RE: Star Wars control panel overlay

Yep -- the stuff is called Alumilite:

http://www.alumilite.com

Big stuff in the miniature camp (war, trains, etc.), and the stuff is
durable. You can buy dyes (black, etc.) to color the resin while mixing
to get it a black color. A lot of well-stocked hobby stores carry the
supplies, a full kit (resin, molding material, etc.) runs about $50,
resin refills are around $30, dyes are around $5 ea.

I looked into this as a possible solution, but it was just too labor
intensive for a large scale run, which I was after.

It is a great product though, worth having around for making a missing
part or two.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:39 PM
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Star Wars control panel overlay
>
>
> In a message dated 3/13/2002 3:31:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bret@infowest.com writes:
>
> << On a similar note, I'm also looking into having the yoke
> thumb trigger buttons reproduced as well, also in brass or
> alum, then powdercoated black. >>
>
> I have a friend who does alot of work on scale models. He
> uses some kind of a
> porcelan or plastic(?) to make parts. Some time ago, he made
> a mold of one
> of my NOS buttons, and made several repros. Only bad thing is
> that this
> material is a ivory shade, so buttons are white. Paint does
> not last long on
> these.
> However, they are REALLY durable! These buttons have been on
> an UR that had
> the crap played out of it for 2 years. It was on route at a
> movie theatre for
> a long time, and the buttons were installed when "Episode 1"
> was in the
> theatre. They still look and work great on this machine.
> Virtually no wear!
> If anyone is interested, I can take some pics. I don't think
> it would cost
> alot for him to make more.
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