BOATMANS 1/48 th B58 hustler build with lights

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an i fitted on the fusealarge but very difficult as over the yrs the fusalarge has curled inwards so would not fit in theie pins postions so i had to glue one side an when glued then sweated buckects tryin to pull it out to the correct alinement to glue in place an succsees
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AN i dont know if it will be worth all the effort of fitting firbe optics in the instrument panel to bring a bit of colour to it but well ive done it so far but just got to trim up the f/o so they are level an then just paint on them the tamyia clear colour paints so when i fit the big 5 mm white led in place hopefully it should shine up the f/o to show up in the instrument panel
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HI all well not sure of this yet untill i can fit in the big 5 mm led an power it up then i'll know an i think i have a pic of it now fitted will post a pic if i can an yes i have fitted in the 5 mm led an i painted it black around the sides to prevent light leak an will power it up an i hope the lights will show better when its all enclosed within the cockpit an when i go up to the man cave as at the moment im in livein room tryin to keep cool as to hot in man cave
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OH DEAR DISATERDAY TODAY i started work on the nose section an was tryin to tidy up the tape i used to hold all them tiny wires for the led s an only went an cut through them all oh dear so been tryin to solder all 10 tiny hair thin wires an im now shatterd but yes ive done it an they all go again but the stress level has gone through the roof as the wires are so tiny an i dint know which wire worked which led so a lot of trail an error oh boy what a bad day an swear box overflowin just as well jen was over her freinds havin a rest now
 
BOATMAN said:
i painted it black around the sides to prevent light leak
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The one time I built a model with LEDs and fibre-optics, I put the LEDs into a bit of plastic tube, partly to prevent light leaking and partly because drilling through the side of the plastic tube gave me a way to put the ends of the fibre-optic against the LEDs:

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Down Time said:
Sounds like a save with a very roundabout way to said save!!
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HI Downtime yes it was a very lucky save as if the tiny wires were cut an shorter then it would have been curtains for the front lights an i felt like sayin toss it i wont try an repair the wires but my stubbon streak won out again to spend all day tryin to fix a really stupid mistake cheers for your reply
 
Jakko said:
The one time I built a model with LEDs and fibre-optics, I put the LEDs into a bit of plastic tube, partly to prevent light leaking and partly because drilling through the side of the plastic tube gave me a way to put the ends of the fibre-optic against the LEDs:

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HI Jakko looks very nice bit of work there what is it ?
 

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