Steampunk Lighting and Painting for my next mod "Steampunk'd TJ11

Just thought I would share what I'm working on. My next mod is going to be a Steampunk'd TJ11.

I'm modding some old Vacuume Tubes so I can add LEDs to them and light them up.

I CAREFULLY drilled a hole in the bottom of the tube.

Orange is just a test color. I'll actually be using a shade of yellow.

Now a different tube.

Lots of light showing in the top view.

More coming soon. I ordered some more LEDs and resistors for testing. I'll start a worklog in a month or 2.

ok, that's pretty freakin' sweet!!!!

if you need a bit more diffusion you can always lightly sand the top of the LED and it will give it a broader spread of light.

Its a bit too reddish to me but keep up the work :)

Also have you seen the laptron fc10 controller with tubes used as the display?

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Originally Posted by xr4man

ok, that's pretty freakin' sweet!!!!

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by Snowman

if you need a bit more diffusion you can always lightly sand the top of the LED and it will give it a broader spread of light.

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Ya I did sand it some. I may have to do it a bit more.

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Originally Posted by Stonerboy779

Its a bit too reddish to me but keep up the work :)

Also have you seen the laptron fc10 controller with tubes used as the display?

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Orange is just for testing :P Yellow LEDs are on their way. Yes I've seen it. I'm trying to get Lamptron to send me one to use.

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Originally Posted by Snowman

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I like it!

Seems lamptron didn't realize the demand they are out of stock where I looked.

you could change up the colors in the tubes too. i mean, most tubes either don't glow or glow a nice orange yellow color. but it would be kind of eery to see a green glowing tube or cool to have a blue or uv glowing tube.

Ya I may try other colors. For now I'm sticking with a yellow light theme because it will go well with the rusted color of the case and parts.

I changed the name of the thread to include some painting. I'm going to play around with some rust effect paint but first, some more LEDs.

I bought 2 types of LED strips. Type 1 is SMD LEDs

Type 2 is more like traditional LEDs mounted to a strip.

Now to painting. This is the paint combo I will be using.

I primed some fan grills with self etching primer.

Then painted them with the Iron paint.

Now to play with the Rust paint.

I'll be applying it a few different methods to see what comes out the best.