Taking inspiration from 1980s and early 1990s digital car dashboards, particularly GM and Audi, this set attempts to match the color and vibe of these early dashboards.
I am excited that this will be only the second all-new MTNU design, after MTNU Rascals. This set has gone through a lot of changes in its history, mostly to try to get the colors correct, and I think I have gotten it “right” with the color and kitting choices I have made on this set. This set was done in MTNU after trying the colorway in SA, KAT, and DSS because I think the Son of a Doubleshot (SOD) typeface fits best for the vibe I am looking for this set. I originally wanted to run this set without novelties, but the overwhelming preference is to have novelties related to the set’s theme. To this end, I have adapted the standard dashboard indicators (and a few others) from the appropriate NHTSA manuals in the public domain. If you enjoy this set, I would appreciate it if you filled out the IC form below and/or joined my discord. I take feedback very seriously and hope you like the set.
That’ll be on my to-do list over the end of the year. I’ll finalize the colors (some IC respondents want it a hair brighter, but we will see), decide on novelties, generate the 40s/compatibility kit, and then see if I can do a dasher/dancer thing with this set.
There is significant interest in the international kit; just over 20 percent of interest check respondents are interested.
Likewise, about 65 percent of the IC respondents are interested in the Novelty kit. However, a significant number of respondents have expressed an interest in placing the novelties in the base kit, which is something I am strongly considering.
The next step for me is finally contacting vendors. I made significant progress in my other active project, SA Welles, due to some developments I will announce later this weekend, which took up much of my spare time and attention this week.
