There are good leaks, and bad leaks ~ Anthony Scaramucci
This has been a bloody headache ...........
I decided to use LED strip for the lighting of the interior consoles.
My reasoning for use: Consistency and uniformity of LED spacing, colour and lumens; minimal soldering; and being a flat tape, easily workable in narrow spaces.......
A perfect combination!
Apart from the '
easily workable' part ........!
I made carrier trays, from stiff black card, around the perimeter of the console assembly, to accommodate the LED strips for mounting.
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Where the nightmare began, was my choice of LED strip....... It was a left over section from my Discovery build, just enough in length for my needs.
The backing strip was very stiff and unforgiving, which required complex bends and twists to follow the contour of the panels.
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This created unwanted stress on the various joints of the paper sub-assembly, and pulled them apart.
It was a repetitious, vicious circle of getting one section in good adjustment, moving on to the next section and getting it right, which caused the first section joints to pop apart, so back to section 1, then 2, then 3, then 2 again, then 3, then 4, then 1 & 2, then,...... etc.... etc ...... etc.....
Well, after lots of beers and other relaxing organics, I got the lighting fitted and ready for a light-leak test.
I need to perform this test before I seal up the surrounding light baffles.......
I used a new 9V battery, so that the resulting emitted light was strong and bright, allowing me to see the light leaks better. (The finished lighting for the model, will be dimmed considerably)
These are the photos I used for my 'light-leak' test, and as can be clearly seen, I have still a bit of work to do ........ But, I like the way it's going, so far .......
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Laters.........