Chris,
As someone already mentioned, water-slide decal paper gives a
professional looking finish. There are varieties for both laser and
inkjet printers. Your callsign suggests you are probably of a vintage,
like me, who made Airfix plastic aeroplane kits as a lad. This special
paper is very similar to the decals you got with the model planes: soak
in water and slide onto the Hammerite painted panel. You need clear
spray-on varnish (Humbrol) as well. A UK supplier for both paper and
varnish is
http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk
There are loads of CAD programs you could use to produce the printed
output on the decal paper. I like Front Panel Designer. It does a nice
job on radial lines for rotary controls and suchlike. Ignore the stuff
about machined aluminium panels, just print the artwork on your PC's
printer. Download the package free from here
http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/download/index.htm
I don't have my own website and I suspect this reflector will reject
jpegs, but I'll email you a photo of an example finished project
off-list.
Regards,
Alan G3XAQ
In message <[email protected]>, CHRISTOPHER
OSBORN <[email protected]> writes
Any ideas how I can letter up the front panel controls ?
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