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i think i will stick with 4000 scale for now.

I'm just trying to figure out if i need to buy blue prints, or if i can use the ones on screen or a print out with a scale on it. but none of the blue prints show it to be 3.8KM by 5.5 KM

Not that I know of, which is why I jumped to the 2500 scale, but I got ahead of my self and didn't realize just how big it would be lol.

If there's a ship scale small enough to go with it. I would use them,

I have a ds9 model and I've had a love afair with this station for some time, I don't want to go ridiculously huge but still want it big enough to get some nice detail. 4'1 X 3'1 seams a doable size, I wanted to get it close to the size of the studio model. I know I was overzelous with the 2500 scal...

never thought of that...... #-o time to rethink.... so im thinking a 4000 scale should put it at about 125 cm tall by 95 cm top diamater. might be a little bit more sane the only other thing i am trying figure out is if i need to buy the blue prints or if i can use the scale on screen to find the re...

T is just like sucky tape, and it comes in many colors, it dosent work well as sucky tape just a heads up, I used it to repair a dryer line and it gives out over time. It may still be called duct tape, I'm in the army up here and it's just what we call it when it's not silver

Yes that is what I'm building, lol and yes I know my spelling is off, kinda tired and I'm doing this on my I phone so all I have to say is...damn auto correct. I'm just in the middle of research, trying to find plans that I can use. So far the only one. I found that had any specs stated it was about...

Yes that is what I'm building, lol and yes I know my spelling is off, kinda tired and I'm doing this on my I phone so all I have to say is...damn auto correct. I'm just in the middle of research, trying to find plans that I can use. So far the only one. I found that had any specs stated it was about...

Correction diameter is 3.8KM so it should work out to 152CM model at 1:2500 scale

I am soon going to start my first scratch build, I am thinking to do it 1:2500 scale, so I can put some other ships that are the same scale so it looks right. So if it is 5.5km( real life) tall that is 5500 M or 500,000 CM ( working in CM to keep conversions simple). So if I devide 550,000 by 2500 t...

I've been pouring over the points w/a magnifie glass, and can't see anything that should be touching

And how can I tell if anything has over heated?

Any idea what've done wrong? It worked on the bread board but not when I soldered it. It should strobe should be off then a very quick flash http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r522/chiver/Defiant%20Development%20Project/3CBE4050-4198-41B7-8BDD-EED4EE8CC343-2040-000002A2775258E0.jpg And the back: ht...

i ran out of electrical tape but have alot of gun tape, i've been runing one led witth a 1 k resistor and wraped it in gon tape to stop them from touching when i shrink wrap it. am i going to start a fire in the model?

He did mention that, and we got it working, I will be posting a video on my defiant class wip thread

o0k well i tried two things.

1) i swaped out the blue cap for the brown one(153 value)

2) switched r1 and r 2 with the dioed in parrell w/ r2

now i have no blink

even aftwer replacing the blue one, and pin 5 has be disconnected since i didnt have a blink with it any way

At the risk of looking stupid, are these one in the same thing? Just different values of course;

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r52 ... 342A1B.jpg

Video: http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r52 ... E2E622.mp4

WE HAVE A BLINK, but no strobe:

here's a vid;

i apologize got the shakiness of it, i tend to get a bit nervous on camera

I only have a 4.7uf cap

http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r52 ... BECCCB.jpg

I did get a blink, but it's more of a flicker every 19 seconds

No dice, no flash or blink, just lit stedy picture to come

Does the diode need a resistor?

I do not have a 27k ohm but I do have a 10k ohm, so I will give that a try

Pin 5 connected no blink

I am trying it now, but not it is lit when pin 1 is on ground( yesterday it wouldn't) I havent connected pin5 yet and I did switch the cap around, still no blink

A lot, I'll give it a try at lunch, I don't know if I have a 27 ohms but I'll use as close as I can

I'm trying to get a strobe for a defiant class ship, it would be off for about 2 seconds and have a very quick flash.

tyhe video i watched said to leave pin 5 be, that it dosent do anyhting for a flsher circut, when i remove the ground from pin one the light comes on and is a stedy on, when i replace it, it turns off. i did have it blinking the other day with all the same values and parts. as i said i tried to rebu...

I picked up the Bag-o-chip from Modelers brand and it was a great buy. now i have you tubed how to build a blinking circut. I have it just as it was laied out on the drawings, and i've trried alot of different resistor combos. it lights up when pin one is not connected. http://i1170.photobucket.com/...

from the inside is still possiable, sand the area under the numbers.

Could it be a voltage problem( with in the circuit) may be its not enough to run with? Or( and correct me if I'm talking out of my butt) but, if you touch the PCB with the iron dosent that damage the copper? Referring the board useless?