Made changes to my control panel

[Lothlorian]

I finally made some changes to my control panel. I took out the clock and the inside outside thermometer. Both were broken and looked terrible. The plastic that covers the control panel was falling off. I was going to remove the plastic but after looking at all the guages and wiring I decided not to remove the plastic even with it turning yellow from age. I decided to take a thin piece of birch and mount it over the area where the thermometer and clocks were. I painted it the same color of my interior trim . After the paint dried I mounted a complete weather station. The weather station will give the time, inside and outside temp, barometric pressure, sun rise and sun set. The clock is an atomic clock which is a nice feature. I feel it does the job and looks pretty good. I also replaced all the small light bulbs in the control panel.

My wife put tape over the gauges and where the lights for the control panel are. She made perfect circles for each light indicator. I told her not to paint until I can find out if that plastic over the control panel will hold paint. Has anybody painted the shiny plastic over the control panel?

Brian