Category Archives: Scale Lighting
20230611 SMD LED Soldering
This is how I solder small SMD LEDs. Thanks to okyoskar_1.87 who demonstrated this easy technique. For me, I would be using those grey 3M double-sided tapes instead as their glue kind of last longer against the soldering iron’s heat. So, just lay the SMD LEDs with their solder contacts face up. They are polarity […]
20230528 That Last Minute Ligthbulb part 2
The next thing I need to do is to build the Cargo Bay. I had an extra set after trading my pre-production version with a friend who had no use for it. So, for the rest of the afternoon/evening, I was drilling and cutting out holes on the cargo bay walls. This was not as […]
20230528 That Last Minute Ligthbulb part 1
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 […]
20230520 For a Friend
Soldering this simple lighting system for the Razor Crest took me more than a week. Sad to say, it was far too long than I liked. However, coming back home tired and locking myself in the Works Room which felt like a sauna really sapped all the energy I had left. The heatwave has been […]
