Albacore continued

[greenman407]

Also, due to these pictures I wont be painting those nicely formed doors on the sail light grey as these pictures of the phase 4 Albacore show them the same color as the rest of the hull.

[greenman407]

Some more work on the new Albacore sail. Red spot putty and drilling and fileing the slots for the rectangular LEDs. Also the sail rudder. Drilling holes to allow for good CA flow into the rudder shaft area so that it wont come loose down the road.

[greenman407]

On 9 volts they are medium bright. Im thinking of possibly running them off of the 3s Lipo in the Subdriver.

[greenman407]

Bruce, they are indeed 1.8mm. I havent checked yet. Ill do that tomorrow. With the supplied resistor already installed, they are set to run on 6 to 12 volts. Ive already got the 9 volt transistor battery setup that I use in the Seaview. Ill hook it up tomorrow and see about the brightness and report back. Cheers

[HvyCGN9]

Is that about a 1.8mm LED? How do you find them for brightness....? Your Skippy is coming along nicely mate I haven't touched mine since December!! (apart from cleaning it...)

Cheers Bruce

[greenman407]

I got in the ready made LEDs that I ordered. (2) green, (2) red and (2) cool whites. They come with a resister inline and shrink wrapped and 14" of wire.

[greenman407]

I got the sail together and got it primed. We will fill some surface imperfections and squirt it "Charcoal Grey". Then I will make the linkage end for the rudder. Then the Fun part.....getting the old sail off without destroying it.

[greenman407]

Poop or get off the damned pot, Mark. Stop rivet-counting and finish this puppie!

You detail-freaks **** me off!

M

I am pooping. A little privacy if you please.

[Subculture]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-x-2mm-Mixed-color-Mini-LEDs-Free-Resistors-LED2-/310298565887

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Poop or get off the damned pot, Mark. Stop rivet-counting and finish this puppie!

You detail-freaks **** me off!

M

[trout]

O.k., 1/16 is about 1.5 mm.
i will check my stock and get back with you.

[greenman407]

I just found this. Ill have to look it over.

http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/led-sizes-explained.html#nano

[greenman407]

Thanks Tom. Well, they would have to be no bigger outside diameter than 3/32" and that would be too big for scale. True scale would probably be 1/16"

[trout]

Mark,
how small do you need?
I have some LEDs I can just send to you.
Peace,
tom

[greenman407]

Also, It has been suggested that I put some LED marker lights on my subs to help maintaining visibility with the submerged sub in dark water. I think that, that is a great idea. However, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to do that? I mean the Skipjack and the Albacore are both about 40" long. It will require mighty small lights to be sure. I thought about fiber optics but that sounds like a lot of trouble. Or using clear sprew of the correct diameter and mounting a light behind it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. If such small LEDs are available, please provide a link. Thanks in advance.