Best way to make guages?

Modgod · #1 09-13-2003, 07:34 PM

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

MR-2RaCeR · #2 09-13-2003, 08:42 PM

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

Honoturtle · #3 09-13-2003, 08:43 PM

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

Modgod · #4 09-13-2003, 08:45 PM

Air pres,boost those kind

MR-2RaCeR · #5 09-13-2003, 08:53 PM

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

Kasso · #6 09-13-2003, 08:59 PM

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

MR-2RaCeR · #7 09-13-2003, 09:06 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 · #8 09-13-2003, 09:50 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 · #9 09-13-2003, 10:20 PM

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

Bloodhound · #10 09-14-2003, 02:28 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 · #11 09-14-2003, 04:49 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 · #12 09-14-2003, 09:46 AM

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

Modgod · #13 09-14-2003, 11:34 AM

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

Honoturtle · #14 09-14-2003, 03:59 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 · #15 09-14-2003, 04:21 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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