Re: Enterprise NX-01 Refit
Thanks for the comments guys!
Made some more progress on the LEDs in the lower saucer...
Two white LEDs were mounted with 470 ohm resistors behind the blue panels between the long range sensors. The sensors will glow with a nice bright cool white with blue screened panels in between:
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IMG_6130 by trekriffic, on Flickr
30 AWG solid kynar wires were glued into the trenches for lighting the nacelles. You can also see the fiber installed for the upper pylon spot. Also visible is the black Tulip fabric paint I brushed on to light block and frame the clear impulse engine ports:
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IMG_6132 by trekriffic, on Flickr
Wiring in progress. The circuits will all run all run off a 12V DC wall adapter.
The red and green running lights are clear flashing 2mm LEDs wired in series to flash in sync with each other using a 330 ohm resistor.
Some plastic had to be removed from both the upper and lower saucer halves where the flashers were mounted so the halves would close.
I painted them with transparent Testors red and green. I also painted the tiny clear plastic kit running light inserts with the same paint on their inside surfaces.
Adhesive foil was wrapped around the barrel of each flasher leaving only the tip exposed.
Black Tulip paint was also brushed where the wire legs extend out the base of each LED for light blocking:
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IMG_6133 by trekriffic, on Flickr
Light test. Everything lights up thankfully:
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IMG_6135 by trekriffic, on Flickr
Close up of the blue 2mm LEDs I am using to light the impulse engines.
I used foil tape for additional light blocking and reflectance. I used leftover soft foam packing sheet material from the 1/350 scale TOS Enterprise kit for light diffusion:
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IMG_6136 by trekriffic, on Flickr
I need to run fibers from the rim windows and spotlights in the lower saucer to the 5mm ultrabright (7000 mcd not 5000 mcd as I sated earlier) white LED in the center. Then I need to wire a couple of 2mm LEDs to the upper saucer. One will flash for the strobe behind the bridge dome. Then I can glue the saucer halves together and fix any external light leaks of which there are a few.
Thanks for reading!
