My 1st Project - Moebius Battlestar Lighted - WIP

[jessec]

Hello all - Hope everyone is doing well.
i have been coming to RPF for a while but never worked on anything but with much inspiration from many projects seen here i have finally started my first ever

i have been working on the famous Battlestar model for 2 weeks now on and off. I have worked with wood before but i am by no means an expert in model building, LED lighting/wiring or painting but i have taken this project as a start to learn a bunch of new stuff while having some fun with it, i will be documenting everything here once i finish this project 100% in hopes that it may help someone start on their own...

I have done much research into related topics to accomplish this gial, matters such as led lights & wiring, paint , glue-cement, proper tools required & so on...

i Will be documenting the entire project here, all materials used and diagrams of led wiring and so on.

[documentation will start once i have the entire project done, as that will yield the best result possible]

Here is my development so far - this is a learn as i go project for me.


>>It all started when this thing showed up at the door, could not wait i unpacked it faster then a FTL Jump.

>> So i went to work right away !

Ran a diagram of how i was going to wire and proceeded with drilling the holes to run wiring & made my first mistake....grr
holes are too close to the center they needed to be on extreme ends to hide the LEDs - no worries will fix later...
(Notice the detail on the ship is so crisp, Its worth every penny!)

>>Landing Bays look test...

>>Close up on wiring holes

>>For LED Test i threw the wiring in there just to see & hooked red LEDs into the landing bay. I actulley will use super bright white LEDs for Bays
Messy

Bottom front - (hole idea credit to Cylon, i saw his & was inspired to do the same)
Here i created a ring of few different color LEDs to see what can be done. once again finished project may have something different.

Works Begins - -

This is how far i have come but now starts the real work. I have finally put together a wiring diagram of working LEDS - i want to make the Engine LEDS Flicker as if they were really burning up.

will update as it happens. . .

Many Thnx

 

[LDR]

Very cool, looking good!

Newbie question...what are the wires youre using?

 

[jessec]

This is just some wire i cut out of an old muti-light stand just to see how LED will look.

But for final project i will be using the regular radioshack red & black wire.

will document everything once this project is finished as to what materials used and so on.

 

[cylon75]

Looks good so far keep up the good work. Don't forget to paint the inside of the pieces your lighting for light block purposes (i used black but iv been told you can use silver as as well)

 

[jessec]

Looks good so far keep up the good work. Don't forget to paint the inside of the pieces your lighting for light block purposes (i used black but iv been told you can use silver as as well)

Thanks Cylon - will surely do, I have been just testing and testing... .. . I hope i can get it only 50% like yours i will be happy .


Currently stuck on how to wire as i am novice when it comes to wiring LEDs.


With some help from LED series parallel array wizard i was able to get an idea of how to wire the LEDs.

 

[epilepticsquirl]

looking good man. All these Battlestar builds are making me want to tackle this project. You all make it look so easy.

 

[jessec]

looking good man. All these Battlestar builds are making me want to tackle this project. You all make it look so easy.

Thanks for the encouragement.

This kit is truly deserving of all the detail one can put into it, it already is made at a very high quality. Anyone wanting to start a project but don't know what to build, this is one they should try for sure. The ship looks so sweet when its assembled i cannot wait for mine to finish.

:> finally got some paint today and painted the inside of the ship (black) now waiting on LED's to come in as soon as the LEDs arrive, will start to rock and roll :ninja

 

[jessec]

Today i mnaged to start on paint while i still wait on leds.

started to weather this i step 1.
also shown led light test.

painted the inside

first layer -:

 

[Gunner590337]

Looking good

 

[jessec]

Alright guys !

Finally got the LEDs 2 weeks ago but i haven't had time to work on the ship until this past weekend.

Managed to achieve the Burn effect on the engines
Demo Below
>>>>Engine Burn Video<<<<
Wired all the LEDs

I left the Tip of the engines unpainted so i can play with some paint to see how it can be glowed a bit nicely.

Messy

Will update as soon as i get more done ....

 

[jessec]

Had some more time to work on this project.

LEDs are now in Order

>>>Engine Burn Effect Video & LED Demo<<<

 

[Gareee]

Its been a while since we watched the series... did those engine light tips actually glow, or is this just a creative license thing?

I did how they look, and am considering follow the same path.

 

[Legion]

It looks really good, but why not use a yellow'ish color for the landing bay? I seem to recall that the shots of the Galactica from above definitely have a yellow hue to the bays. That aside, it really does look great.

Cheers,

Guy

EDIT: From Season 4, episode 2, "He That Believeth In Me" where it appears more yellow. I just wish there was a way to illuminate the name, the guns, and the emblem.

 

[jessec]

Its been a while since we watched the series... did those engine light tips actually glow, or is this just a creative license thing?

I did how they look, and am considering follow the same path.

The engine tips didn't glow i think - but i wanted to leave them slightly lighter then the entire ship - i am still working on it will tint them later on as i installed the flickring chip to make those engines burn it would be nice if you can see them flickering hopefully tinting will come out well...

 

[zacic]

looking really good, one of my favorite shows and ship designs