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Help and Advice on Custom Lighting
Posted by Colonel Klink on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 10:33 PM

I posted this originally in the "Techniques" sub forum and someone suggested it might be helpful to post here as well.

I have never done any custom lighting and would like to include some in some of my Sci-Fi kits (Star Trek, Star Wars, BSG, etc.).

I know that I will I need to match up the LEDs with the correct battery voltage, include resistors, etc., but I am fuzy on the terminology and correct math.  Does anyone have any advice on guides or links to sites that explain it well?  I have heard that there may be some online tools that will help a novice calculate the correct battery voltage, LED rating, resitors, etc.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

(Edit): I am mostly interested in understanding the electrical math between the LEDs, battery power, resitors, etc.

Thanks

  • Member since
    February 2021
Posted by JimC2020 on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 8:59 AM

There's lots of great stuff on youtube, it sounds like you want the fundamentals of electronics, that's what it seems like you're talking about. You might also want to consider looking into an arduino to control the lights, depending on what you want to do.

 

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    February 2021
Posted by JimC2020 on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:00 AM

You might also check out this post

https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/6/t/192767.aspx

In this versy section. Lots of good links in there

GAF
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    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 10:48 AM

This may help in lighting, though about electronics I'm not so sure.

https://finescale.com/rapid

Gary

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    July 2023
Posted by Colonel Klink on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:04 PM

Thanks for the suggestions!

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    October 2004
  • From: Orlando, Florida
Posted by ikar01 on Sunday, March 3, 2024 12:33 AM

Have you checked out Tena Controls?  They advertise all sorts of lighting sets for various kits.  

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Posted by Colonel Klink on Sunday, March 3, 2024 10:19 PM

ikar01

Have you checked out Tena Controls?  They advertise all sorts of lighting sets for various kits.  

Thanks for the link.  This site may come in handy indeed.

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  • From: USA
Posted by BattlescaleCollectica on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:51 PM

I really recomend checking out Evan Designs. I'm using some of their LEDS and power supplies on my 2/3 Studio Scale Galactica. All there stuff is regulated and pretty much plug and play.

https://evandesigns.com/

Colonel Klink

I posted this originally in the "Techniques" sub forum and someone suggested it might be helpful to post here as well.

I have never done any custom lighting and would like to include some in some of my Sci-Fi kits (Star Trek, Star Wars, BSG, etc.).

I know that I will I need to match up the LEDs with the correct battery voltage, include resistors, etc., but I am fuzy on the terminology and correct math.  Does anyone have any advice on guides or links to sites that explain it well?  I have heard that there may be some online tools that will help a novice calculate the correct battery voltage, LED rating, resitors, etc.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

(Edit): I am mostly interested in understanding the electrical math between the LEDs, battery power, resitors, etc.

Thanks

 

  • Member since
    July 2023
Posted by Colonel Klink on Thursday, March 21, 2024 8:30 PM

BattlescaleCollectica

I really recomend checking out Evan Designs. I'm using some of their LEDS and power supplies on my 2/3 Studio Scale Galactica. All there stuff is regulated and pretty much plug and play.

https://evandesigns.com/

Thanks for the advice!

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    July 2019
  • From: Vancouver, British Columbia
Posted by Bobstamp on Saturday, March 23, 2024 3:33 PM

Evan designs is great. I recommend them without reservation, and I'm the rankest of rank amateurs when it comes to lighting models.

 Bob

On the bench: A diorama to illustrate the crash of a Beech T-34B Mentor which I survived in 1962 (I'm using Minicraft's 1/48 model of the Mentor), and a Pegasus model of the submarine Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas fame. 

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