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Title: Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: Willybomb on October 05, 2017, 09:04:50 AM
Gudday all.

Here's Starfighter.  It switches between a Harald's Stripped Fetto vero layout, and a two channel BE-OD on Bugg's Thermionic Distortion pcb.

Fairly straightforward.  Apparently you can switch the gain pots with a 3dpt but I decided to just use a 4pdt and switch all the wires at once plus LED.  The Tight pot is moved offboard to make the enclosure layout make more sense with the 2nd gain pot.  Same value pots, as I didn't expereiment with values at all. 

There's a Gunstar in the background of the image but you have to look pretty hard as it came out more transparent in the print than it did on screen.

Edit:  There's ONE knob out of line, and it's giving me the irrits.
Title: Re: Greetings, Starfighter, You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: NFX on October 05, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
cool  8)
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Post by: matmosphere on October 05, 2017, 10:56:33 AM
Nice!! That's the last one right?
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Post by: madbean on October 05, 2017, 11:33:34 AM
Great build and one of my favorite movies when I was a kid!
Title: Re: Greetings, Starfighter, You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: Willybomb on October 05, 2017, 11:36:44 AM
QuoteNice!! That's the last one right?

Correct, and it's also the only one!

Quoteone of my favorite movies when I was a kid!

Same!
Title: Re: Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: EBK on October 05, 2017, 11:51:00 AM
For some reason, the targeting reticle was the only element from the film I could vividly recall.  I remember thinking that was so cool.
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Post by: mrclean77 on October 05, 2017, 12:05:46 PM
Aw, man - awesome build. Also loved the movie in my younger years - you translated that to a pedal very nicely!!!
Title: Re: Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: Willybomb on October 05, 2017, 01:03:37 PM
Quote from: EBK on October 05, 2017, 11:51:00 AM
For some reason, the targeting reticle was the only element from the film I could vividly recall.  I remember thinking that was so cool.

I tried to include the HUD in someway, but failed miserably.
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Post by: pickdropper on October 05, 2017, 01:32:12 PM
"That's the spirit!"

Very cool build.
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Post by: Andlord on October 05, 2017, 01:49:25 PM
Great graphic design! You could have tried to destribute the pots evenly but I guess not everybody has that wierd symmetry ocd like me :D
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Post by: Adam_DIY on October 05, 2017, 01:56:56 PM
Boom love it.
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Post by: Martan on October 05, 2017, 04:11:15 PM
It's great! Will always remember the Death Blossom 8)
Title: Re: Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: Willybomb on October 05, 2017, 10:04:04 PM
Quote from: Andlord on October 05, 2017, 01:49:25 PM
Great graphic design! You could have tried to destribute the pots evenly but I guess not everybody has that wierd symmetry ocd like me :D

Sometimes you have to sacrifice symmetry for the greater artwork. I increased the ergonomics of it by colour coding the knobs!
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Post by: diablochris6 on October 05, 2017, 10:36:29 PM
Awesome! I have fond memories of that movie. Great build.
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Post by: Clark GriswoId on October 06, 2017, 05:52:07 PM
Great looking build! Awesome work!

great power and ground junction.
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Post by: Leevibe on October 06, 2017, 11:41:27 PM
This brings back good memories. So glad you put a Death Blossom control on there. Rad build.
Title: Re: Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League...
Post by: culturejam on October 07, 2017, 02:57:08 AM
Quote from: EBK on October 05, 2017, 11:51:00 AM
I remember thinking that was so cool.

Hell yes!