Revell Queen Mary 2. 1/400 with added led lighting.

[neilm]

Hi everyone.
Just started this build a month ago.
This is Platinum Edition which includes real woods decking and loads of photo etch.
Hopefully my led lighting with fibre optics will be successful and work.
The story so far ……

 

[thebillums]

Great to see another build from you, I'll watch with interest. I think the LED lights will look stunning...

 

[Herbs Ships]

What type and mfg of adhesive/glue are you using? I really like what you are doing with the LEDs. What voltage will you be using? What are the details on the fiber optics. Voltage?

 

[Magic Mike]

Neilm, always nice to see the QM2 on the workbench again on SOS. Great ship! Magic Mike

 

[neilm]

Little update on the Queen Mary 2.
Biggest problem so far is light bleed. Have to do a bit then wait until dark to check how much is leaking through.
Loads of foil tape everywhere to prevent it.
So, using 12v supply to everything, led tape lights for the main length of the hull and individual pre resistored 3mm led bulbs to light the .75mm and 1mm. Fibre optic cable held together in shrink wrap.

The swimming pools and spas having their first test. Nothing actually glued in the ship yet but just testing the individual sections first.

 

[thebillums]

Wow! The last few pic's with the lights on are superb... it really looks like lights are on under the water. I'm very impressed.

 

[Herbs Ships]

Thank you for filling in some blanks for me. Keep the photos, challenges, solutions and successes coming!

 

[neilm]

Thank you for filling in some blanks for me. Keep the photos, challenges, solutions and successes coming!

Thank you. Will try to add a bit more on future posts.

 

[neilm]

Wow! The last few pic's with the lights on are superb... it really looks like lights are on under the water. I'm very impressed.

Cheers Neil.