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Hi Ant, yeah, I originally built it to run off 3 battery powered volts...But the rest of the kit I want to run it with of is wired at 9 volts...needed to light the 9 volt led strips. It took me a while and a bit of internet searching but I did manage it in the end this afternoon - I wired 5 LED's in...

Thanks Timescape for that information.

I have a simple, 3 volt strobe circuit that uses the old LM3909 component. I put it together years ago. Is there any way I can get this to work on a 9 volt wall wart voltage? Just adding a resistor in the forward 9 volt path doesn't do it. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

"... on a side note being down in cornwall i guess there arnt many people sci-fi modelling down here. is there any groups online. i think i saw the uk ssmuk. but just seeing if there are many uk modellers close by at all. Hey Cornishreaper, c'mon join us over here: http://www.scifimodels.org.u...

I've never used anything but Loctite for all my builds, resin or styrene. The original squeezy tube has no control over the glue coming out, ALWAYS resulting in a messy job, the brush applicator version is really too expensive for the volumn of glue you get compared to the others available, the gel ...

Can anyone help? Does the reddish bussard effect of the warp engines rotate (inwards or outwards) or does it just sort of flash colors (red/yellow/amber) randomly? Thanks for any input you might have.

Hi! I was looking at my unstarted Polar Lights 1/350 NX-01 and as far as the saucer section is concerned, there's loads of windows to install, provided with the kit and installed from the inside...which is my dilemma. When building the kit, should I install the windows as instrusted and then block o...