Post soon being moved to "Home cockpit" forum by posterI modified my Ch throttle levers to more closely resemble a Boeing-type appearance. Thought I'd share it with you. The flap lever handle is a piece of curve floor molding sanded to shape and the speed brake handle is a small rectangular piece of pine cut roughly to shape then sanded to the final contours. All are painted with Testors Model gloss paints. Lettering is rub-on letters available in most office supply stores, Helvetica 18 Pt. font, though I did the numbers on the throttles themselves by hand with a black Sharpie permanent marker. I think it adds a lot to my home set-uphttp://www.graphics-free.com/animations/tr...ges/plane_6.gifAlex ChristoffN562ZBaltimore, [email protected]http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/137967.jpg

Very cool and very creative! What did you make the actual 1234 engine knobs out of?Would like to see a pic of yr whole set up.Eric

Absolutely brilliant Alex! :-eek ..some thing I have always wanted to do ...and now I will! :-hahIn fact I am sad enough to make different handels fir different a/c! :-lolThankyou for the inspiration! :-beerchug

regardsEd

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Freaking sweet! I need a CRJ and 757 and I would be set! :-lol Nice work man.[/a][a href=http://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=root&SearchTerm=fritsche&Sort=Added&ScanMode=0&Go=Change+View]My paints...[/a][a href=http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?photographersearch=Danny%20Fritsche%20-%20Airplanespotters&distinct_entry=true]See me at Airliners.net...[/a][a href=http://www.airplanespotters.com]Also at airplanespotters.com...[/a]

Hang on... good subject, will be moved to proper forum soon.Will post a hot link here to the new spot as soon as I have it :-)

Thanks all. Sorry for the late response, but the topic was locked, moved, etc. Thanks to Staggerwing for getting it set up for me here. The 4 throttle knobs are all the stock CH knobs. I only fabricated the speedbrake and flap handle. Attached are the detail shots of the material used. http://www.graphics-free.com/animations/tr...ges/plane_6.gifAlex ChristoffN562ZBaltimore, MDPiece of pre-stained floor molding / trim from Home Depot...http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/138445.jpgJust the right contour for the flap handle! Cut to desired size.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/138446.jpg

Nice job! You should be proud.John

You're welcome Alex, glad it finally landed safely in the proper forum :-)Your mods to the unit look very nice BTW, I hope the model paint holds up for you.