Corvette 2001 C5-R

[silentj]

I came across this site the other day and decided to join. I wouldn't say I do to many model projects, mostly product development in my spare time which I hope will pay off someday. Attached are some photos of A Corvette C5-R that was completed a while back. I don't take credit for the paint and assembly. It goes to my talented friend Kiko in Orlando FL.

He asked me to create a way to install surface mount LED's into the body cover. What took the most time was the part research required to find what would work efficiently in the long run and of course The exacting attention to detail Kiko and myself are known for, but we were in no hury since it's a hobby. The batteries can be changed out once they die. After about 8 months going back and forth from his house assembling and my place wiring, finally we finished it. It has 6 surface mount LED's, sockets for watch batteries, and a small slide switch that peers through the rear air vent. The wires are a single coper strand, hair thin. Once we were done Kiko decided not to touch up the paint underneath and leave it in raw form with wiring exposed, He said "its a race car, keep it raw". Here's the pics, hope it gives you inspiration. When I get the time I plan to build some up and continue incorporating the lights into future projects. Pics:






















Thanks for looking, silentj

[freakray]

Very neat work with the lights, thank you for sharing.

[DJPaul]

Very clean work with lights and welcome aboard.

[Spitfire7]

Great work, the lights are a nice touch.

[Tikiman]

That very cool. I wonder if you could do me a circuit diagram for 2 front lights and 2 rear lights and an on off switch plus battery terminal. Is it possible to do with resisters and capacters and stuff?

[blubaja]

Hey,

WoW...Great work with the lights. Is that model painted? Nice job to the both of you.

Frank X.

[silentj]

Originally Posted by blubaja

Hey,

WoW...Great work with the lights. Is that model painted? Nice job to the both of you.

Frank X.

My good friend Kiko did all the painting and modeling work and I took care of the electronics. He still needs to touch up under the cover a little bit from my markings. We are both in different states so we came up with a special shipping box for the car, which is the reason why it takes a while for completion. Thank you for the good words.

[silentj]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

That very cool. I wonder if you could do me a circuit diagram for 2 front lights and 2 rear lights and an on off switch plus battery terminal. Is it possible to do with resisters and capacters and stuff?

It will take a little bit for the diagram, but I would be glad to help you out. The easiest way for power is to match the LED max voltage to the suppiled battery voltage. On this model there wasn't much room for extra parts but if your model has hidden, empty or dead space within then you could pack all kinds of different types of lights or bigger batteries. At one point I had an idea to make a regular plastic model into an R/C car since you can get extremely small motors and servos. Check back in a bit for the diagram and I will also PM you when it's done.
Thanks,
silentj

[silentj]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

That very cool. I wonder if you could do me a circuit diagram for 2 front lights and 2 rear lights and an on off switch plus battery terminal. Is it possible to do with resisters and capacters and stuff?

Here's the diagram. I would try to keep it as simple as possible and use a clear drying type of wood glue that is not perminate but can also be painted over if desired. Running the coper wire can be a chore, I spot glued it down about one inch at a time around the body. My portion of the project took about 40 hours to install the lights and another 10 hours in R & D.

You can order the LED's from www.lcled.com. Keep in mind that these little bastard hard to work with lights are very small (3.2 x 1.6 mm) so get a good pair of electronic tweezers. Have fun, silentj

[Koenigferrari]

Good job. Lights look fantastic on the model!