ive done alot of lighting on plastic/resin builds before, but never on card builds - im not at the stage yet where im practiced enough with my building card kits to go the lighting route but i definitely will be doing in future builds if i can, i think they provide a little extra pop to a kit and there are so many great card kits that its a shame to not make the most of them if possibleFirstly, and I see this done too much, you need very thin wires for LED wires. You can even use conductive glue, used fox fixing traces on cicuit boards to attach LEDs. Secondly, just making a box around the LED, and painting it black will get rid of stray light issues. I see people use wire here that could be used for a starter motor on a car. If you look it up, you can, as long as you don't expose the cathode or anode, file and Polish LED's to get different lighting effects. Using conductive adhesive to make on/off switches means you can have points in the model that make the model light up be squeezing certain areas, which will make it magical looking. Yes, use LEDs, they really make for awesome models, especially at night. Copper Foil Tape works specially well too.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Conductive-Adhesives/b?ie=UTF8&node=401542011
I keep forgetting that the conductive adhesive is a thing now. Maybe that, used in conjunction with copper tape to get rid of wires.Firstly, and I see this done too much, you need very thin wires for LED wires. You can even use conductive glue, used fox fixing traces on cicuit boards to attach LEDs. Secondly, just making a box around the LED, and painting it black will get rid of stray light issues. I see people use wire here that could be used for a starter motor on a car. If you look it up, you can, as long as you don't expose the cathode or anode, file and Polish LED's to get different lighting effects. Using conductive adhesive to make on/off switches means you can have points in the model that make the model light up be squeezing certain areas, which will make it magical looking. Yes, use LEDs, they really make for awesome models, especially at night. Copper Foil Tape works specially well too.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Conductive-Adhesives/b?ie=UTF8&node=401542011