The lighting of the Razor Crest is very simple and all the lights are actually static. Like all other Star Wars Spaceships, with the exception of the Tydirium Shuttle (as far as I know), the lights does not blink.
THE CHIN LIGHTS
There are only a pair of red lights at the front of the craft. The AMT model already has two 3mm holes pre-drilled for the LEDs. However, if you put a 3mm LED in there, it will go through the hole. So, the front panel (#80) is there to stop it from jutting out further. Alas for the Revell version there is no such solution. Anyway, just for fun, I scratch-built a 2mm plastic piece to keep the LEDs in place but in later stages, they would most probably re replaced with a circuit board.
The AMT model has two 3mm holes which you can insert a pair of 3mm LEDs. However, there is a slight problem. If you use a normal 3mm red diffused LED in there, it is too long. The only solution would be a 3mm flat-top. Since I do not have that, I would need to improvise.
I glued two pla-plates to give me a 2mm thick buffer. Then I drilled two 3mm holes to match the model’s original holes.
Although the 2mm pla-plate is too thick, the final result looks OK to me.
I soldered the two red LEDs in parallel and used a 330 Ohm resistor. The current is way less than 10mA but it is still brighter then I wanted it to be.
To finish it off, I would need to light block both the front of the model and the panel. However, I might want to try with 3mm LEDs with clear lens against the diffused version which I am using here. Then again, I might not. The reason being is that while I plan to use a normal stripboard, their measurements might measure up and so, the clear lens LED has a very narrow viewing angle which might lead to uneven lighting. Right now, it looks a little weird with all the light leaks but once they are light blocked, it would look decent.
