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#3dmodeling

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Right color (mostly, i'm gonna keep looking) acrylic arrived today. Cut and etched and it looks good. Just painting the right and I'll post pics.

Also the crhome knobs from the Unitech boombox came today and jesus jones do they look so so good. But there are only two. So... I bought a for-parts Unitech CX-955 of eBay to salvage another knob. They just look too good not to.

Just need to paint the body (Tamiya gun metal) and then decide how much time I wanna invest in the electronics/screen. Also the ring on the left is not shown here. I just painted it and it's drying.

A replica of the hybrid control device from Alien Earth. It is a rectangular gray device with three faders, three buttons, three knobs, and a screen at the top
A replica of the hybrid control device from Alien Earth. It is a rectangular gray device with three faders, three buttons, three knobs, and a screen at the top
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Assuming the side grips fit, I'm pretty much done with modeling. The only thing I'll need to do is print a carrier for the Pi and Display so they stay put. And of course the Mystery Button, which I've simply left off for now.

Next I need to lay out the top plate with graphics for laser cutting. Somehow I even have the right acrylic already. Go go hoarding powers activate.

The body will get a couple of coats of Tamiya gun metal.

Oh... and then I have to make the display do something, wire up at least one encoder and fader, and cram a battery in there. My least favorite part.

a 3D model of a device with 3 knobs and 3 faders, 3 pushbuttons, and a screen. It is various shades of grey. It has parts inside in green to indicate the faders, switches, and electronics inside.
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Just tested and the Pimoroni Hyperpixel 4.0 will fit nicely in the screen area. I just need to design a carrier for it (and maybe adjust the bezel, printing a bezel now to test).

I left the screen area just an open rectangle about the size of most wide 4" LCDs so that I could put whatever fit behind it and just make a carrier for that specific screen.

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Unrelate: My &#$*&^ d key is still either not registering or double-registering... Need to figure out why.

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Bottom is printing now, but it all fits together! I printed the top plate just for this test fit, but I intend to laser cut it so I can engrave the detentes, lettering, and details on it.

UPDATE: Tweaked the middle part which was somehow off height-wise. Once I confirm that's all good with a new print of the middle, I will need to tweak the fader/knob/button mount insert to be a bit taller so it once again mates with the dowels on the now-further-away back plate. Then it's on to laying out the top plate graphics for etching and laser-cutting. Still no idea what I'm gonna do with the 'mystery button' that was always hidden by the actor's thumb.

Part of a 3D printed device with three faders three knobs and three buttons, up top is a space for a LCD screen.
The open rear 3D printed device with three faders three knobs and three buttons, up top is a space for a LCD screen.
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