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| DevilFish | Nov 13 2013, 09:01 PM Post #1 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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I decided to get my mojo back I needed to do something different. I started this a while back, the Revell USS Voyager ![]() I want to light it, but, as you can see, pretty much ever light is left on, unlike on the Enterprise, where a considerate crew turn their cabin lights off when they leave.... ![]() Anyway, this presents a problem, as all the smaller windows are moulded purely as recesses.... ![]() Which means I have to drill them all out. This process involves drilling a hole at the top and bottom of each window, then cutting the joining piece out and filling square-ish. ![]() ![]() Now, when you realise that just on this piece alone, the upper saucer section, there are 272 windows to open up...it's a bit of a task. But worth it. ![]() And remember, I'm doing this to GET BACK my mojo..... |
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| mrvr6 | Nov 13 2013, 09:03 PM Post #2 |
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Lt. john 'Buzz Kill' burton
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you crazy fool (said in mr t voice) |
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| DevilFish | Nov 13 2013, 09:06 PM Post #3 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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Yes.......
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| Mark M | Nov 13 2013, 09:16 PM Post #4 |
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Hawk T1
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Id love to do one of these i wish revell wouls do some stargate stuff |
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| Cimmerian | Nov 13 2013, 09:17 PM Post #5 |
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Lt. Ken 'Albatros' Jeffrey
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This is one of the last kits my Mum brought me. I shall watch with interest. |
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| DevilFish | Nov 13 2013, 09:19 PM Post #6 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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In the time it's taken me to put these pics up I have done all the pilot holes on one side and am on my way round the other.... |
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| beowulf | Nov 13 2013, 09:40 PM Post #7 |
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
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very interesting cos i have a klingon battle cruiser i plan on lighting up sometime what method are you going to use to light it?.....fibre optic or led or just a big bright light? :lol: someone i know down under is lighting a DS9.....taken him a year so far cos hes had to learn to make control boards and hes doing it with optic fibre...hes used metres and metres and metres of the stuff lol |
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| DevilFish | Nov 13 2013, 09:44 PM Post #8 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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Well, seeing as it's Xmas... ...and the shops are full of cheap LED lights, I plan to utilise some of these. If I can keep it self-contained it will help as I plan to hang this one up as I really don't have room for it (god help me when I start the 1/350th ones!)
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| Mark M | Nov 13 2013, 09:47 PM Post #9 |
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Hawk T1
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Ive got plenty of leds and resistors ans switches if you need some |
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| DevilFish | Nov 13 2013, 10:05 PM Post #10 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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Pilot holes drilled for 290 windows....It turns out Revell "forgot" a few, so I added them back in.
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| Mosquito | Nov 13 2013, 10:12 PM Post #11 |
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Great work mate, you've made such a difference doing all that work.
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| beowulf | Nov 13 2013, 11:22 PM Post #12 |
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
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lol...thats sort of my plan....after last crimbo i found some powered by AA baterries for a silly prices |
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| davedubya | Nov 14 2013, 12:36 AM Post #13 |
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Airbrush master
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If they haven't started already, Poundworld will start selling battery powered sets of LED christmas lights. |
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| DevilFish | Nov 14 2013, 07:08 AM Post #14 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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I saw some ultra-bright blue and red ones in B&M the other weekend. Now, if I they have white ones too then I'm set. It's just a case of cutting and splicing. The plan is to make a hidden battery compartment and have a hidden switch (behind the landing bay door maybe) |
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| mrvr6 | Nov 14 2013, 08:35 AM Post #15 |
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Lt. john 'Buzz Kill' burton
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you could make a display base and put the batteries an switches etc in there cracking job on the windows!! |
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...and the shops are full of cheap LED lights, I plan to utilise some of these. If I can keep it self-contained it will help as I plan to hang this one up as I really don't have room for it (god help me when I start the 1/350th ones!)



8:32 AM Jul 11