https://imgur.com/gallery/xtM8eYg

This is the first armada kit I've lit up. Already working on the next four.

It's really cool. I love how many windows you made. The thrusters look awesome too.

Looks cool. I see you're running wires down to the base, and your breadboard is setup using a 9V power supply, but it also looks like you have it on the base connected to a LOSI connector, so I'm assuming that you're actually using a 3.7V LiPo? If so, might I suggest only using a single resistor to drop the source voltage from 3.7V to 3.0V into the ship, as it's a common voltage for both blue and white (or really 3.2V if you want, I haven't found much of a difference between the two). Math shows that both end up using the same power from the battery (.7W in this case), but then you only have 1 resistor to package and solder compared to 5, which then means less places to go wrong or short it out, or when you're trying to figure out why it's not working, less joints to test. Also, you're only consuming 1 resistor, which if you're like me, you bought them in a variety pack with a count of 25 of a specific ohm value or something... And by using a single resistor, you end up using various values instead of consistently using the same one, so when you light up the ISD with 6-7 LEDs, you use a different resistor.

It also looks like you're using 1.5mm FOs for the secondary engines - are you planning on doing the same for the ISD or stepping up to 2mm FOs? If you're stepping up to two, I highly recommend using 2 LEDs to power them. I've done it both ways, and I almost always regret using a single LED, as it's really hard to get all 4 to glow at the same brightness.

In any case, congrats - it looks great!

Yeah, I’m using a 3.7v lipo. The resistors for the blue engine leds are a greater resistance than the white lights to tone down the brightness a little bit. Looking back, I will probably want to tone down the white lights anyway. From the research I’ve done, it’s better to have a resistor on each led in parallel to better regulate the current going through each diode, but I’m not sure how much that really matters in the real world. I guess I’d rather be safe than sorry.

For the secondary engines I’m using 1mm fibers that I mushroom with heat. I have an ISD opened right now, but I’m still trying to figure out the best way to do it. Thanks for the tip with using the two leds. I’ve run into that issue before too.

Figuring this stuff out is half the fun.

Whats with the large Y-wing in pieces?

35 minutes ago, fistfulofforce said:

Whats with the large Y-wing in pieces?

That’s a Bandai model I’m working on.

Do you have any links to tutorials or anything?