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Post by superfleet93 on Sept 18, 2009 12:28:01 GMT -5
Here is the picture of one of them lighted. I have to tint them with Tamiya Clear Orange but I have to order some.  Perry |
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Post by icghogger on Sept 18, 2009 12:42:20 GMT -5
Very Nice, Perry!
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Post by superfleet93 on Sept 18, 2009 16:12:11 GMT -5
Stan, I had the same concerns as you about the brightness, however, I am installing a very large resistor which will cut the brightness down. I will be hooking all of the ground and/or step lights together and get a resistor value for what I will need. It will vary on a every model depending on the number of lights. The Clear Orange paint will give them a "sunny white" appearance but like I said, I didn't have any on hand and I ordered some today. No one produces this LED in "sunny white" as of right now, but that could change in the future. Ngineering buys their LED's and if I catch wind of a sunny white one, I'll buy those. These are the 0402 style LED's and the 0604 are the smallest right now in the sunny white. And to answer your question Stephen these will be on a separate function. Perry |
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Post by RunningExtra on Sept 18, 2009 16:27:31 GMT -5
Perry.....That is freaking cool!
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Post by superfleet93 on Sept 18, 2009 17:31:30 GMT -5
Thanks Scott! ;D
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Post by rdg5310 on Sept 20, 2009 7:41:36 GMT -5
;D Perry that is awesome! They will give some real nice lighting effects to a model.  |
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Post by icgaholic on Apr 5, 2012 23:10:10 GMT -5
love it! do you have a pic of the install done? This sickness just swept into my house and into my soul. Thanks for sharing!
Jeff
icgaholic
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Post by analogbeatmaker on Apr 8, 2012 22:39:58 GMT -5
That's really cool! I just modeled steplights using fiber optic. I drilled out the steplight castings and glued in the fiber optic cables...ran all five lights off of one LED.
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Post by analogbeatmaker on Apr 13, 2012 0:10:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the interest! However, I'm right in the middle of moving so I can't post pics for a few days to a week or so...just too busy and I've already packed the drive those pics are on. I'll post what pics I have when I'm able so check back on this thread in a week or so. Basically, I used one LED. I made a little housing for it out of styrene. I glued the step/truck lights in place on the shell with the fiber optic already glued in them...with more length than I needed. Then I mounted the LED in it's housing and taped it to the inside top of the long hood. Then I ran each fiber from it's casting to the housing, trimmed to length and glued in place in the housing. I used 5 minute epoxy on the fiber optic.
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Post by sd45longhoodfoward on Sept 13, 2014 18:58:15 GMT -5
PERRY WOW!!!!!!!
Brother you have to show us now that you have us foaming out the mouth or call animal control!!hehehehe
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