BTTF Plutonium Chamber label

[Dagobah Don]

Hey I just got this meter, and I am wondering if anyone knows the proper label for it...

 

[Dagobah Don]

 

[Dagobah Don]

The width of the black tape is 1 cm, and I believe they used the DYMO black tape that they used for other BTTF props inside the car, and then tacked white lettering on top of the tape (there were no thermal printing label makers then). So I am on the hunt for adhesive lettering that matches the prop, in a range under the 1 cm mark.

 

[Dagobah Don]

Does anyone have the proper label maker for this, or could direct me to the proper one? Thanks

 

[Markus]

I have created this label, for printing as a 4x6" photo - it's somewhere in the middle on the blog page for my Time Circuits build:

Building Props for a Back-to-the-Future Time Machine - Part 2: Time Circuits

My other blog posts on BTTF props: Part 1: Building a Flux Capacitor Part 3: Building a Speedometer Part 4: Building the A...

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[Dagobah Don]

I have created this label, for printing as a 4x6" photo - it's somewhere in the middle on the blog page for my Time Circuits build:

Building Props for a Back-to-the-Future Time Machine - Part 2: Time Circuits

My other blog posts on BTTF props: Part 1: Building a Flux Capacitor Part 3: Building a Speedometer Part 4: Building the A...

markus-wobisch.blogspot.com

Thanks so much Markus, this is great!

 

[Dagobah Don]

Marcus, would you perhaps have these labels rendered as well? Would be most helpful, and they seem very closet to the labels you have done...

 

[Markus]

Yes, I made those too. But somehow, I forgot to include them on my blog. But now they are there - plus the one for the Drum Switch:

Building Props for a Back-to-the-Future Time Machine - Part 5: The TFC Switch

My other blog posts on BTTF props: Part 1: Building a Flux Capacitor Part 2: Building the Time Circuits Part 3: Building the ...

markus-wobisch.blogspot.com

 

[Dagobah Don]

Yes, I made those too. But somehow, I forgot to include them on my blog. But now they are there - plus the one for the Drum Switch:

Building Props for a Back-to-the-Future Time Machine - Part 5: The TFC Switch

My other blog posts on BTTF props: Part 1: Building a Flux Capacitor Part 2: Building the Time Circuits Part 3: Building the ...

markus-wobisch.blogspot.com

You're the best man. I've been looking for an inexpensive way to do this, and this is it. Thanks so much

 

[Markus]

You're the best man. I've been looking for an inexpensive way to do this, and this is it. Thanks so much

Thanks for the praise
This is actually rather easy to do.
You could do it in Photoshop - but I'm using Linux, so I'm doing it in "Gimp" (which also exists for Windows and it's free).

• Create a new document - if you want to print this as 6"x4" in 300dpi, make it 1800x1200 pixels.
• Add two more layers (so, together with the base layer, you have three).
• Make the base layer white.
• On the next layer, add the colored rectangles (the backgrounds for your labels).
• On the top layer, with the text tool, insert the text that you want (setting the right font, size, and color).
• export as .jpg (in high quality, 90% or higher) and submit to Walgreens...

Of course, you need the right font - so search for the free fonts: "Eurostile bold extended", or "Microgramma bold extended" and install before starting Gimp.
As usual: Once you manage to work with a new tool, you will find applications everywhere.
I love this method. It's really inexpensive and the results are great (when printed on glossy photo paper) - just make sure they don't get wet
Here I used this method for more complex stickers - and the results were great, again:

Building a GERTY 3000 Computer from Moon (2009) - Part 3: Details

previous post: Building a GERTY 3000 Computer from Moon (2009) - Part 2: The Enclosure The Eye GERTY's eye is operated by a blue 8mm 0.5W s...

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