blue defusing led covering plastic thing-me-bob

[dt307]

where can i get some of that stuff
just finishing off the franklin gtldx and not happy with the display

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[Minus1]

I know what you mean, some manufacturers make a really crap job of designing things don't they?
Either way too bright or way too dark, and it doesn't seem to occur to them to make the brightness adjustable.
Heaven knows what kind of environment they test them in.
'Acrylic' and 'perspex' are suitable words to search for, but the description of anything like that is never going to be good enough to tell whether it will suit your purposes, as it is unlikely retailers will have bothered to provide example photos of usage.

[dt307]

yer thanks will think go for dark blue gloss perspex and prob remove the tone and convert to a dimmer.

cant blame president as this is a custom jobbie lol so only i am to blame bad man .....bad man

[Mudslinger]

I bought some of this

100mm x 100mm Neutral Grey, which cost £2.75

Just cut to size with junior hacksaw and smooth up the edges.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361333007362? ... EBIDX%3AIT

[prettypolly]

id use quality street coloured wrappers lol

[dt307]

id use quality street coloured wrappers lol

that would work

[satelitesid]

That is not such a daft idea!
I have recently changed the display in my 847 to green.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-of-48-A4- ... SwEzxYdsM8

[Auldgeek]

I'm about to change a couple of my radios over to blue LEDs and have went for 1mm thick clear perspex and translucent blue acetate to sit in front of it.

Nothing ventured etc....

[163TM847]

I have used 0.45mm acetate [red] a few times, Its ok sat behind a bezel for smaller LED displays but for larger areas it may not be sturdy enough [It is quite flexible], So as above placing it over 1mm clear should do the trick as long as it is behind the bezel and not on the front..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COLOUR-CLEAR- ... 8e16bc60e6

[George EI7KO]

I always used light gels for stage lights.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/PAR-56-139-PRIMA ... 0955699771

The blue is very dark

[The Collector]

I bought 3 different shades of thin blue film for the Amstrad I tarted up a while back as I was originally going to change the channel indicator LEDs. I then had a change of heart and stuck with the red. I'm not sure if a layer of blue would soften the brightness a bit but it was similar to the above green stuff.

If I didn't throw it out and I can find it tomorrow in the loft you can have it.

[dt307]

the look i am after is i want the led channel display to show but when the radio is off i dont want to be able to see the digits.
i know even on production radios you can norm see the digits when the radios are off but i dont like that
thanks for the input guys

given up trying to up load pics just keeps failing

[Mudslinger]

The stuff I posted a link to will do what you want, the only consideration is that it is 3mm thick, so may be too thick for what you want it for?

[dt307]

got loads of room simon prob at least 5-8mm will give it a try thanks

[The Collector]

On one of my older tarted-up radios, I used clear perspex that'd had a couple of coats of window tinting spray flashed over it until it had the desired effect. It hid the digits "board" when turned off but allowed the light to shine through when on. I got the spray from poundland and the clear window was from an old rig.