Topic: Klingon D-7 build (Read 3587 times)

FPF-Tobin Dax · « **on:** January 04, 2016, 04:38:04 pm »

I am just about finished with my 1990's AMT d-7. It represents a big step for me in that I didn't just slap it together out of the box. This is my first lit ship and first that I filled and sanded seams. There were a lot of bad seams. The sanding and filling could have been better, but limited time and impatience saw me settle for less than I would have liked to.
I bread boarded a lighting system with 2 navigation lights, a trim pot to fade up a torpedo, (yes I know it should be a dish but re-mastered ret-conned it anyway) and lighting for the bulb with fiber optics sticking through the windows. After painting the fibers get trimmed flush to the hull.

Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2016, 04:47:52 pm »

Nicely done

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2016, 05:22:23 pm »

Always great to see a non-Federation ship, especially a KLINGON one!

FPF-Tobin Dax · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2016, 06:59:24 pm »

Thanks guys. Hoping to get the Revell d-7 built this summer. It's made for lighting. I have the inside painted already for lighting. Got a resin FASA based d-18 for Christmas in 1/1000 scale so eventually there will be more in my Klingon Fleet. It has some lighting potential.

Here is my breadboard wiring. 555 timer for navigational strobes. About 3/4 second on then off. Trim pot for torpedo. I tried a capacitor for fading up, but I wanted to have control of how fast it faded and be able to have it fade down as well.

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