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Gunpla for beginners 8 years, 5 months ago Finished the LED work on the Sinanju!Sorry for the pics, my cam cant seem to handle the glare of the LEDs. Used groups of 4 LEDs with 1 Ohm resistor and a 12V power supply. Was supposed to use the rectangular battery but afterwards I found out too late that these are infact 9V. The Kit can be unmounted by disconnecting the Pin connector at the rear back of the Sinanju.
I am also sad I forgot to make provision for LED light Sabers. Otherwise am satisfied. Am gonna use it as decoration for Halloween,lolz!
Experience received-(a) Dont put different color LEDs in the same series else the more power demanding LED will syphon most of the power and make the other light less brightly( the leg jets).
(b) insulate probable cross connection else you’ll get mad looking for what’s wrong.
(c) be careful with +ve and -ve when connecting the LEDs.
(d) the LEDs and resistors should be made easy to access for later use in case of problem.
(e) Most importantly; Rectangular Batteries are 9V!!Now am ready for the Nu ver Ka!!
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Looks great, was it hard to install these LEDs? I’m thinking about trying out some in future but I’d have to decide on a kit first haha.
That looks great man. funny that your next project is the nu ver ka since i will be building that one next myself and i plan on some serious LED work and a custom paint job. i think ive decided on the pink and green scheme for it. im looking forward to see your progress on the nu.
@Nick, no it wasn’t hard to install the LEDs, infact it was fun-I used a 12V GP 23AE battery to test each group of LEDs. I didn’t solder the connections but used conductive glue after having coiled the ends of wires tightly, then I dropped power glue to strengthen the bonds. I also bonded part of wires to the frame so that there is no stress on the connected wires during articulation. And am proud to say my Sinanju still retains the same articulations as before and no wires have broken after articulation tests.
And yeah I used thin coils wires and to remove the insulation I use a lighter to darken it and remove it with a cutter. Anyone has a better way of doing it?
Wow thanks for that. I’m thinking about using an HGUC Unicorn (unicorn mode) for this, mainly putting one in the head and one on each backpack thruster. Do you think that this would be any more difficult being smaller with no inner frame? Or easier being mostly hollow?
Infact this was supposed to prepare me to build the Nu ver ka. I was thinking about putting much more LEDs in the Nu, but now I am thinking on how to put minimum LEDs. The psychoframe should be “glowing” and not lighting up like like a christmas tree. I want to achieve the same glowing effect as when blacklight is used-a homogenous glow.
I haven’t built an HG, but if it is hollow, yeah, it’ll be easier to place the LEDs and not many will be required for the psychoframe. But as for the thrusters you will have to look for 1 or 2mm colored LED as the 3mm will be too big.
Am sure you’ll make an awesome work. Do post your work.
Thanks for the help, this’ll be a while away but I’m starting planning now.