D HeatBlur Template repository
agrasyuk Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Looks of top shelf level. one note, use smaller screws perhaps? how are you going to paint the edges? luck? nahhh, just some patience :) and yey to another picture thread to follow. i love watching these :D ADD: and don't be shy to show off the framework of the rest of the pit. Edited January 16, 2013 by agrasyuk Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
ensamvarg Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 Looks of top shelf level. one note, use smaller screws perhaps? how are you going to paint the edges? luck? nahhh, just some patience :) and yey to another picture thread to follow. i love watching these :D ADD: and don't be shy to show off the framework of the rest of the pit. The screws are just something I had in the office too keep the pieces together. There will be better ones on there soon. Painting is tricky but I have no doubt that good masking will make it pretty easy. What worries me is the LED placement and such. :) Right now there isn't even a framework. I wanted to make sure I could get the panels out in a decent quality before even trying and now I can use them to size the whole framework making the gaps between panels perfect. :) HeatBlur Template repository
ensamvarg Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Here's the back light. About 80% done but I ran out of LED's. :( In person the panel isn't quite that bright though and there are some darker areas in the middle of Flood in EMER FLOOD but I can live with that. :) HeatBlur Template repository
agrasyuk Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Looks very good. Run out of leds,? How many did you use for this? Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
ensamvarg Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Looks very good. Run out of leds,? How many did you use for this? At the moment I'm running four instances of 4 3v LED's in series so that makes 16. Probably overkill but I wanted some uniform coverage. Only got a 20 pack from Amazon and killed a few just messing around. I did find 150 of the same LED's on ebay for the same price I paid for these though so in a few weeks I should be drowning in them. :) HeatBlur Template repository
agrasyuk Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 16 sounds about right according to my placement strategy.although here I'd use 20 to light the title on the left as well. I also use strings of 4 diodes, running them from 12v rail of dedicated power. That way they are ted undervolted for hopefully Improved longevity. Yep, a 200 pack of 3mm wide green LEDs is 8$ or so shipped from china. Or 100 pack for 6.5$ from NY if one is in a hurry. At this price no need to hold back. Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
ensamvarg Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah, I have about 6 or so more holes in my backplate to fill with LED's. Mostly on the left lower side. :) HeatBlur Template repository
ensamvarg Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Someone just pointed out that I switched places on APU and inverter. :( Good thing I messed up the paint and was going to redo it anyway. HeatBlur Template repository
ensamvarg Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 Here's my rendition of the Oxygen panel. It still needs a middle layer and some touches of paint. :) Text is too small though. :( HeatBlur Template repository
agrasyuk Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Hmm. Looks very good and properly sized to me Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
ensamvarg Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 Hmm. Looks very good and properly sized to me Thanks. Most of the text should be fairly close. It's the numbers inside the gauge and the Oxygen Supply Pressure that feels too small. HeatBlur Template repository
Deadman Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 It looks very good IMHO the only thing you might want to change is the HVG in the lower right corner to the correct Night vision marking of NVG.:thumbup: Positioning the Oxygen Supply Pressure indicator behind the light panel as in the real panel may change your perspective of the font being to large https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans.
ensamvarg Posted February 28, 2013 Author Posted February 28, 2013 It looks very good IMHO the only thing you might want to change is the HVG in the lower right corner to the correct Night vision marking of NVG.:thumbup: Positioning the Oxygen Supply Pressure indicator behind the light panel as in the real panel may change your perspective of the font being to large Thanks Deadman!! I was considering doing that but ended up with this modular solution incase I decide on having static needles. Then I can just unscrew the rings and pop something in. Also, it makes troubleshooting easier but it looks less original. I will have to think some more about lowering it in to the panel which would look a lot better. HeatBlur Template repository
ensamvarg Posted March 22, 2013 Author Posted March 22, 2013 Redid the Oxygen panel slightly and also finished cutting the Environment panels top layer. :) HeatBlur Template repository
Gremlin77 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 wow, very clean work! Looks really great. You should take money for this stuff! Just quit your job and start a business! visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916
ensamvarg Posted March 22, 2013 Author Posted March 22, 2013 wow, very clean work! Looks really great. You should take money for this stuff! Just quit your job and start a business! Since my job is where I have the laser I don't think so. ;) But if anyone would be interested I can easily make some. :) HeatBlur Template repository
saskcan Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Hi, nice panels so far! Do you mind sharing the switches you have in mind? I am looking for parts now and have already decided that the mil spec toggles are out of my budget range for the time being.
ensamvarg Posted March 22, 2013 Author Posted March 22, 2013 Right now I just have some $5 toggles from Fry's Electronics. Very cheap and nothing fancy at all. I plan on upgrading them as I find the funds. HeatBlur Template repository
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