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Lighting engines in a starship
Posted by Aggieman on Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:44 PM

Hi,

I recently re-discovered an old Shuttle Tyderium that I partially built several years ago.  I've dusted off the cobwebs and decided that I'd like to finish it, including lighting up its engines.  I've seen references to something called "light sheet" or something similar.  What is this, how does it work, where does one get it?

Thanks, Steven

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  • From: Up a creek, minus one paddle
Posted by ski4jeepin on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:26 AM

Hi Aggie,

           The light sheet you're talking about is "electro-lumenecent sheeting" also known as e.l. sheeting. If you have a digital watch with a backlight, you've seen this stuff in action. I bought an "experimentors kit" (too many) years ago, I think it was from Edmunds Scientific. It came with a small sheet, 2 1/2" by 4" or so, of e.l. sheet and a battery holder along with some color gells. I was thinking of doing something very similar to what you're talking about. Hope this helps and I would like to see pics of your Tyderium when it's done.

Model on...

Model building isn't about patience, it's about passion.

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  • From: Southampton England
Posted by Viper Has The Lead on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:46 AM
Hi Steven,
              This was raised in the December issue of FSM in the Q&A section.
Their reply quoted the following links, www.beingseen.com and www.electricvinyl.com .
Hope this is of help.
Mick C.
"All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR.2 simply got the first three right." Sir Sydney Camm
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  • From: Baton Rouge, Snake Central
Posted by PatlaborUnit1 on Friday, December 28, 2007 11:59 AM

Steven

I went nuts on my Tyderium, having never done any sort of lighting I referenced The Grail otherwise known as Shep Paine's How to Build Dioramas with its section on lighting. I used his techniques, grain of wheat bulbs, and minimaglight bulbs with a battery pack in a base.

I used the minimags for the engine and instrument baclighting, and color acrylic tube for anticollision beacons, with mag light bulbs in the wings for nav lights.

I learned a lot from doing it and it was a great experiment....not to be repeated! :D

I would go with the lightsheet, I think you will get more even results overall and use LED's and a blinking chip from over at starship modeler for nav lights and such.

 

David

Build to please yourself, and don't worry about what others think! TI 4019 Jolly Roger Squadron, 501st Legion
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Posted by KirkTrekModeler on Monday, December 31, 2007 8:36 AM
 Aggieman wrote:

Hi,

I recently re-discovered an old Shuttle Tyderium that I partially built several years ago.  I've dusted off the cobwebs and decided that I'd like to finish it, including lighting up its engines.

Thanks, Steven

I just found one of these in my garage, after muc work, digging and organizing. I'll be watching this thread. Good luck with your build. I know Mike Emery used to sell "Light Sheet" but I don't know if he's still in business?

Thanks to the above for links. 

 

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