Best way to make guages?

Modgod · 09-13-2003, 08:34 PM

I would like to put 3 guages in my Revells honda civic dash and wana know the best way.

MR-2RaCeR · 09-13-2003, 09:42 PM

By gauges do you mean like tachs, air pressure gauge,etc... Those kinds of gauges?

Honoturtle · 09-13-2003, 09:43 PM

"On-dash" gauges can be made with styrene tubes...

Modgod · 09-13-2003, 09:45 PM

Air pres,boost those kind

MR-2RaCeR · 09-13-2003, 09:53 PM

You can make them the same way you make tachs, all you hav to do is make them shorter.

Kasso · 09-13-2003, 09:59 PM

how do u guys detail the guages soo well? is it painted or is it just decal?

MR-2RaCeR · 09-13-2003, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasso

how do u guys detail the guages soo well? is it painted or is it just decal?

They are pictures printed on decal paper, someone posted pics of gauges once but i forgot who...

Diesel2NR · 09-13-2003, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MR-2RaCeR

They are pictures printed on decal paper, someone posted pics of gauges once but i forgot who...

Murco posted those I believe. Unfortunately, the search button didn't work last time I tried it, and he left AF a long time ago.

Kasso · 09-13-2003, 11:20 PM

damn...does anyone have a copy of those pictures?

Bloodhound · 09-14-2003, 03:28 AM

couild anyone post a tutorial on how to do the race-like hardcore gauges for your dash? that would help a lot of us inexperienced modellers.

Honoturtle · 09-14-2003, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Bloodhound

couild anyone post a tutorial on how to do the race-like hardcore gauges for your dash? that would help a lot of us inexperienced modellers.

Are you talking about "on-dash" tachs, etc? Just use various styrene tubes, fill the middle, add some "rings" around the main-body, maybe even a shift light, some wires.... the only thing I have a hard time doing is printing the gauges small enough but you being able to see it.

simdel1 · 09-14-2003, 10:46 AM

vric posted these a while ago, i kept them on my hard drive for when the search function inevitably stopped working again

Modgod · 09-14-2003, 12:34 PM

Im thinking of using the trees and a bigger sized styrene tupe around it

Honoturtle · 09-14-2003, 04:59 PM

Here's a tutorial written by Vyacheslav on BMC, he's also a current member, look through the page and you'll see that he posted some gauges.

http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutor...D=11&CurPage=1

Murray Kish · 09-14-2003, 05:21 PM

Hey, thanks for posting the link to Brian's Model Cars. Looks like a great site and has lots of cool info and tutorials. I've put it in my 'favorites'...

Murray

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