Ship Control Panels Arrived!

 

Here is a quick snap shot of both the Control Panels, printed in Purple. 

 

Over all I am extremely happy I got my measurements correctly and didn't loose them in the up-loading process. The Fighter Control panel is bang on. There is NO room available to possibly use a card protector with that control panel. The Defense Tokens fit just fine, they are secure and not so tight it causes issues with flipping them around. The finger opening is just the right size to make doing so easy. The Storm Trooper helmet stands out and adds a nice touch.

 

The Ship Control Panel is bang on as well. The Speed Dial region is deep enough and the right size so the dial rests easily in this spot. The Command Dials fit in the groove securely but not so tight to become a problem. Defense Tokens and Ship ID number are the same way as well. The Ship Card area, I built in an extra 1mm on all edges so the card does shift around a bit. However; I did this hoping it would be enough to allow the use of card protectors. I have yet to test that out yet!

 

 

The only down side is the fact these are thin. Max thickness in certain parts is only 3mm, like around the Defense Tokens, Ship ID, Command and Speed Dial's. The card area the lip around it is 2mm with about 1.5mm thickness. Over all these are very bendy because of it. They do hold their shape and lay flat but like everything else done in plastic if you bend them to much they will most certainly break. If you want to know how bendy they are put 4 ship cards on top of each other, now flex them a little.

 

The quickest fix is to increase the thickness by another 1mm which will bump up the price of these by close to $2 plus dollars, if not more. Or glue a card board like backing to them, something like card stock may work. Its not the actual card stock that will give it the rigidity but the glues used to do it will.