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Hello all, i am looking at a cheaper than rattlecan option for base coats of paint, my only model paint options in Perth are tamiya or testors. i like the tamiya for the water clean up properties, however for $4.00 for a 30ml jar it isnt cheap when doing some of the bigger kits. what could i use tha...

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I have already worked it out, i just set the margins in a word document to the edges and pasted the jpeg in as a picture and dragged it to the edges keeping the scale.

printed on plain paper to test and all good

Hello all, i have recently download the Enterprise C decal set by Carlos "Arthur Pendragon" Zangrando and i am trying to understand how to print them out. 3 of the 5 sheets are easy all you need to do is open them in Windows Photo Viewer click print and they align to an A4 letter size pape...

Hi All,

i have a set of Acreations NX01 1/350 decals i bought 2 years ago, they have been kept flat and have stayed in the original packaging in a dark environment.

i am about a week away from using them and wonder if there is anything i should do to them prior to application.

thanks in advance

Hi all, i am in the process of researching and getting all the bits for my next build. i am using LED strip which runs at 12v, madman spinner lights at 12v, but then i have the Trekmodeler circuit and the rest of my LED's at 9v. is there a resistor i can use to put in line to go to the 9v from 12v o...

Hi all,

what method do you use for drilling holes for FO strands?

i have a rotary tool but i am pretty sure the RPM's in this will get the drill bits too hot and then melt.

i remember when i built the Enterprise D with FO the kit came with a battery operated drill.

And this relates to modeling how?

It would help to know your location before anyone suggested an online store

I am in Australia and bought mine on eBay for $27 it came from Hong Kong and came with my regions adapter, it was a 230v unit, but if your in U.S u need 110v

1st off you can cut the windows out and then fill them with micro Krystal Klear, goes on white dries clear As for the 10mm LEds get the widest angle, then use some reflective materiel on the inside to ahh reflect Yes you use 30g wire for the LEDs and for resistors, but I always use a thicker wire fo...

Yep

Hey all what is the best product to thin Mr disolved putty and for clean up

Madman Lighting wrote:Whats with everyone out there selling these strips of pre-wired LEDs? I've seen them in person and they're pretty neat.

They are neat, makes lighting nacelles a breeze

I got 5 meters of it through eBay for $18 and they are incredibly bright

Wait I think the strips are meant to run at 12 volts, and everything else needs 9, the voltage regulator is the simple way to go and is all you need. Check it in use though they tend to get hot, inside the model that heat build up will cause yellowing of decals and paint and softening of plastic if...

Is a 7809 regulator the answer?

I have a question about voltage I have designed and built a lighting setup for the PL 1/350 NX01 all in 9v, but I am using the Easy LED strips for the nacelles that although work on 9v they are much brighter at 12v Is there any way of running it at 12v but using something to step it to 9v for the ex...

Hi and welcome back. So the Aztec decals you can get from Acreation models, very nice work, the seller is Talon on this board. He had some production issues but has been back up for about 5 weeks now. As for the light kit, great product, but they are seriously busy and it could take up to 8 weeks to...

Help please!! So I am always learning and my circuitry skills are getting better but I need help with this I am lighting a NX01 kit and I have the prebuilt circuits for the strobes but I want to make the circuit for the illumination LEDs I have an old torch chip that caters for 24 LEDs to be attache...

You could always try painting a clear red or green on the end, a couple of the coats should work

Nevermind, I experimented an answered my own question, yes I can do that

Ok so I am going to be building the 1/350 NX01 soon and I have purchased the TM blinker unit and the madman lighting deluxe spinner I have them connected together and they work fine What I want to be able to do like the TM plug and play unit is to have detachable sub components using the header type...

Ordered the TME-RLK0001-1/350 Refit Enterprise Pre-Built Lighting kit today for the USS ENTERPRISE NCC 1701 A 1/350 last night did ask for the PDF file, 1st email arrived saying it was attached but it wasn't in the email so I'm waiting for him to email me back K You might want to ask them to mod th...

Pat Amaral wrote:This is what you need. Although you may be able to find it cheaper.

30AWG is the thing to look for.

Thanks heaps for the info, time to go to jaycar

I have been building light kits into all my models of late but I always have the problem that the wires are too big and as such I can't use the wire wrap tool I bought, so I do it by hand which sucks. I bought the madman deluxe spinner which came with some really fine wire which works great in the w...

Don't know about the DLM circuit I have used a couple of Trek Modellers and they are great.

For lighting just the windows the higher rated ones are great, but for lighting the mini kits I added a few extra warm white LEDs to give a more natural light on the current one I am working on

I ordered my 2nd kit on the 12th of July, and they shipped it on the 30th of august, they are really busy at the moment but keep you updated. As you mentioned they will send you the PDF once payed so you can start the prep work and work on the mini kits while waiting. Mine arrived yesterday so it's ...

What was the controller going to do? Make you coffee? Perhaps make it fly?

Seriously unless you want flashing lights and fading effects that basic circuit should only be $50 max

No need to answer, I should have searched on here first, got my answers

Can anyone tell me exactly what these are, are they just water filled tubes with the coloured LED sealed at each end?

Rattle cans for the majority, BUT... I decant the rattle can paint and air brush it. I buy cheapo rattle can paint $3.50 here and get the equivalent of 10-15 tinlets of paint which cost $3.50 each - huge savings! Decanting the paint and airbrushing - better control of paint flow. Smoother and thinn...

Wow! I just posted on your YouTube page, thats really nice work. I've done lots of lightup projects but it seems you've done even more and made a passion of it. Thanks for sharing! Ha thanks, still a novice and google is my friend, I still can't work out basic switches Madman, check out my Borg enh...