T Bolt
Colonel
WOW!!
**** DONE: 1/48 Junkers Ju 52/3M - Jet/Recon/Transport GB
- Thread starter Vic Balshaw
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WOW!!
WOW indeed !
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Very wow! great work Vic, it's really looking the part.
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
its a wow from me too
Good work Vic!
N4521U
Colonel
Yikes, another bench mark!
That's hot!
That's hot!
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Many thanks for the kind words gents, much appreciated.
Finished up most of the internal today but before fixing it in I wanted to sort out the tail light which for a while was presenting a bit of a problem.
Our good friend Terry (Airframes) had earlier mentioned fibre optics as a means of lighting and this is precisely what I have done. It took a while to get the necessary bits like very fine coloured optic cable and then being a bit dumb and not knowing optic technology, it was a while before I struck on the way to do it. So here we are, one light source, a couple of yellow optic strands and some heat shrink. "Voila" and were done.
Here we have the side view and wiring setup before buttoning up.
Finished up most of the internal today but before fixing it in I wanted to sort out the tail light which for a while was presenting a bit of a problem.
Our good friend Terry (Airframes) had earlier mentioned fibre optics as a means of lighting and this is precisely what I have done. It took a while to get the necessary bits like very fine coloured optic cable and then being a bit dumb and not knowing optic technology, it was a while before I struck on the way to do it. So here we are, one light source, a couple of yellow optic strands and some heat shrink. "Voila" and were done.
Here we have the side view and wiring setup before buttoning up.
Thats damn nice work Vic....
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great stuff Vic. Might be worthwhile painting the areas where lights or fibre optics run in matt black, with the interior colour over this, if possible, to prevent any 'glow' showing through the plastic externally - just a thought.
bloody hell Vic that is brilliant
T Bolt
Colonel
That is so cool Vic!
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
No pun intended!
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Many thanks folks and again you have hit the nail on the head Terry. I did a quick test last night and the optics do show through the thinner plastic, so I'm thinking of a sleeve (heat shrink) over them to blanket this out.
N4521U
Colonel
Again, Yikes. Super Vic strikes again. That is cool.
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Slip a piece of aluminum foil up there. It will stop it.
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Voice of experence, from a U-boot, many years ago,...
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Thanks Paul, good idea.
