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- Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:37 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Glue for LEDs
- Replies: 6
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- Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:34 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: affordable alternative for Moebius Jupiter two interior?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3612
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:03 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Mercury 9 with animated engine lights
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6480
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:49 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Mercury 9 with animated engine lights
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6480
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:42 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: On/Off switch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2754
That switch will work. All you have to do is cut your negative wire and solder one end to each pin on the bottom of the switch. I have done it on the negative and postive side on different models, but usually the negative. So you would have negative wire coming from the battery to one pin on the swi...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:44 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Softer masking edges?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3261
When are you removing the masking after painting? If you wait for the paint to completely cure, your going to get a more pronounced demarcation between colors. I would wait about an hour after painting and then remove your mask. Depending on the masked subject, I may remove my masking as soon as the...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:55 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Lights for new Blade Runner Spinner
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6407
Lights for new Blade Runner Spinner
With the new 1/24 Spinner from Blade Runner coming very soon from Fujimi I new I had to have this kit. It's been one of my favorite scifi vehicles of all time. http://www.hlj.com/product/FUJ09132 Seeing as how I love to light models I knew lighting this kit was going to be a challenge because of all...
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:22 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Coluoring fiberoptic strands?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14017
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:57 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Coluoring fiberoptic strands?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14017
This works best after the holes are drilled and the model painted, but not fully assembled. Mushroom an end, insert into drilled out window, put a dap of white glue or epoxy an inch or so down from the mushroom and the pull the FO from inside. this should seat the FO just fine. Complete the final as...
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:35 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Coluoring fiberoptic strands?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14017
Your welcome! you can mushroom the end of FO to get a bigger point of light. Hold the end of the FO close to a heat source like a candle flame (be careful!) after a second or so it will mushroom. It will take some practice to get a nice round lens. This also helps to keep the FO from pulling thru th...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:26 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Coluoring fiberoptic strands?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14017
I have used Tamiya clear reds, blues, greens and yellows on several builds. It works quite well in my experience. In this pic you can see the richness of the colored FO even when being flooded from above with a white LED that was tinted blue! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/directorcass/043-1...
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:07 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: HOW MUCH?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12461
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:52 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: HOW MUCH?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12461
I don't have anything against any of the major lighting kit suppliers here as they provide a great prooduct for those who don't have the time, skill or even the gumption, to build a lighting system themselves. I will say that building a simple lighting system for a model is not rocket science. There...
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:32 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: HOW MUCH?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12461
George, I don't know what your talking about. I don't know anything about lighting a Star Destroyer.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1168773829 ... stroyerWIP#
Too Old, PM incoming.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1168773829 ... stroyerWIP#
Too Old, PM incoming.
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:43 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: CircuitWriter Conductive Pen!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4388
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:47 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Flo-tubes to light up nacelles?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9847
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:00 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: LED switch.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4191
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:35 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: LED switch.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4191
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:18 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: LED brightness spectrum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5026
- Fri May 27, 2011 12:48 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Caliber Mengsk light kit review
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6639
so, robi, any progress?? just wanting to see how this works. It's coming, real life has just been real busy and getting in the way of everything lately! Though I do not have the Mercury 9 finished yet I will say that I wholeheartedly endorse this electronic board. It is just too awesome and the wir...
- Mon May 16, 2011 3:30 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Caliber Mengsk light kit review
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6639
- Sat May 07, 2011 6:17 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: easiest way for masking camouflage?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7305
Experiment and practise is the best advice! Thanks G-Man. I love the A-10 too. This was actually a frankenstien kit. It is the Tamiya A-10 with the Revell cockpit. The Revell kit has molded open decelerons and a molded open canopy, no option. The Tamiya has these closed but it has a crappy cockpit. ...
- Fri May 06, 2011 8:01 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: easiest way for masking camouflage?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7305
You can also us Silly Putty. I used that on my 1/48 Tamiya A-10.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/ ... ss/583.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/ ... ss/583.jpg
- Sun May 01, 2011 12:36 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Caliber Mengsk light kit review
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6639
Caliber Mengsk light kit review
O.K. folks I got the new lighting kit from Caliber Mengsk a few days ago. I am going to use this in the Pegasus Mercury 9 rocket ship. With that I was asked what features I would like to have the board programmed to do. I requested several steady on, three blinking (with on/off times programmed at m...
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:33 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Run Red LEDs on same circuit?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5292
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:57 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Run Red LEDs on same circuit?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5292
Input the specs for your red LEDs here and your source voltage. It will tell you what resistor to use.
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:10 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Fiber Optics Cables
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6517
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:16 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: LED help needed from the Experts!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2653
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:45 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: LED help needed from the Experts!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2653
Thank you tetsujin, that was awesome. But, it was over my head on the technical side. So, let me ask this question. Could you use one of your boards to mount momentary switches to it, and have it control 5 LEDs? Push one button and one LED comes on, push again and second comes on, push the other but...
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:48 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: LED help needed from the Experts!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2653
LED help needed from the Experts!
So some of you may have seen my Cricket Phaser threads. One was built with a Playmates board with limited functionality, the other was built with an expensive board. Here's my question for you tech savy members. With very limited space, how can I have hook up 4 or 5 LEDs and have them come on, one a...