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Voyager badge reproduction
05-23-2019, 01:31 PM (This post was last modified: 05-23-2019 01:32 PM by burkhard.)
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(05-22-2019 10:31 PM)Peter Monta Wrote:  I thought I'd have a go at reproducing the Voyager badge (emblem, logo).

Wow, you are my hero! Please drop me a PM whenever you have some for sale! I've got 2 badgeless 16Cs and a 15C as well.

I have to ask... the milled one looks FANTASTIC. If you have a CNC mill capable of doing such fine work and have already programmed it, why not just make them that way rather than 3D printing in plastic, which will probably have less-crisp lines and poorer details? It would seem you presently have all the hard parts figured out for how to do it in metal.

Besides looking better, I think the milled aluminum ones will hold up much better--the dark paint is in the valleys, where it is protected. On a 3D printed piece, the "chrome" needs to be applied to the highlights where it is exposed.

I like the metal, but keep me informed either way!
Thanks so much!
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Voyager badge reproduction - Peter Monta - 05-22-2019, 10:31 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - burkhard - 05-23-2019 01:31 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - cdmackay - 05-25-2019, 12:32 PM
12C badge close-up image - striegel - 06-05-2019, 02:18 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - burkhard - 06-13-2019, 01:54 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - burkhard - 06-05-2019, 02:57 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - KF6GPE - 06-06-2019, 03:41 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - BruceH - 06-15-2019, 10:16 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - nhkader - 06-27-2019, 10:17 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - cdmackay - 07-06-2019, 08:19 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - BobVA - 07-06-2019, 02:49 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - 100LL - 07-20-2019, 03:13 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - kimwood - 07-22-2019, 08:44 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - ctrclckws - 08-07-2019, 01:13 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - twoweims - 08-05-2019, 10:48 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - rprosperi - 08-09-2019, 12:53 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - Moggul - 09-10-2019, 09:23 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - TomC - 09-11-2019, 02:00 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - amalahama - 01-26-2021, 06:31 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - dmh - 08-06-2021, 01:24 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - BillBee - 08-06-2021, 02:22 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - rprosperi - 08-07-2021, 02:34 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - dmh - 08-06-2021, 02:30 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - striegel - 08-06-2021, 06:19 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - BillBee - 08-06-2021, 06:29 PM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - dmh - 08-07-2021, 02:40 AM
RE: Voyager badge reproduction - SammysHP - 08-07-2021, 10:36 AM



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