Quaralane said:Definitely looking at lighting my Falcon build now.
I've got the LEDs
I've got fiber optic.
I may even have a plan.....
schweinhund227 said:aaaah John you leave us Hanging... feed us the rest... LOL
Fun to see you play with LED's
I better pull out my Breadboard and find my Toys...
give us a link to your fav. Chinese supplier... might as well !
Later big guy !!!
Quaralane said:My biggest trick will be the front console. Not a lot of room in the 1/144 ship
ModelMakerMike said:Thanx Gren.,
I ahve been needing/wanting someone to help explain this stuff.
I have been to hobby shops, and they weren't of any help.
Looking forward for tips on how to create set-ups with multiple effects, like maybe different types of lights, timing chips, and stuff.
;D
thanx.
astroboy said:After months...I FINALLY found the right wire wrapping tool. So I'm ready to get into my madman lighting kit on Oct 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(mind you, I also can't wait to see what modeltom has to offer)
Chiefpettyofficer said:I like those Videos. Tried some ligthing for my own. I have the MPC Fiber optics Star Destroyer I even remember that electric drill of you first video. It works for several minutes, before the drill bit breaking off ;D Maybe not my kind of tool, hehe!
Grendels said:I have had that tool for years, and it still works fine. I use it all the time. That drill bit is so small and tiny that I just treat it with TLC.
astroboy said:are you sassing me? Is that sass?
Anyway, the madman lighitng kit called for using a wirewrap tool in the instructions.
astroboy said:Hey gang, I see that you guys use wax paper and such for light difffusion. I work in theatre and we use lighting gel on our lights for colour and for diffusion. If you had any of this at your disposal, a little goes a LONG way. Rosco the main manufacturer of it. Any theatre supply store would carry tons of it. There's over a hundred different colours and diffusions.
The sheets are about 2" x 3" and they run about $10 each. plus, they're made to withstand heat.
And if any of you know of ANYONE who works in a theatre, they always have tons of scraps around.
ScaleModelDisciple said:...As far as getting that glow for engines, what about the option of using the side-emitting fiber optics. I know you talk to MMT a lot ...
Another method for dispersing the light inside a model that i have seen is to use cotton balls. This method was used in an episode of Plamo Tsukurou, where the modeller was depicting the fire in Azuchi Castle...
ModelMan said:ScaleModelDisciple said:...As far as getting that glow for engines, what about the option of using the side-emitting fiber optics. I know you talk to MMT a lot ...
Another method for dispersing the light inside a model that i have seen is to use cotton balls. This method was used in an episode of Plamo Tsukurou, where the modeller was depicting the fire in Azuchi Castle...
The side firing Fiber will not likely be strong enough across the length needed. If you saw my video, you know that the middle lighting is mediocre at best ---for this circumstance---. A random array of single leds would light things better. If space were at a premium inside the Falcon and even lighting was not an issue, the fiber might be a good option. But in this case, space is plentiful. Years ago, I was going to use a couple ccfl tubes. The problem was, being straight, one foot rods, they could only get so close and the light was uneven because the back of the ship is a curve and the rods are not. So the ends of the engine bay were brighter than the center.
I saw that video of the 'cottonball castle'. That was ingenius and simulated smokey fire very well. In this instance, simple mil jug plastic or wax paper is your better solution, imo. The wax or plastic will provide a nice even glow whereas the cotton balls will always be 'puffy' and stretched too thin or thick across the area. Also depending on how many leds, how much cotton, that will get warm.
A short circuit, imo, would start a fire far easier in a tightly packed cottonball situation than if a small sheet of wax paper were simple near the leds and they shorted. The milk jug plastic is even better protection since it wouldn't combust, (but would, of course, melt).
Check this link for the Falcon Engine Bay special Modeler's Brand is having!
http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/forum/index.php/topic,3970.new.html#new