King Tiger convoy light

[Stormbringer]

Hi all
As mentioned in the Jagdpanther build thread
viewtopic.php?t=37728&start=100
Here is how will be doing the convoy light on the KT
I am using 2mm 5-12v 2mm blue leds
1st I paint the led matt black and gave it 2 coats leaving the 2mm tip unpainted
this is to stop light bleeding into the tank and giving the engine bay an eerie blue glow

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Then I removed part of the convoy light as shown

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I will be using the ink holding part of a ballpoint pen as the light cover which is painted Tamiya transparent blue

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Hit a little problem when drilling the 2mm hole for the led it was hitting the back panel support
Removed support then glued led in place

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after gently bending the led wires down a bit i was able to refit the support

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I then used a normal 3 wire servo to rx plug with the white wire and plastic removed

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Soldered the plug to the led wires and plugged it into led port 3 on the mfu and it can now be switched on off from the tx
routed the wiring so it wont foul anything in hull

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and finished light

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oops forgot to mention i had to cut a bit of the led tip to fit the tubing as it protruded a good bit through the rear panel

[Arffchief]

Hi Alan. Nice work. It looks great.

[Stormbringer]

Cheers mate

[STHV]

German convoy lights were green

[Stormbringer]

well books ive read said either green or blue as they werent sure on colour
anyway I prefer the blue

[PainlessWolf]

Alan!
I had been thinking about how to connect the Convoy Light to the 7.0 MFU and you provided the answer before I asked any questions. Solid! Once again, some very well done scratch building.
regards,
Painless

[Stormbringer]

Thx Painless and glad to be of help