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Wings, Marker Lights and Guns

Posted by Ken Bergquist | Jan 29, 2014 | Viper | 0 |

Wings, Marker Lights and Guns
I'm using a USB B connector for power and mounting the model to its stand. Here you can see where it protrudes from the bottom of the fuselage.
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I’m using a USB B connector for power and mounting the model to its stand. Here you can see where it protrudes from the bottom of the fuselage.
The USB B connector is epoxied into place. Power comes into the model from any USB power source (5v). The connector will double as a mount for the stand.
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The USB B connector is epoxied into place. Power comes into the model from any USB power source (5v). The connector will double as a mount for the stand.
This is the brains of the operation. The board and circuit are open source hardware. The software that controls it is home-brewed.
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This is the brains of the operation. The board and circuit are open source hardware. The software that controls it is home-brewed.

I've done considerable surgery to the area between the engines to fit everything inside, but it fits!
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I’ve done considerable surgery to the area between the engines to fit everything inside, but it fits!
Here you can see the wire-wrap wire I use for connecting the LEDs to the circuit board.
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Here you can see the wire-wrap wire I use for connecting the LEDs to the circuit board.
I'll be finishing off the gun detail with brass tubing, inserted through the kit parts which were drilled out to accommodate it.
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I’ll be finishing off the gun detail with brass tubing, inserted through the kit parts which were drilled out to accommodate it.

The light guides for the navigation lights are 2mm fiber optic, bent to fit inside the wings. Each fiber gets its own red LED.
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The light guides for the navigation lights are 2mm fiber optic, bent to fit inside the wings. Each fiber gets its own red LED.
Here are the wings taped up with light guides in place, ready to cut to length.
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Here are the wings taped up with light guides in place, ready to cut to length.

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Ken Bergquist

Ken Bergquist

I have been building models all my life. My Dad co-owned the local hobby shop. I started working there at 8 years old so I could afford to buy the AMT Enterprise. I've been chasing kits ever since. I studied Scene Design and Technical Theatre in the Theatre Department at The University at Buffalo, and worked on a great number of on- and off-campus productions designing and building props and sets, lighting, sound (and a bit of acting). In the 1980's I had the opportunity to turn my passion into a job. I was hired to build architectural subjects at Carolina Architectural Models in Raleigh, NC, later known as Scale Model and Display Studios. Some time later, while working for Tri-Star Design Group in Raleigh NC, I did plastics fabrication and design, leading to some of the most challenging subjects of my career, including props and scenery for the motion picture industry. More recently, I'm designing a shelf-scale, resin printed model of the Tachi / Rocinante / Pinus Contorta from The Expanse. Watch this space!

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