Time to unveil "Project Blackstone"
One thing I always wanted to do in this project is to give the illusion that the old school radio decoy face was a working radio. My first test print with a .4mm nozzle was more successful than I expected. I ordered a small LED strip that goes behind it to backlight it. I printed in a material called ASA, in black, natural, and red for the indicator line. The issues with the print are a few gaps where you can see light leak through, and less than perfect lettering quality (I had to choose a compromise between more gaps and less precision). Currently printing in .2mm nozzle size which should in theory provide much finer detailed printing and less gaps. But it could be a bit of a process as I've never printed in this nozzle size and there can be complications.
Note in this photo a flashlight is used to backlight, but the net effect is more or less the same.
Again, to be clear...all numbering you see in the radio face was 3d printed.
One thing I always wanted to do in this project is to give the illusion that the old school radio decoy face was a working radio. My first test print with a .4mm nozzle was more successful than I expected. I ordered a small LED strip that goes behind it to backlight it. I printed in a material called ASA, in black, natural, and red for the indicator line. The issues with the print are a few gaps where you can see light leak through, and less than perfect lettering quality (I had to choose a compromise between more gaps and less precision). Currently printing in .2mm nozzle size which should in theory provide much finer detailed printing and less gaps. But it could be a bit of a process as I've never printed in this nozzle size and there can be complications.
Note in this photo a flashlight is used to backlight, but the net effect is more or less the same.
Again, to be clear...all numbering you see in the radio face was 3d printed.
