Wow, somehow I missed this one. What a beauty!!The black indeed absorbs the light, so it is best to use some bright colour inside and black on the outside to block the light. In the plamo business the builder spray-paints the inside of the model black and then applies a layer of white or silver to increase the blocking and create a reflective layer. The metal pigments in the metallic paint should block the light even more effectively because they are more opaque. If you use aluminium foil be careful not to let the wires of the LEDs touch the foil or you will end up with a short.
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On my Cylon Raider I only used aluminium foil on the engines. This was a very crude construction. The LEDs were installed diectly inside the thruster, no lightbox needed. The foil was glued to the back of the thruster tube for additional reflection. They are EXTREMELY bright as you can see.
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yes, the foil lining reflects, the black absorbs. The light box I'm building for my Revell-o-gram TOS BSG is painted black to block light, then white to reflect the light out.Would foil in the inner box magnify the lighting, to avoid the black paper absorbing some of it?
Sort of a photographer's trick....
I agree with John, this is a great looking Raider.The black indeed absorbs the light, so it is best to use some bright colour inside and black on the outside to block the light. In the plamo business the builder spray-paints the inside of the model black and then applies a layer of white or silver to increase the blocking and create a reflective layer. The metal pigments in the metallic paint should block the light even more effectively because they are more opaque. If you use aluminium foil be careful not to let the wires of the LEDs touch the foil or you will end up with a short.
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On my Cylon Raider I only used aluminium foil on the engines. This was a very crude construction. The LEDs were installed diectly inside the thruster, no lightbox needed. The foil was glued to the back of the thruster tube for additional reflection. They are EXTREMELY bright as you can see.
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Thank you! It's the Revell model. I built it a longtime ago, before I knew about the forum. It's a beginner's work and I would change a few things on my next one.Wow, somehow I missed this one. What a beauty!!
Would foil in the inner box magnify the lighting, to avoid the black paper absorbing some of it?
Sort of a photographer's trick.
I would even encase a white LED in Styrofoam to dim and disperse the light, to add a more realistic look to the appearance of the model. It really depends on the effect you are going for. but reflective tape does amplify the brightness of the LEDs.
The black indeed absorbs the light, so it is best to use some bright colour inside and black on the outside to block the light. In the plamo business the builder spray-paints the inside of the model black and then applies a layer of white or silver to increase the blocking and create a reflective layer. The metal pigments in the metallic paint should block the light even more effectively because they are more opaque. If you use aluminium foil be careful not to let the wires of the LEDs touch the foil or you will end up with a short.
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On my Cylon Raider I only used aluminium foil on the engines. This was a very crude construction. The LEDs were installed diectly inside the thruster, no lightbox needed. The foil was glued to the back of the thruster tube for additional reflection. They are EXTREMELY bright as you can see.
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