morethandanorm
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- May 30, 2009
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On the 28th I got into a hurry and blew out all the leds for the engines. Just my luck the electronics stores around town happen to be all out of that type. I had a friend in the sign buisiness that gave me a few. The problem was that they wouldn't be able to run off the power source I had. So now there is a cord running out of the model to powere those lights.it doesn't help the look of flight , but it'll do till I can get the right bulbs. Sorry not to have finished on time but it was all fun anyway.
I've been having some decent progress with correcting a lot of the ERTL Millenium Falcons kits problems. Still I wanted something more from this one. As a kid I always wanted my favorite ship hanging from my cieling as if it were crusing around the room. So I came up with a way to light it up and still have it hanging. I have only scene the Falcon sit stationary on a stand if it had lights in it. I took a 7.2 rc car battery, on/off switch, some caps and led's and went to work. I began trying to make it as acurrate as I could with materials available. I ended up making it my own and got off the " Its gotta be perfect" trip. Its close but not exact. Hope everyone likes what they see. The wiring needs some cleaning up. I did it in a hurry out of curiosity of how long the battery will run it. So far on one charge. Its been on for almost two weeks!
I mounted the on/off switch in a spot that was unoticable.
These switches allow different groups of lights to be turned off or on . They are HO train switch track controls. He! He! Well it worked.
This date is not right. My camera doesn't hold its memory.
I've been having some decent progress with correcting a lot of the ERTL Millenium Falcons kits problems. Still I wanted something more from this one. As a kid I always wanted my favorite ship hanging from my cieling as if it were crusing around the room. So I came up with a way to light it up and still have it hanging. I have only scene the Falcon sit stationary on a stand if it had lights in it. I took a 7.2 rc car battery, on/off switch, some caps and led's and went to work. I began trying to make it as acurrate as I could with materials available. I ended up making it my own and got off the " Its gotta be perfect" trip. Its close but not exact. Hope everyone likes what they see. The wiring needs some cleaning up. I did it in a hurry out of curiosity of how long the battery will run it. So far on one charge. Its been on for almost two weeks!
I mounted the on/off switch in a spot that was unoticable.
These switches allow different groups of lights to be turned off or on . They are HO train switch track controls. He! He! Well it worked.
This date is not right. My camera doesn't hold its memory.
