Using a 555 and a 4060 to make a strobe circuit?

[MillenniumFalsehood]

I've been wondering if this would work. I have a 555 timer and a 4060 cascade chip, and I'd like to set it up to do a dual blink circuit for the USS Defiant. I want to make the forward strobe blink, then the aft strobes. Can I set these two chips in such a way as to make this work? Is there a diagram that will create this effect?

[brt]

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=838719

the link looks like it should help and includes an ssm link about the 4060 chip.

the rc thread suggests using a 4017 instead of 4060 as from what I gather, the 4060 splits timing at various intervals per pulse for each pin while the 4017 would sequence. I'm a novice so I'm not sure, but it strikes me that using 2 timing pins on the 4017 would give you the alternating flash you want while the 4060 would just give different durations of flashes?

[MillenniumFalsehood]

Thanks for the advice. It looks like the 4017 counter is the perfect solution.