An LED wiring question

[MonkeyHead]

Hi everyone, I'm working on trying to light some 72nd scale Star Wars models (the X Wing, some TIE's and the Falcon) and have got the placement and configurations of the LED's themselves down, but I could use a recommendation on what the thinnest, most flexible wire I could use would be. As a lot of you know, the tolerances inside the Bandai kits are tiny, I'd like to make it as easy as possible to hide the wires. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
MH

 

[Keiko]

I used some telephone wire on mine. That's about the smallest I could get my hands on, and each strand of telephone wire has 6 or 8 (I can't remember) individual strands of wire inside with their own coloured insulation. Plus, it's all single strand copper.

 

[MonkeyHead]

That was a great suggestion Keiko, thanks! I didn't have any phone wire but had a low profile CAT 5 network cable that yielded fantastically thin pairs of wires that are nice and flexible. Thanks again!

 

[star-art]

If space is really tight, you can use magnet wire:

http://ngineering.com/accessories.htm

 

[Booyotch]

I also use CAT6 cable. It's great, and if you know any installers, you can get the kind that is a single, thin wire. it's great for bending into shape where it'll stay.

 

[darthviper107]

If you need some thin wires you can get some from Adafruit:
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1446
https://www.adafruit.com/category/282