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Old 06-02-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Lighting up my life.

I was thinking of maybe lighting my 1/144th Revell 747 cut-away.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can do this along with the best brand of lighting to use for both interior and exterior of the plane? Naturally I was thinking along the lines of fibre optics/LEDs though my skills in electronics are nil.
I really haven't got a clue.
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Perry,take a look at the new 'Hobbies' catalogue,they usually do all sorts of lighting kits to fit into dolls houses that you could possibly use ?
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Thank yoo kindly for the info. I'll pick up a catalogue next time I'm in town and have a look.
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This is the webpage for the hobbies anual W. Hobby Limited

The other odd place to look are pound shops - they have a lot of little LED lighting things, sort of like battery powered night lights etc. Some of these use coloured LED's and flash too, which would be useful for navigation lights, you'd just need to lever them open with a screwdriver and lengthen the wires as required.

Also on ebay sellers often sell LED kits for R/C cars, you could do a search and then ask if they could provide a set with the led's you need, maybe red, green for port and starboard, high intensity white led and some of the more natural white off white colour for the interior cabins.

I know there are also lighting kits available for Starship models, but you probably don't want warp nacelles on your 747!

If you have a flying stand for the aircraft you can also fit the switch and battery in the base and then run the wires up inside an aluminium tube or whatever to get the power to the model too. That'd save having to house the bits in the fuselage and problems getting to the battery compartment too.

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Thank you guys. I'll start looking as soon as I'm ready to start it. I'm doing a "full" 747 first then the SP then it is on to the interior just waiting for my other friend in America for a few more details... and I do like the idea of a 747 with warp-engines though *lol*...nah, memo to self...don't go there
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You could use both There are several ways of wiring which would depend your needs. PM me your ideas and I will offer advice if I can, I can also supply many types and colours of LED and wiring help if required.

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... and I do like the idea of a 747 with warp-engines though *lol*...nah, memo to self...don't go there
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