Author Topic: Storage Box Diorama - Imperial Field Support Base (Read 7540 times)

Tamer · « **Reply #15 on:** August 24, 2013, 07:33:00 AM »

Wow Jules this looks fantastic. I can't wait to see the finale of this. Let me go share this before my internet time leaves me.

MsComicStar86 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2013, 09:12:26 AM »

Looking fantastic, I can't wait how this will turn out to be.

krztfr · « **Reply #17 on:** August 26, 2013, 09:05:19 AM »

Man such a great idea the only problem I have is your updattes aren't going to be soon enough lol

hangarbay94 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2013, 07:17:23 PM »

PHEW! I've just finished fitting the LED's. Unfortunately the internal blue lights are not as bright as I would have liked, but as I'm not an expert on LED's, currents and resistance I've had to go with a fairly basic wiring layout (that's my excuse anyway). However, the red lights look very nice indeed.

Next I'll be fitting the door and then onto the paint job.

I have thought about turning into a Mini-Rig Hoth Base, only problem is, I don't have any Hoth Figures. I would only be a matter of a re-paint at any cost, so I could always do that at a later date.

HB94

hemble · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2013, 07:54:45 PM »

Looking awesome Jules and I think the blue LED's look perfect, I can't wait to see more.

Ron

DocOutlands · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2013, 07:57:44 PM »

Looks like you are making a good go of getting the LEDs sorted! I love the idea of a Hoth mini-rig base, too.

I lucked out and got a pair of very bright blue LED strips that were intended for use in the passenger section of a car and as such were pre-wired for 12volt with a plug to go into the lighter socket of the car. Wall-plug transformers are fairly easy to get and let me plug up my blue lights almost anywhere. And as a plus, they have a brushed aluminum housing, making it easy to blend them into the diorama as light-bars.

hangarbay94 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2013, 05:44:13 AM »

Thanks Doc, yes that would have been a solution, though I like these things to have their own supply. I could have fitted more bulbs but the cabling would have been more difficult to hide. I've given the internal walls a thick coat of black paint to preven light bleed, Im hoping that once the paint work and decals have been applied the interior will be more visible.

My kids woke up this morning and saw what I'd done and now I've had to set up the whole Endor set to keep them happy in anticipation if their new toy. Ah happy days!

Tamer · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2013, 06:58:36 AM »

This looks great Jules. I could easily see this becoming Hoth!

Off to share. Wow, I sure do wish I had your skills!

Road Warrior · « **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2013, 09:52:55 AM »

Great idea here, Jules.

hangarbay94 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 08, 2013, 02:28:39 PM »

Ok, so I'm pretty much done. It's a bit rough round the edges, but it does the job. I'd like to take some proper pictures of it this week, so watch this space. Sorry about the image quality, I've used my iphone for these shots.