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Gundam Forums 9 years ago I had to take a break from my Kong, i really don’t want to make any mistakes. Since my semester has started, i don’t have much free time, so i’m working on a quick build of my Cosmo Zero i got a little while ago. Fun little kit, i just had to start lighting it. XD
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Wow. and this is suppose to be a quick build? ;-P I thought about lighting the Falcon but you can’t really see into the engine exhaust. I’ll definitely light up the 1/500 Yamato when I get to it though.
Yea i am debating picking up the 1/500. My friend dave is lighting his right now and that thing looks amazing with all the cannons lit. I don’t know if i want to get involved in a project like that now. lol
And yea, this was supposed to be quick, if you see the picture with the kit primed, that was basically ready for painting. But i really want to add lighting to it, so i can bring it to my local ipms competition in a few months, so the painting has been delayed.
You could definitely light up the exhaust on the falcon, you would just need some super bright led’s and would probably have to carve out the back/insides of the parts. I already did that for the side exhaust ports on the wings, going to put in some dull led’s with some high ohm’d resistors to have a subtle effect.
You going with internal battery or external? If external. How’re you planning on hiding the wiring on the stand? Yea you can light the exhaust on the falcon but they are buried so deep that the light would only be visible when you view it directly from the back. Might do what you did when I get to the Zero though.
External battery. I actually just about finished doing all the drilling out of the stand to hide the wiring, just need to do tat last joint at the bottom. I’m using plugs so that it connects at the top of the action base and the pins actually hold it a bit more steady. In the base, i drilled out for a push button to go in the back, i’ll be painting it black to match the base. Battery might not cut it, i’m adding at least 3 more led’s to the kit so i don’t know if 3 volts will cut it.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b128/Grifith/models/Standwiring_zps12ce43ef.jpg
I found this awesome video on lighting the zero, i’m so mad i didn’t do the engine the same. I tried to change it up but i damaged the detail so i’m sticking with what i original wired, and have to fix the damage.
Seen this one awhile back. Thought it’s what inspire you to light up the Zero in the first place. ;-P