Enterprise refit strobe lights

belkin321 · Post by **belkin321** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:24 am

I am about to begin work on the 1/350 Enterprise refit. In researching the various light kits available, I have noticed that the strobe lights differ from one light kit to the next in some cases......in that one kit will flash the strobe leds with no light seen from the leds between flashes.....while another kit will flash the strobe leds, however, the led remains illuminated slightly between strobe flashes. I viewed clips from the movies, and the strobe lights appear to go out completly between flashes, but it's sometimes diffucult to determine. So.... what say the people......strobes complety off between flahses or slightly illuminated between flashes. Wanted to double check before making a purchase decision. Thanks in advance for info.

DLMatthys · Post by **DLMatthys** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:56 am

I still use the good ol' LM3909 LED blinker chip for the Nav Strobe effect (Out of production...But, I have a sourse)
The chips control of the white LED is definately off on the down cyle.

Scott Hasty · Post by **Scott Hasty** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:24 pm

I use a 556 for a very convincing strobe...

jwrjr · Post by **jwrjr** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:22 pm

Thr VoodooFX strobe uses a pic12f683 (microcontroller). The lights go out completely between flashes.