Enterprise A lighting

ilikespagetti

Member since
November 2003
From: maine

Enterprise A lighting

Posted by ilikespagetti on Saturday, January 8, 2005 1:42 PM

I'm about to get started on my enterprise A and I need help with lighting. I have never lit anything before and need to know what LED's to use and how to wire, I'd really like to be able to hand it up so I want to run it off of batteries. Any tips and help would be greatly appreciated.

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Saturday, January 8, 2005 6:38 PM

use the thinnest gauge wire and then use some Grain of wheat bulbs. other people can tell you where to place the bulbs but the easiest place to start is the Saucer section and go on from there.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 8, 2005 10:26 PM

You can take a look at some of my construction pictures at this link:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fuzznoggincreations/my_photos

I use strictly LED's for longer bulb life. You may want to consider just hooking this up to a 9V wall adapter. It saves on $$$ with batteries.

Jack

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, January 9, 2005 5:26 PM

and if you look at the parts closely the Enterprise A is practically ready for lighting they didnt change the parts much from the very first Enterprise A model and the later Light and sound version.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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ilikespagetti

Member since
November 2003
From: maine

Posted by ilikespagetti on Sunday, January 9, 2005 8:04 PM

Thanks for all of your input, I know it's pratically ready for lighting, I really just need help with the wiring and amperage and all that jazz, anyone have any experience of cutting out the warp inner flux coolers? I don't know how to go about this.

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, January 9, 2005 9:08 PM

do you have a pin vise AKA a mini hand drill if you do use the drill bit to drill around the chillers then cunnect the dots to cout them out then you clean up the hole you made to put the new chillers in I suppose you got some of the clear blue resin Flux chillers from Federation Models right? the same goes for all the windows too.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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ilikespagetti

Member since
November 2003
From: maine

Posted by ilikespagetti on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:51 PM

Yes, I have one of those and a bran spankin' new dremel tool aswell. Yes I got the flux chillers from federation models but I just ordered the set for the TMP model, I got the enterprise A ones so I just have the inner ones which I may use on a Rewliant or something

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:54 PM

you only need the inner ones

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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ilikespagetti

Member since
November 2003
From: maine

Posted by ilikespagetti on Monday, January 10, 2005 8:08 PM

no, I need the outter ones too, I have a TMP release "smoothie"

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Mikeym_us

Member since
March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Monday, January 10, 2005 9:37 PM

well then get the opaque outter ones too only the inner portion was lighted.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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