Ligthning Controller

 Lightning Controller V1.0

The Ligthning controller was developed to improve your model. It will ligthen up your Spaceship, Fighter or any Model where you need LEDs for Trusters or cockpit illumination.

At least there are two Controllers:

Idle/Attack Controller

Color/Brightness Controller

The controller self is a Trinket 5V from Adafruit who has small dimnsions to fit into Models special here 1:18,1:24 and 1:29. For all other I would recommend to buitl the unit into the Sockel if possible.

Some data for the controller:

• ATtiny85 on-board, 8K of flash, 512 byte of SRAM, 512 bytes of EEPROM
• Micro-USB jack for power
  
• ~5.25K bytes available for use (2.75K taken for the bootloader)
• On-board 5.0V power regulator with 150mA output capability and ultra-low dropout. Up to 16V input, reverse-polarity protection, thermal and current-limit protection.
• Power with either USB or external output (such as a battery) - it'll automatically switch over
• On-board green power LED and red pin #1 LED
• Reset button for restarting the program.
  
• 5 GPIO

 

The Main PCB has several connectors for LEDs to bring life into your model. 

This is the Idle/Attack Version

The dimensions of the PCB 48x19mm

The function of the Idle/Attack controller is special for Star Wars X-Wing developed.

All Truster LEDs are digital LEDs and available in 5mm or 8mm diameter. The Truster LEDs have a Flicker function.

When the Wings are closed or also called Idle/Cruise Modus  the Trusters are flicker Red, when the wings will open and switch to Attack Modus the Trusters will switch to Full brightness Magenta Flicker and vice versa. The fucntion is switched via Hallsensor. If you dont like the switching action you can put in a connector with Jumper to choose between Red or Magenta Flicker.

Also inlcuded is a Blink Led function where you can connect any LED and it will blink in a 50/50 ratio.

The other connections for the LED can bes used with steady or blink LED to illuminate the Cockpit or for example the eye from R2-D2.

If you don´t like the digital LEDS you can also connect normal LED (blink, steady).

For all LED connectors you are free to connect any LED with resistor the output will be 5V, except the digital LEDs need no resistor.

To power up the controller you can use a Micro USB power supply or you can also use the X5 connector. Wide range of acceptable voltages 6-16VDC.  

This is the Light/Bright Version

The dimensions of the PCB 55x19mm

With this version you can adjust via R1 Poti 8 different Colors for your Trusters and all of them Flicker, the Poti R2 is used to adjust the brightness and a also the Flicker behavior.

The Hallsensor function is not included in this version but the rest is the same as above for the Idle/Attack Controller.

Revell X-Wing 1:29

 Revell X-Wing 1:29 

 

 coming soon

Paint job 2

Silver and Hairspray, Zink cromat color covered with hairpsray and ready for black base coat.

 

U.S.N Carrier Deck Crew Part 1

 Start to prime the first Deck Crew, it will end up in green color for arresting hook personal.

The Face is missing and will be done at least when I have a smaller brush as at moment.

Starting the paint job

 The whole Corsair was base coated in black, the Canopy was masked and sprayed with interior green.

Next Steps for paiting:

• airbrush some areas with Aluminium Flat and and cover it with hairspray, done
  
• Cover some areas with Zink cromate and cover it with hairspray, done
  
• prime again with black, done
  
• start to preshade with lighter blue 
• spray several layers with sea blue 5% in the mix 
• scratch of on the designated areas with a lot of worn the color 

 

 

Flight Deck 1/48 DIY Part 6

The Walls and the interior was airbrushed in white, the fllor will be painted in Neutral Grey.

Additional to the Sound modul I added some warm white LEDs to illuminate the Hangar, the Light can be switched on with a additional switch at the right of the module. The 20 mm Guns have been finished and can be installed.

 

 

Flight Deck 1/48 DIY Part 5

 

Flight Deck 1/48 DIY Part 4

 Update from the Flight Deck specially the Hangar.

U.S.N Carrier Deck Crew Colors WW2

 Information Site of Deck Crew and Colors, some clorized pics from Crew action on Deck

 

please click Link below

U.S.N Carrier Deck Crew

Corsair Engine

Engine considerations

The F4U incorporated the largest engine available at the time, the 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial. To extract as much power as possible, a relatively large Hamilton Standard Hydromatic three-blade propeller of 13 feet 4 inches (4.06 m) was used. 

 

I used Eduard Photo etched parts for the Ignition cables.

1:48 Deck Crew

I ordered a great set of 1:48 Deck Crew from Orange Hobby in a great quality out of the 3-D Printer.

Three of them are with flags and two in a normal position.

 

 

Flight Deck 1/48 DIY Part 3

The Flight should have some base was my first idea, a sockel of 60mm or so, the I figured out to create a section of an aircraft carrier in my case the USS Wasp and build a part of the carrier underneath the flight deck. I create the starborad side of the USS WASP and in special the Catwalk over the rear hangar in front of the rear elevator. The catwalk was glued to the flight deck and is complete removerable from the hangar box. Both 20mm Orlikon Guns are almost built from scratch the same as the structure under the catwalk. The whole Section will be sound animtaed, But at frist some pics from the progress. A crew for the deck area was alos ordered from Super Hobby in Poland.