Mikey_W_1980
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Morning All,
So over the past few months I've been teaching myself how to light up a kit, with the help of a Grendels and a few others too.
The subject is a Klingon D7 Cruiser from Revell's ST:TOS series at the bargain sum of £5. This has been mainly a technical exercise to push my own abilities and take them to the next stage of my modelling skills.
the LED's Used were:
5 x 5mm warm white LED's in the "head" section
4 x 5mm green LED's (2 in each nacelle) for the warm nacelles
2 x 5mm amber LED's for the impulse engine
A very rudimentary circuit to tie everything together
Connection was a 2.5mm mono jack lead built into the bottom of the hull and the stand
Side view
Forward View
Aft View (impulse clear was painted red the difused with masking tape on the inside
Night Shot Aft
Night Shot Forward
No lighting
Forward view no lighting (and that is Moonraker on in the background)
Any and all comments are welcome....I know I have a lot to learn but I am pretty proud of this first effort.
Next up is the 1:500 scale Into Darkness Enterprise
I've already started building the LED's with resistors, Still unsure whether or not to for out the £36 for the aztecing decals......
Hope you enjoy the pics and all comments welcomed
;D
So over the past few months I've been teaching myself how to light up a kit, with the help of a Grendels and a few others too.
The subject is a Klingon D7 Cruiser from Revell's ST:TOS series at the bargain sum of £5. This has been mainly a technical exercise to push my own abilities and take them to the next stage of my modelling skills.
the LED's Used were:
5 x 5mm warm white LED's in the "head" section
4 x 5mm green LED's (2 in each nacelle) for the warm nacelles
2 x 5mm amber LED's for the impulse engine
A very rudimentary circuit to tie everything together
Connection was a 2.5mm mono jack lead built into the bottom of the hull and the stand
Side view
Forward View
Aft View (impulse clear was painted red the difused with masking tape on the inside
Night Shot Aft
Night Shot Forward
No lighting
Forward view no lighting (and that is Moonraker on in the background)
Any and all comments are welcome....I know I have a lot to learn but I am pretty proud of this first effort.
Next up is the 1:500 scale Into Darkness Enterprise
I've already started building the LED's with resistors, Still unsure whether or not to for out the £36 for the aztecing decals......
Hope you enjoy the pics and all comments welcomed
;D