OK. This shuttle bay is going to be the end of me. I’ve painted, sanded down, painted, sanded down, X 4 on the most visible black surface (the landing deck).
Once I had it good and shiny with no scratches and finally got the ten LED sequential landing lights embedded and tested, I promptly blew them up by using the wrong test lead. In a fraction of a second, it was fried. Had to order 35 more LEDs.
So....started over again. This time I built a fixture for the LEDs ...sort of like a circuit board. This will get hot glued to the back side. There are five separate circuits so the lights will blink in rows of two in sequence.
There are also decals that go on with tiny yellow landing strips. PITA.
I also got some flickering blue LEDs for the warp cores. That should look neat. The last model had static lighting in the shuttle bay. This one will be a flashin’ And a flickerin’!
I’ve also started a plan for a base. She is coming along....only 150 hours to go.
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