Here was yesterday’s project
We had talked about the Porsche 917K and how all of the scale representations didn’t have working tailights. I had added tailights to a 1/32 scale version but hadn’t tried a 1/24th scale version. As of yet, I haven’t tried to add lights to any of the larger scale cars so, here we go.
Factory equipped with front headlights mounted high, These larger versions have lenses for lower front fog lights with a clear pass through from behind, supposedly for a die hard like me to light up from behind. This is a common practice among the manufacturers and has been for years. At the other end, the tail lights are mounted on this piece that is separate from the cars body. Both red and amber lenses are represented on each side, both again with light pass through points in the back.
The front fogs got amber nanos as did the rear running/signal lights.
I wasn’t sure about the max power pushed through the chip for the factory front lights which are larger led bulbs so I opted to power the front fogs and the rear running lights directly from track power before it hits the chip leaving them illuminated all the time but not risking the chip. The front ones were wired in parallel and the tears in sequence. With all getting resistors, the two in sequence should run a little dimmer, that way, those bright ambers don’t outshine the little reds in the back too much. I want to be able to see em. The rear brake lights are the red nanos connected to the unused rear light channel on the chip. I drilled two holes in the bottom of the rear valances to run the wires and superglued all of the lights in place.
It did take a while but I’m happy with the results. It’s a neat option to be able to turn off the mail lights and just have those ambers going.
