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Klingon D-7 build

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FPF-Tobin Dax:
I am just about finished with my 1990's AMT d-7.  It represents a big step for me in that I didn't just slap it together out of the box.  This is my first lit ship and first that I filled and sanded seams. There were a lot of bad seams. The sanding and filling could have been better, but limited time and impatience saw me settle for less than I would have liked to.
I bread boarded a lighting system with 2 navigation lights, a trim pot to fade up a torpedo, (yes I know it should be a dish but re-mastered ret-conned it anyway) and lighting for the bulb with fiber optics sticking through the windows. After painting the fibers get trimmed flush to the hull.

Bernard Guignard:
Nicely done  ;D :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Klingon Fanatic:
 ;D Always great to see a non-Federation ship, especially a KLINGON one!

FPF-Tobin Dax:
Thanks guys. Hoping to get the Revell d-7 built this summer. It's made for lighting. I have the inside painted already for lighting. Got a resin FASA based d-18 for Christmas in 1/1000 scale so eventually there will be more in my Klingon Fleet. It has some lighting potential.

Here is my breadboard wiring. 555 timer for navigational strobes. About 3/4 second on then off. Trim pot for torpedo. I tried a capacitor for fading up, but I wanted to have control of how fast it faded and be able to have it fade down as well.

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