Not wanting to wait for my print to return, I made a black and white version of my marquee to scale on my printer to see if the line on the prop would be covered by the marquee retainer. First, the print is being held on by the retainers only; I didn't sandwich the print between the lexan sheets. This is why the print looks a little wavy in places (the A in American). Also, the white line in the center is the seam between the two sheets of paper.
These photos are really grainy since I took them with my iPhone and had only my overhead shop lights.
Anyhow...
And for the closeup...
Yep! There's the line just ABOVE the bottom retainer.
Okay, so the line is not actually very noticeable in the whole scheme of this build... but I do hate it being there. So, options:
1. Just live with it (really doubt anyone would notice if I didn't point it out).
2. Correct the mistake and see if Game on Grafix could use a new version instead of what I sent them.
3. Just bite the bullet and pay to have another one printed.
My gut instinct is to not opt for choice number one (I'm convinced it's a sickness
). Since I sent my flawed copy to Game on Grafix 4 days ago, it is likely that I can't update the file at this point, but it might work. That leaves me with choice number three. Fortunately, this marquee only cost $23 (including shipping); so it won't really break the bank to have it redone. The family could just skip one meal at Rosa's Cafe and recoup the loss.
I'll see how I feel in the morning!
This is progressing beautifully, it's always pleasing to see quality craftsmanship in action. Router slip you say? I wont show you the results of my router going into fits recently (can't blame the router, I was being impatient)
Thanks Ond... you're build is awesome. I really hope when you're finished, you post some pics of the recovered UFO you reverse engineered it from.