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Frequent poster 918 posts Yannis Frequent poster 918 posts
Yannis

Hi all,

Long overdue update on the progress at the LA, Pasadena & Cucamonga RR.

Since the last update, the fascia has been finished and painted and curtains have been added as skirting. The topic of this update concerns all the fascia control panels that have been designed, built, painted and installed in order to control the tortoises.

The are made out of styrene (circa 0.10"). Painted with hammered-effect paint & acrylics. The plastic labels are also styrene, airbrushed in layers. For the electrics, 3mm leds, dpdt switches with stainless steel switch-guards added.

I hope you like them, thanks in advance for your time and comments. Pics to follow...

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Yannis Frequent poster 918 posts
Yannis

Work in progress for the panels

Here is a panel primed before sanding

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After sanding and painting the hammered effect paint. I chose heavy brush painting in order to have a heavy-industrial panel look (similar to the dashboards seen in F7's in the sixties/seventies).

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Panels everywhere....

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Soldering mess...

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Yannis Frequent poster 918 posts
Yannis

Finally installed...

A row of panels in the industrial area... pending installation of labels

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The final result.

Panel4.jpg 

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Mark Pruitt Pruitt Prolific poster 1,271 posts
Mark Pruitt Pruitt

Looks nice. You certainly

Looks nice.

You certainly captured that heavy industry feel!

Mark P.

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George J Frequent poster 741 posts
George J

I'm a sucker

I'm a sucker for anything Art Deco. Raymond Lowey would be proud!

-George J

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Yannis Frequent poster 918 posts
Yannis

George and Mark thanks!

Thank you very much for the kind words!

George, that is one of the greatest compliments that one could get (the reference to Lowey...great icon and inspiration). Many thanks for this, it is very motivating.

If you like art-deco / streamline moderne then this layout will be filled to the brim with it...(ok and Colonial/Med Revival as well ).

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Deemiorgos Super User 7,338 posts
Deemiorgos

Superb! What a great look.

Superb! What a great look.  Bravo Yannis. 
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blindog10 Prolific poster 3,320 posts
blindog10

most impressive

Captures that early diesel era look beautifully. And I like the U-bolt switch protectors. I'll suggest that to a friend that's reworking his layout now that he has to use a power chair. There's a couple spots where recessing the panels isn't practical. Scott Chatfield
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Yannis Frequent poster 918 posts
Yannis

Scott and Deemiorgos many thanks!

Thank you for your compliments, much appreciated!

The U-bolts do prove useful and in my opinion add to the look i was going after despite posing design restrictions (on the panel design i mean). Stray jackets etc... wont be messing with the toggle switches now.

Depending on the design and availability one can use small-sized drawer handles instead of u-bolts.

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