So I got this while I was away as something to do at my folks home while I was helping them out.
Very excited to try this, my plan is to go whole hog and add custom lighting, the whole 9 yards!
In preparation, lots of drill bits!!! 0.6mm with a cheap little rotary tool I got on Amazon for $17. Works fine for this, just have to watch the speed, so it's not too fast. About 33% of max speed seemed to work ok for me.
Building the main parts. This is NOT being done in order, so I can have room to drill, etc. The top cover, that holds the roof here and the command tower, that will be removeable so I can access the innards to change battery, replace the brains for hte electronics, etc.
Now on to a lighting test, I've removed the hangar bay, because I'm using a custom 3rd party resin kit from Mos Eisley Modelworks, very nice guy to deal with.
It works!
Removed hangar bay area cleaned up
Drilled holes...
Removed the garbage chute area in preparation for the resin part
Removed the shield generator section, in preparation for the resin part from the upgrade kit
Starting to put in the fiber optic cables
Black primer to light block the insides
Note the 4 tubes, those will hold little magnets, that will lock the top in place
The top, with magnets in place. These little things are strong!!! No worries about this falling off.
Locked into place!