Lighting for Polar Lights 350 scale refit Enterprise

skywarp1975 · Post by **skywarp1975** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:02 am

Hi, new here. I'm looking for an affordable lighting kit for PL refit Enterprise. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

kahless78 · Post by **kahless78** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:46 am

To get a screen accurate lighted ship Trekmodeler's kit is the way to go! Now it is pricey like a few hundred bucks but if you dont care about blinking lights and just want a lighted ship get you some battery powered led light strings. They have 20 bright leds all ready wired to 3 AA battery pack. I used those for my first build. Here is a link to my post in the startrek modelers forum and see for yourself how I did it. click the culttvman link and you should be good. For 2 lights strings it cost me 21 bucks.

http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/vie ... hp?t=81593

skywarp1975 · Post by **skywarp1975** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:03 am

I like what you did there, but I'll shop around for lights. Thanks for the reply, it was a big help.

Pat Amaral · Post by **Pat Amaral** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:30 am

This kit is less pricey and it requires a bit more work but it's a pretty slick alternative.

matt murdock · Post by **matt murdock** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:49 pm

Ive used a combination of about 30 12v LEDs and a couple of 30cm long cold cathode tubes (for the nacelles) go them all off ebay , Id say they probably cost no more than £40 altogether,
I have some pics of the finished article if you want to see it herehttp://kitshed.net/star_trek.htm