hey chris,
i'm pretty much new here, just picked up moddeling as a hobby (as stated in F-15 topic.)
I bought myself a few trek kits since im a real trekkie. (got the excelsior in the build, the 1701-D(small scale though) DS 9, and a runabout in the order (on its way hopefully)) But: i really must point out, that this thread is REALLY inspirational, the way you are handeling this kit.. PFFF i only can dream of achieving you're level one day. (since you did EVERYTHING youre self <= aztec etc.)
NICE JOB!! wow truely amazing!
BUT:
thats NOT why i was posting here, since im a HUGE football (soccer) fan, and im from Holland, i reconned this would be a good time for the both of us, to get down on our knees, and bow down for "our" Guus Hiddink. He did it again! talking about amazing! EVERY club he went to he became champion, South Korea is a well known story, and imho, he did an EXCELENT job with the socceroos..(you didn't expect to become world champions now did you? loosing from italy is NOT something to be shamed about, especially for a country which hasn't been to a WC for 14 years. you can be proud of youre team! The dutch on the other hand, is a different story all together.)
anyway, Guus has signed for 4 years to become the coach of russia. There, he has 4 years to select his players, and build a team out of it! Korea and Japan (as well as PSV) are perfect examples that there is NO better man for the job than Guus. (Johan Cruyff maybe..) Scary thought though: in all countries all players play for their club in the competitions, and besides that they are selected for their countries. Not so in Russia, Guus probably will have the National team playing in russian competition.. OH OHW.... oh dear, instead of building a team (which he is so good at) he will now have the chance to FORGE a team.
im afraid Russia will be a HUGE force to be reconned with in 4 years, so dont be suprised if they will become the world champions in 4 years.
just my two cents.
Oh and BTW, for all modelbuilders: im a real computer nerd, and im tryin to get this developped.
Would any of you be intrested in using these once they are completely working? (thinking of getting them produced by factory, but as you can understand, i first need to know if it's worth the investment, if i order 1000 of these boards, but nobody buys them, i have a bigger problem..)
Also, as you guys are THE experts on starship models, any suggestions / wishes you would like to see in terms of lightning-script effects? (like blinking nav lights, slow warp startup/down, slow impuls stratup/down, saucersection: randomize which leds will be turned on/off so 60-70% off the lights (thus windows) are lit, but never the same lights/windows, this will bring the model a bit more "alive", at least thats my quess...)
I really want one lighting sollution for all my models, since several "one off" circuits just annoys me. so with this circuit, you can hook up any leds you want as well as EL-invertors (for EL-sheet and/or EL-wire), in ANY model you want, how it behaves is a matter of scripting.
Let me know what you guys think of it.
thanks, Sponder.