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    "starting to come together", I'd say you are way past that point!!!! It looks excellent. Good job.

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    very cool. very cool indeed.
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    wow, just had pick my jaw up from the floor. I wish i had the imagination to build something as beautiful and creative as this.

    I build pc's for people but i have a friend that does all the modding for me (if wanted) my skill for modding is in the general area of: cram it full of led's, water cooling and a window then avert my eyes when the blinding light floods out of the case.
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    I've been working on more led's. This time I'm wiring up the running lights that will blink sequentially
    on the landing deck. Now I'm no electronics guru, I think I've mentioned that before. About all I'm good
    for is determining positive from negative, and basic soldering. So since I can't make up a custom circuit
    that will make the led's blink in sort of sequence, I found one online!

    Here is the landing deck as I am drilling holes for the leds.


    A closer up shot of the front.


    Qkits sells these led kits in many forms. This one in particular has 15 leds in a row that blink sequentially from the center out.


    The kit is really quite simple, it just requires you to solder all the components onto the circuit board.


    After about an hour of soldering, I got all the pieces mounted, with the exception of the leds. I will be
    replacing the red 5mm ones with white 3mm leds. The resistors in the kit should make them a bit dimmer, but thats ok.


    Now obviously, I won't be soldering the leds onto the circuit board, as they have to be relocated to their
    respective places on the landing deck. To accomplish this, I will be using a spare floppy drive ribbon cable.
    It has 34 wires, but I only need 30. So I simply slice off the remaining 4.


    I soldered one end to the kit's pcb where the led's would have gone.


    Done!


    Now with the led's in place, I can cut the individual wires to length and solde them up. This kit has 15 leds,
    and runs the lights from the center out. So I will be putting the first led up front under the power button, then
    the rest down both sides so it will blink in pairs into the landing bay.


    I also made some rails out of styrene to hold the pcb underneath the landing deck. You can see them in the last pic.
    Hopefully I can finish this thing up tonight and do a test run.

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    Yeah, you're pretty much out of control.

    Are you in charge of this mod, or is this mod in charge of you?


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    Quote Originally Posted by iandh View Post
    Yeah, you're pretty much out of control.

    Are you in charge of this mod, or is this mod in charge of you?


    LOL I am totally in charge of this mod.... I think, wait let me ask it...... yep, it says that I am in charge!
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    Ok, finally got the vid up! So, withour further ado, here is the testing of the running lights:

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    Wow and Wow again! That is awesome! +rep

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    too cool for school, dewd. future hall of fame for sure.

    +rep
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    Very cool. The lights are amazing and add incredible detail.

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