directorcass Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yeah....I went from lighting a 3 foot Galactica to a 4 inch SD! Talk about extremes! So I had a bunch of left over .25mm fiber optic. Needed to do something with it. After seeing Dorobou's fantastic SD I decided I'd try my hand at lighting it. He used clear resin cast parts, mine is more traditional, with fibers. Still, major headaches. I started by gluing some pieces together so I could hollow them out to make room inside. I cut out a good portion of the upper hull, under the super structure to open it up. My plan is to terminate the fibers inside the super structure so they are "pointing" at a single diffused white LED, as opposed to running fiber to a tube and gluing said tube to an LED like normal. The hardest part so far was modifying the neck to get the fibers from the bridge down to the hull. Lots of grinding inside the bridge did take place. Anyhoo, here are some pictures to show where I am at so far. Should be able to finish this up in a week. Trenches drilled out. Super structure glued together and hollowed out. Fibers run. Hull opened up for access. Modified bridge neck and bridge fibered up! Super structure windows. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Wow, respect for all that drilling and sanding! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Now that is cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Damn fiddley stuff! Nice one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Following this with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma847 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Your use of fiber optics looks very promising. I stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thanks guys! More updates coming this weekend. Very cool little kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefkr10z Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) Holy ****! This is going to look great! Your poor eyes, after working that small size! Edited June 16, 2016 by Beefkr10z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Engine lighting test... At 3v... At a much nicer 6v! Love these little guys! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Hehe! Crazy, ambitious and superb all at once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma847 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Are these LEDs Cool White? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Yes, yes they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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