- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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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