I have begun work on the Revell Republic Star Destroyer (Star Wars), which has sat in my stash for a long time with the idea that when I got around to it, I'd definitely want to light this thing up.
I bought a lighting kit intended for this Star Destroyer from a place called MadMan Lighting. I have very little experience lighting models, having done an Iron Man kit about a decade ago from a collection of LEDs, resistors, and wires; this is my first time working with a pre-made lighting kit such as this one.
It features a small electrical board to which the wires attach from a "mini-connector" that itself is wired to the power supply, in my case 12v from 8AA batteries. I've done the wiring between board and power supply as per the kit's instructions, which state that I should see the small LED light built into the board light up. Not happening. I reversed the wiring connections, and still, nothing.
Batteries are brand new. My concern is that I might have a bad board, but given my lack of understanding of how it works, that may not be the case. Has anyone built this kit with this lighting kit, or one of his other kits, that might have some suggestion as to how I should proceed? Or could I just ditch the board and wire this thing up with resistors (I'm assuming the board performs the function that the resistors perform, although not being an electrician or electrical engineer, I readily admit that I'm a complete novice in this arena).