20260729 Deckard and Gaff from Moonbus

20260729 Deckard and Gaff from Moonbus

The Fujimi 1/24 Blade Runner Spinner Project I got my Fujimi 1/24 Blade Runner Spinner seven years too late after its 2011 release. But thanks to HLJ.com, I made sure I was not left behind during Fujimi’s second run. Being this late meant I missed out on the ‘Special Edition” which comes with a non-scaled […]

20260729 The End of Stevens International

20260729 The End of Stevens International

The news of Hobby Shops closing down or just up and left has become more common in the last few years. News that I do not care for much since it does not affect me in where I live although I secretly wished I was there at their Sales. But news about the 50-year old […]

20260101 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 3mm Spacer it is!

20260101 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 3mm Spacer it is!

Happy New Year! I have located the 3mm White LED and soldered onto another prototype PCB. This time, I have not modified the 3mm spacer but just used it as it is. Instead of the 10mm height I envisioned, my calipers said the height should be around the 9mm mark. This means, with the spacer, […]

20251231 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 LED Spacer

20251231 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 LED Spacer

Are you high? A typical height of a 5mm LED is 8.7mm (1mm collar and 7.7mm resin lens). Add that to the 3mm spacer, we’re looking at a 11.7mm height. But as shown above where the 0mm height LED position looked more accurate, lets have a brief calculation about the 3mm LED. Its typical height […]

20251208 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 Testing

20251208 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 Testing

JLCPCB & being (almost) Perfect I always liked to use JLCPCB which apart from their manufacturing speed, their Call Centres are very responsive when it came to troubleshooting my designs. However, I also wished that they could help modify my PCB and/ or 3D files too but sadly, that is not possible. I mean, if […]