Easy Lighting Circuit for 1/1000 NX-01

nightwing4532 · Post by **nightwing4532** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:04 pm

The subject says it all. This is going to be my first attempt at lighting a model. I have absolutely no experience with electronics, and I'm trying to learn on a smaller kit before moving on to the Enterprise E.

Does anyone have (maybe left over from your build) the circuit design they used for the NX-01 that you'd be willing to share?

nicholassagan · Post by **nicholassagan** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:00 pm

DLM's new flasher circuit will fit it pretty well...it's not "leftovers" but it's a good board...

Grumpy Popeye · Post by **Grumpy Popeye** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:30 am

Check out Badgrendels YouTube channel, he has some very comprehensive lighting tutorials.

(Not quite what you were asking, but it doesn't get much simpler than his 4060 IC tutorial)

veedubb67 · Post by **veedubb67** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:58 am

Depends on what you goal is. Do you want to just light the main body? LED strips would fit the bill.

http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.c ... --60cm.cfm

http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.c ... ic-kit.cfm

Do you want to light the nacelles? A simple LED wired in would suffice.

http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.c ... -nx-01.cfm

As mentioned, there are plenty of YouTube tutorials to help you out.

Rob
Iwata Padawan

nightwing4532 · Post by **nightwing4532** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:15 am

I'm watching the badgrendels videos right now, but I guess it would have helped to say what I was looking for.

I'm looking to light the main body, the impulse engines, the deflector, the warp engines and bussard collectors. I was thinking of doing the red/green lights on the sides, but I'm not experienced enough to do a flasher by far, and I don't want to spend a fortune on a premade DLM kit.