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King Tiger convoy light

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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
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Alan

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Hi Alan. Nice work. It looks great.
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Cheers mate :thumbup:
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German convoy lights were green
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well books ive read said either green or blue as they werent sure on colour
anyway I prefer the blue
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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.
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Thx Painless and glad to be of help :thumbup:
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