Does anyone have an idea for hiding the power connector for the charging circuit? I thought of hiding it inside one of the landing gear wells...
Does anyone have an idea for hiding the power connector for the charging circuit? I thought of hiding it inside one of the landing gear wells...
I have added a dozen parts to the forward area between the mandibles and I can hardly tell...hahahaha!!! this model is going to take a long time to build...
just a few more pics of my progress today...
I am loving this airbrush...I tried to paint these grilles with a tiny brush and clogged em up, the airbrush worked like a charm...
Last edited by vixr; Aug 23, 2012 at 9:45 PM.
did some more work on her this evening... I am very impressed with the level of detail on the FM Falcon.
played with my airbrush a bit more tonight...Tamiya flat acrylic, deck tan and white 50/50, thinned with alcohol.
thank you... I got half of the back deck done and squirted some primer on. Wow, there are a lot of parts...
The biggest concern that I have when I do my own build is that the lights will be too bright. Specifically the boarding ramp well, and the position lights around the underside. Is there a way to make the brightness adjustable? Great work so far!
DS Operative said:
You can use a variable resistor (trim pot) instead of a fixed resistor for LEDs...start with a 2K ohm trimmer. That should give you plenty of adjustment... you could use a 1/2 watt trimmer and wire all the grounds together thru the trimmer for 3 or 4 LEDs. If you decide to try this, I will send you a simple schematic to use.
well, I made some pretty good progress today, got all the parts added to the area around the exhaust vents and under some primer...
Guys...there looks to me to be more "soot" coming from the small vent holes behind the 6 large exhaust vents in this picture of the 3 footer. There is actually very little soot streaking back from the large vents...does anyone have better pictures of the studio model?
I found the pictures I needed in the studio scale models forum...
hahahahaaa!!! I glued these on backward... I pulled them off and turned them around. I know you guys saw this, thanks for not slamming me.
So, here is what I ended up with...
I glued the A23 parts in place for spacing, and cut a slot in the E42 part.
I trimmed the EL tape to fit and pushed it in the slot...
the EL tape has a sticky backing that will hold it in place...
I will end up using some double side sticky tape to install the EL tape for a bit more spacing and I really dont trust the stuff that came on the EL tape to hold it in place...
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I'm done with the little parts on the bottom hull... Getting close now.
I used a small drill bit to drill a thru hole, then a second larger bit to countersink and a third bit to chamfer the top edge...and used a small surface mount LED from inside the hull to act as the large spot light just under the escape pods. The LED is pretty tiny, I think it should look fine. The LEDs are the type used to backlight the buttons on keypads. They will be wired to the off board LED pads on the PCB I etched. I will use the same ones to light the landing gear wells.
Excellent work! I'm slowly building one of these, mainly because I'm trying to figure out some of the electronics. I have a Madman kit, but I have no idea where to put the battery pack, I don't wanna button her up until I know I can change the batteries, etc.
Do you have a diagram of the hull lighting? I had one awhile back but can't find it for the life of me.
vixr,
I can't wait to see the finished product. What you have is very cool.
Thank you for the kind comments.MandoMan531 said:
Here is a link to the lighting diagram that I am using... CLICK HERE
Thank you...I hope to have it done soon. There are so many little parts and tweaks.Hoot35 said:
vixr,
I can't wait to see the finished product. What you have is very cool.
I finally have 99% of the parts on the top hull and under some primer...
Thats the diagram i had! Thanks a ton! Upper hull looks good. How did you go about filling the sink mark around the outer perimeter? I've been having some trouble there sanding without removing the detail.
Could you please show me the sink mark? I cant see it...but in answer to your question, I haven't done anything with it yet.MandoMan531 said:
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