gt350pony66
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A 1000 +/- ?! awesome! You and Escape are gonna make me look like I'm slackin" !! :lol
Btw Schwiiifty...what are you going to power it with? I've been using 9V, mostly because all the prewired LED's I get have the resistor built in, besides it's easier to house and secure a 9 than other stuff. I was told by someone you could only got 10-12 LED per 9V battery, I've used up to 36 with nary a problem:thumbsup
Did a lot of little things that needed to be done before lighting...........Trying to delay because I'm still up in the air to do either LED strips or FO for interior lighting?
Built and light blocked the trench hanger. It is not glued in yet. It needs to be painted and I want to see how I'm going to light the interior of it.
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Fixed the angle of the command tower and now lines are parallel to ship....still need to add some small strips to fill the small gaps. It's not glued on yet.
I will be making the top section removable from the ship to get to the electronics. I have glued a small skirt around edge so now it press fits into place and stops 95% of light leak. Some very thin foam will fix the rest. I may also use MicroScale liquid tape to make a stronger but removable connection that can be reattached. The stuff remains sticky and gives a fairly strong temporary bond.
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Here are some pictures of the drilled window holes......from inside and some from outside.
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After the above pictures were taken I drilled more holes so I'm probably 99% done with the drill holes. I have also drilled the locations for the laser turrets in 3 location on each side. I will use .75 mm FO for this connected to 2 green LEDs that will alternate firing 4 double bursts over a 1.5 to 2.5 second span.
Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving!!
I hope to get some more done over the long weekend and post some more pictures.
If you just want to turn on/off why don't you power it with a 9 to 12 volt 2 amp DC power supply like this:
http://hdamodelworx.com/Power-Supplies_c_47.html
Or a rechargeable 12 volt power pack like this.
They have different mAh......the higher the longer it will last on its charge
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DC12V-2800...hash=item41c2e1735c:m:mscYe0UCZyiwADe69TtLgAA
You need to install a power connector like this:
http://hdamodelworx.com/DC-Power-55mm-x-21mm-Female-Cable-Plug_p_27.html
You can also install an on/off switch or several switches to separately turn on/off: main lighting, engines, hangar bay............
A 1000 +/- ?! awesome! You and Escape are gonna make me look like I'm slackin" !! :lol
View attachment 775048I had big plans last night, till the extermination guys showed up for the monthly spray treatment, then the wife came home, bla, bla, bla...then before I knew it, it was 8:30...this is as far as I got with engine lighting experiments. these are the 5mm bright whites that I color changed to blue-ish.
Well honestly I will be aiming on it when I order the fiber so I have more than enough. But I guess my mind will break before your goal.
Looks better than stock blue LEDs as the inner glow is more white with a blue tint around the edges. I wouldn't go any bluer than that
I was just thinking about the lighting on your trench hangar...maybe a couple of .50mm FO on either side of the fore/aft corridor section where it won't be seen? I think I'm gonna try that myself since I've already got some on that panel that will be cut out for the hangar...
That sounds good....post some pictures of that when you have it all setup . I think Omnius has it lit from the end of the corridor but can't tell from the angle of the picture.
I was also thinking of cutting a slit/groove in the middle of the corridor ceiling and inserting some clear plastic in the groove and let the interior lighting illuminate it. If you are familiar with the Polar lights 1/350 Enterprise Refit kit.......the hangar bay has 2 over head slits with clear plastic and it light up very nicely
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A few pictures of my 1/350 TMP Enterprise Refit build:
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Thanks for the compliments.....90% of the windows on the Enterprise are filled with micro crystal clear. I'm doing a test on a scrap piece of plastic with a few holes with FO next to a few holes filled with micro crystal clear and see if there is any difference but have to wait for the micro crystal clear to dry and turn clear. I will post results tomorrow if I have time or Friday
That sounds good....post some pictures of that when you have it all setup . I think Omnius has it lit from the end of the corridor but can't tell from the angle of the picture.
I was also thinking of cutting a slit/groove in the middle of the corridor ceiling and inserting some clear plastic in the groove and let the interior lighting illuminate it. If you are familiar with the Polar lights 1/350 Enterprise Refit kit.......the hangar bay has 2 over head slits with clear plastic and it light up very nicely
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A few pictures of my 1/350 TMP Enterprise Refit build:
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Cool stuff man, I'll look forward to seeing that. Have a great Thanksgiving!
This is really beautiful. Good job.
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I did also order the HDA PE set for it, got an email there were in stock again. act fast before they run out again
HDAModelWorks has the phot etch set for these, with shipping it was like 28 bucks. Google it, it looks pretty good and it's the one Omnius used on his thread. It's got the Garbage chute that most of us already got from Shapeways or Falcon3D, but there's a lot of other good stuff in there too. I thought it was worth it since I'm one of a few that are dedicating their build to Robiwon. They're occasionally out of stock but they have some right now, lucky for me. Sorry, I kinda suck at pasting links :facepalmWhat's this?
Looks great gt350pony66!
I wonder, how bright LED's are you going for to the FO and engines?
Hey thanks brother! Everything I have is of the bright variety unfortunately, 2mm, 3mm and 5mm, but I'm making it all work. looks good for me anyway. I just spent like 6 hrs trying to duplicate the added greeblies that Omnius did on his. not quite AS good as his work, but far better than if I hadn't done anything. I'd post pics, but my sucky laptop always loads them upside down no matter how I configure it in the library :unsure I usually do them at work, they come out right there for some reason :confused any of you guys got pics to share, I'm dying to see something other than my own stuff :thumbsup