Raven Morpheus
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Hey all
I'm considering starting on my Bandai 1/144 Millennium Falcon (instead of my 1/1000 Enterprise Refit, the Falcon seems an easier prospect), but I don't want to start it until I have a lighting kit made up. I would buy one but I feel it would be cheaper doing it myself and just buying the LEDs/resistors.
What I would like is anything that is lit in flight to be lit. So I'm thinking the following should be lit -
The engines (obviously)
The front lights (using fibre optic strand)
The cockpit - some general ambient light, nothing specific
The top/bottom glass sections - again some ambient lighting
Perhaps the docking rings either side with the 4 red lights (again I'm thinking I can use fibre optics here and just use some clear glue and paint it with Tamiya clear red).
Are there any other lights in-flight that I've missed on the above list?
I want to use an internal battery source, 2x CR2032 batteries, which will fit in a holder (I have a couple for 2x CR2032 batteries with a switch on them) in the bay that Bandai have conveniently made for such a purpose. So that's a 6v power source iirc.
I think this is what I need in terms of LEDs -
4 x white LEDs for engines
1 warm white LED for the ambient light in the cockpit
2x warm white LEDs for the top/bottom glass sections
1 x white LED for the front lights and the docking rings either side(with fibre optic strands attached)
Could I run the cockpit and top/bottom glass sections off a single LED using fibre optic strands? How would I then diffuse the light?
I can solder, but I don't know how to wire all this up, what size LEDs to use (particularly for the engines - I'd like to fit them into the 4 parts Bandai give you), or what resistors to use, especially as I'd like some of the lights to be more subtle than others, the cockpit and top/bottom glass areas ambient lighting for example.
Please could someone help me out with a wiring diagram and any other tips on doing this?
Thanks in advance.
I'm considering starting on my Bandai 1/144 Millennium Falcon (instead of my 1/1000 Enterprise Refit, the Falcon seems an easier prospect), but I don't want to start it until I have a lighting kit made up. I would buy one but I feel it would be cheaper doing it myself and just buying the LEDs/resistors.
What I would like is anything that is lit in flight to be lit. So I'm thinking the following should be lit -
The engines (obviously)
The front lights (using fibre optic strand)
The cockpit - some general ambient light, nothing specific
The top/bottom glass sections - again some ambient lighting
Perhaps the docking rings either side with the 4 red lights (again I'm thinking I can use fibre optics here and just use some clear glue and paint it with Tamiya clear red).
Are there any other lights in-flight that I've missed on the above list?
I want to use an internal battery source, 2x CR2032 batteries, which will fit in a holder (I have a couple for 2x CR2032 batteries with a switch on them) in the bay that Bandai have conveniently made for such a purpose. So that's a 6v power source iirc.
I think this is what I need in terms of LEDs -
4 x white LEDs for engines
1 warm white LED for the ambient light in the cockpit
2x warm white LEDs for the top/bottom glass sections
1 x white LED for the front lights and the docking rings either side(with fibre optic strands attached)
Could I run the cockpit and top/bottom glass sections off a single LED using fibre optic strands? How would I then diffuse the light?
I can solder, but I don't know how to wire all this up, what size LEDs to use (particularly for the engines - I'd like to fit them into the 4 parts Bandai give you), or what resistors to use, especially as I'd like some of the lights to be more subtle than others, the cockpit and top/bottom glass areas ambient lighting for example.
Please could someone help me out with a wiring diagram and any other tips on doing this?
Thanks in advance.
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