Which materials did you use? How did you cut?
Hi Henry,
Nice work. I'm now building a 767 myself although I'm not happy with my homebuilt panel and plan to redo it, possibly get it made by a sign maker with backlighting etc.
Which material did you use for your instrument panel? Looks like 1/4" panel board. If this is the case, what did you use to get such straight edges on the (square) instrument displays? I bought and tried every tool that exists short of a laser or CNC Router. Even by cutting rough with a jigsaw and then using a metal edge to mark the desired cut and using a rotary tool with a sanding cylinder, I didn't get perfect results like yours. I found where I did manage to get a straight edge, the particleboard I used is not really robust and started to chip, despite painting it with an enamel paint.
I like your choice of using Level D 767 instrumentation over PM. Despite being a very sophisticated and advanced system, LD provide keyboard shortcuts for just about every control. So should be easy to practically replicate the whole thing without stretching the wallet to PM and then getting a hybrid boeing instrument display.
I'll be keeping a close eye on your progress.
Paul