Custom Gauges

[Alyn]

Mark, I don't think those round thingies in your tutorial would even fit under a dash!

[Steve Keck]

I logged in for this??????????????????

[Scale-Master]

If you were to show a quality finished part that you made of what you were trying to explain, it would go a lot further in the direction of any tutorial.

Most builders want to learn tricks and tips to improve their models.

Also do some comparisons of what others are doing to see if what you are offering is truly relevant and useful towards improving other’s builds.

Keep up the enthusiasm and thanks for sharing.

[Agent G]

It's a chrome cannoli.

Lasci la pistola, Porti le canoli.

G

[charlie8575]

I think I follow where he's going.

Ex-teacher stepping in now to clarify.

Brett's picture of the aftermarket gauge package helped me see what he wanted to do.

Let me try to clarify this.

1. Cut a small piece of material from an index card to form a base. This will be determined by the number of gauges you'd like and the diameter of the sprue you're using.

2. Cut the sprue into small sections and touch up with sandpaper if needed to make them round. (ed. note: alternately, you could use small pieces of round Evergreen stock or aluminum rod.)

3. Glue the sprue or rod to the cardstock.

4. Paint the entire assembly black or chrome silver to finish it to your desired appearance. Paint the gauge faces black or white as desired.

5. Attach where desired.

A side note-

The ideas presented here to help explain writing a tutorial were good and well-done.

Remember, though, many people through no fault of their own, have never been exposed to proper expository writing, and reading it (for example, a tutorial,) doesn't always make up for the lack of instruction.

Some people, let's be honest, are also just not good writers or typists. That presents its own problem.

The only thing we can do is ask for clarification and ask questions if we don't understand something. By doing that, we all learn.

Charlie Larkin