First, I just wanted to say I realize this probably does not look anything like the one in the TV series, and for me that's okay. Not trying to replicate the exact look but I am doing some fiber optic lighting for this kit, which is my first attempt. I have some larger model projects (although this one is actually taking me a lot more time than I thought) so this is my testbed for running optics.
I am far from done but I have already learned several valuable lessons, 1) need to spend more time planning next time, 2) it's very easy to drill too many holes, and much harder to actually run optics to all those holes, and 3) they melt so, so easy...
Even though it has a lot of lights, I hope the final product will still be awesome. I am not going to light the engines on this, but I am going to put red 'landing' lights on all of the engine housings and along the top with 2Hz flashing LED's.
Below is my test circuit. Trying to 'burn' in some of the lights for a few days to ensure they actually work, along with the circuit. It does step down the voltage to 3.3 volts which for these particular LED's is exactly what they need.
First test:
Not looking too bad, but those are super bright, here is a second test with a small resistor in play:
I am far from done but I have already learned several valuable lessons, 1) need to spend more time planning next time, 2) it's very easy to drill too many holes, and much harder to actually run optics to all those holes, and 3) they melt so, so easy...
Even though it has a lot of lights, I hope the final product will still be awesome. I am not going to light the engines on this, but I am going to put red 'landing' lights on all of the engine housings and along the top with 2Hz flashing LED's.
Below is my test circuit. Trying to 'burn' in some of the lights for a few days to ensure they actually work, along with the circuit. It does step down the voltage to 3.3 volts which for these particular LED's is exactly what they need.
First test:
Not looking too bad, but those are super bright, here is a second test with a small resistor in play:
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