I wanted to call it Version 5 but then, the text was v04B. This board has just a few minor modifications and function-wise, it is the same. Still, I went ahead with this version. THE CHANGES First of all, the board was manufactured in Black, which was the original colour. It came in default green […]
Category Archives: Star Wars
20230625 Engine PCB Reflow Version
The 0603 SMD LEDs on the current design was great but as I start to fit it into the AMT model, about 30% of these fragile LEDs get knocked off their solder pads by the plastic half-rings. So, I started to solder them in a slightly smaller radius. This did minimise the issue but I […]
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 […]
Han Solo in Carbonate prop dimensions
Thanks to TheZeroEffect from The Dented Helmet Forums who cleaned up the plans and translated them into metrics circa June 5th, 2018. The original, as far as I know, was THE HIC Plans as used by everyone who was building the 1:1 prop.
