As Ralph said, the bezel is simply mounted in a panel in front of an LCD screen. I should have the stl files for the bezel and buttons, if anyone would like them please PM me and I will send.
One issue with doing the lcd screen for various avionics is the issue of parallax. The primary instruments are not bad since they are directly in the pilots line of sight. but the avionics being offset toward the center of the panel create the parallax problem. Given that, I have reduced my sim to only a central LCD for the primary instruments and engine gauges, while the avionic stacks are real or very near to real aircraft instruments. I've attached some pictures of the inside of the cockpit.
(*) - real aircraft hardware
(**) - homemade almost real aircraft hardware
For reference my sim roughly replicates a MY2000 Piper Malibu Mirage. The KMA24, KT76A and S-tech55 are a bit old for a 2000 Malibu. The more appropriate avionics are all digital very difficult to interface to AM. At some point Russ Barlow is going to help me with a video tour and I'll post a full description of the setup in an effort to inspire the AM community. Until then here are some specs..
- XP 11.41 on 3 computers (one runs the simulation, Air Manager, the other two are XP slaves for the 5 external displays
- Fully enclosed cockpit with leather trim, map pockets, pilot seat
- Brunner force feedback yoke and pedals
- Piper Control Handle with trim, AP, CWS, MIC, IDENT, Spoiler switches
- Butt Kicker seat vibration system (this is awesome BTW)
- Day/Night Cockpit lighting
- Air Manager running 1 LCD screen, and 10 Arduinos with over 300 Air Manager I/O signals
- Lots and lots of custom LUA coding
- Lots of real Piper Malibu parts, mostly sourced from N113WB, which was written off after an off airport landing in heavy ice
- 4 years to build, and of course it's never quite done.
Chuck