dominic_2005 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I had lots of fun with this kit, although that would be my undoing. As will quickly become apparent, I installed lighting in her. Over 120 LED's to be less than exact. Sadly, I didn't plan ahead...a resistor blew and I had no way of accessing it to replace it without destroying the model. So now she gathers dust, unlit, sad...and alone. The wiring concept was very simple, a 12v power feed into to "rails" in the lower hull. And each LED had a direct connection to that rail, so they each got their full share of power, which is how I was able to get her so bright. Each LED was fitted with a resistor as they were the standard 3v LED's. In hindsight, I'd have worked out a way to run a single resistor outside of the model, so that it can easily be replaced. But hey, here are some pics of her in her heyday. And here she is with the lights on... I actually have a newer version of this in the corner of my workshop somewhere, as soon as I work out a better way to do the lighting, I will be redoing this from scratch, and making the next one even better! Thanks, D 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesModeller Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Looks great! Shame about the LED’s but all part of the learning game I guess. I wouldn’t mind doing this kit one day, and you’ve done a stellar job on the build and paintwork. So, i’m hoping you’ll do a WIP when you get around to building her. What do you plan to do with the old model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic_2005 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Thank you. Yeh definitely learning all the time with this. I did have a build log, well on another site, of this, for the most part anyway. I have possibly still got all the images from it, so guess it wouldn't be too much for me to create a log on here, even if just for info purposes. As for what I will be doing with her, not entirely sure yet. I am 80% certain the LED's themselves are ok...so if I can bring myself to rip her apart I might reclaim them for the new one...or I may just tidy her up, and keep her as is to go along side her sister. My ultimate plan is to build all versions of them...but we'll see on that one. Thanks, D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesModeller Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hope you don’t dismantle it... I like your idea of the differing versions together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Wish they'd re-issue the PE kit (# 00717) for this kit - everybody is hunting for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic_2005 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 3 hours ago, clipper said: Wish they'd re-issue the PE kit (# 00717) for this kit - everybody is hunting for it. Agreed. Sadly when I did this kit it was a new-ish release and the PE kit wasn't available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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