Had a go at improving the look of my 777's front switch panel this morning after receiving some brushed aluminium effect vinyl off ebay.
The stuff has a very glossy coating but other than that it looks identical to the real thing and sticks very well.

After removing the front casing I traced out a template using baking paper, (not ideal as sticky tape doesn't stick to it very well), then used a razor blade to cut out the switch holes and around the writing just leaving small areas of the original paint still showing but it's hardly noticeable. The hardest bit was cutting out the round band selector knob hole neatly.

As it was after I removed the messed up original paint leaving just the blocks of writing. Looked crap



And with the new vinyl. Won't be needing a front casing anymore.

looks very nice fuzzy and i can see yours was a bit harder to do...but when i did mine i did the whole part covering the letters just cutting around the rectangular switch holes and rounded knob holes as well...so i also got a hold of miniature rub on letters...but the surface was glossy like yours the letters would stick but many i have problems with and kept doing it over...i got frustrated so i left it blank and it looked cool as well....but well done though fuzz...

i had a sharp gf 9696 with a really tatty top panel so i rubbed it down with fine paper and re-sprayed the thing in a close match matt silver and painstakingly relettered it with those rub on letters.....then laquered it.....it did look better than it was but it still looked crap. someone should invent a clear plastic a4 sheet that you can laser print onto and then rub off onto your box to reletter it......that way you could print the whole word like VOLUME OR BASS in the correct font and the same size as the original and then rub it straight onto your box panel instaed of having to use those lettraset sheets and rub every individual letter .....which is a nightmare

Thanks guys.
Member Fatdog has done some fabulous stickers and I'm wondering if it would be possible to make whole panels of text printed on clear stick on plastic made to fit particular BBX models such as the 777 range.

How about this technique:

Make a photocopy or laser printout (toner is what we need) and put it face down on the surface it's supposed to be on (of course the image has to be mirrored). From the back, rub it with a rag soaked with acetone. Try it first on some other surface for testing but it's working really well.

Peace
danky

Here's what I am using...custom silkscreening. Burn your negatives onto a screen, then build a little jig for the screen that fits your project. Add whatever color you want, keep it level and swipe. You will have new beautiful lettering everytime. Just like the original or customized to your liking

Very good work, Fuzzy! I bet that took ages. I imagine it looks a lot better than it did before you started.

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Originally posted by Retro Addict:
Very good work, Fuzzy! I bet that took ages. I imagine it looks a lot better than it did before you started.

Thanks RA, it does look better than the original but from certain angles I can clearly see where I've cut round the lettering though.

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Originally posted by Fuzzyduck:
Thanks RA, it does look better than the original but from certain angles I can clearly see where I've cut round the lettering though.

Yeah, I'd noticed that. But you have done a very good job. Hopefully those outlines won't start to annoy you as time goes on.

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Originally posted by Retro Addict:

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Originally posted by Fuzzyduck:
Thanks RA, it does look better than the original but from certain angles I can clearly see where I've cut round the lettering though.

Yeah, I'd noticed that. But you have done a very good job. Hopefully those outlines won't start to annoy you as time goes on.

I'm pretty much used to them now, it looks far better than before which is fine by me.

That is a good'n!!