If there is anything, I have a lot of very bad habits. And one of them is being lazy. This morning, I worked enough energy to get my lazy ass off the bed and into the Works room to work on the spare Revell Cargo Bay, an idea came into my head. And that, my friends, these last minute inspirations are another bad habit. Although the idea is great, but the execution would take a lot of time. This is something I am not looking forward to, as one, the temperature in the room is still in the 30’s. And two, I have less than four days to get it up.
THE RAZOR CREST DEMO AND TEST JIG
Well, it is more of a demo and not a test jig but sometimes, who knows. Still, I got some fun making the control box and using a warm-white diffused LED to simulate a neon bulb (OK, OK, its supposed to be orangey). The aim is to demonstrate the two lighting modes for the Razor Crest:-
Flight Mode – The Engines, navigation lights, chin lights and cockpit lights are ON, or
Standby Mode – The Cargo Bay, Landing Bay, spots are ON while the Engines fade in and out every few seconds.
THE CONTROL BOX
This evening, I managed to get a decent project box from my component stash, some toggle switches, and 18650 battery system and yes, that neon indicator. One of the two switches would power the whole circuit and the other would simulate the opening/closing of the ramp. The 18650 system has a charger and also a voltage booster, thereby powering the whole system with 5 volts. Since this is a last minute thing, I could not get a decent base and so, I used a worn acrylic piece why was lying around in the house. Maybe I’ll decorate it with some window tint from Mr. DIY on my way back from Work tomorrow. Spray paints and vinyl stickers are nice but we’ll see…
