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The spotlight effect is impressive. I would avoid 'grain of wheat' bulbs, though. The risk of burning out is more than I like. If you prefer bulbs, though, all is not lost. There is a bulb that I use from time to time. It is a type 6833 industrial bulb (3/32"diameter, 5 volts, 10,000 hour life...

Thanks Zaphod for the compliment on that spotlighting effect. Back then what I did was paint the inside of the hull black (several coats) leaving bare areas where I wanted to show spotlighting, used aluminum foil to fold over the edges around the dish and secondary hull (avoiding covering windows) t...

I'm with Zaphod 100%. The last model I put together was a combination ST TMP and TWoK kits (wanted the paneling on the TWoK) using grain-of-wheats. Came out darn nice too if I say so myself. However, and thanks to Don for his comments, I know nothing about ohms, watts, etc. and haven't soldered a da...