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For anyone who is interested I believe this is the story. A standard LED, as most know, typically runs on very low voltage, 2-5V. But LEDs are available that have built in resistors for 12V applications. They aren't quite as easy to find but they are out there. I bought a low voltage LED sans resist...

I have ascertained one final bit of information though. The flashing LED in the main hull is actually on a separate output, which supplies the flashing capability, and is outputting 5V instead of the 12V+ that the other outputs are at. I know most LEDs operate at 5V so I can replace that one with a ...

I am lighting my first model and using the PL lighting kit for the 1/350 TOS Enterprise. The kit obviously makes things relatively simple but I have either fried 2 LEDs or they were bad OOB. So what I was wondering is after checking the output on the bus boards all of them appear to be running at th...

I started the Reliant today and I also bought the AMT aztecing decal set for it. I have glued the major subassemblies together so far and decided to pull the decals out and have a look. There are a bunch of decals for sure so I started thinking about how they should be applied. My question is has an...

Does anyone have any experience with the Paasche D300R compressor? It is a modestly priced compressor with a tank which would be nice. I have a Badger/Thayer & Chandler constant flow that bops on and off but the stupid thing is cutting out and not coming back on frequently without waiting for a ...