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Star Wars
Republic Star Destroyer |
| by Tim Nolan aka:
Rat Daddy |
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www.ratdaddystudios.com |
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Here are some photos and a description of my use of your products on the
Star Wars Republic Destroyer. This build is completely
illuminated with hundreds of fiber optics strands in each window port. It also
has an illuminated hangar bay, rocket engines which "flicker", and laser cannons
which fire in random patterns.
This Venator Class Destroyer has several hundred feet of
line in it! |
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This Star Destroyer represents months of tedious work drilling micro-sized
holes for use with fiber optics. I used .25, .50, and .75
millimeter fibers throughout
the build. Working features include random firing laser cannons, LED
illuminated running lights, cargo bay, and engine lighting with a flickering
pattern. Randy Neubert at VoodooFx designed the prototype boards
for the cannons and engines, which are now a production item. |
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I use aluminum tubing for my LED cans for the fibers, and seal them with
black silicone adhesive. I use the same black silicone to adhere all of
my fibers. This provides not only a stable and flexible adhesion,
but blocks out any possible light leakage as well. |
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| A small look at just some of the fiber optics, as well as
LED "cans" that illuminate them. Hours and hours of work go into just
pre-drilling and cutting the hull halves to accommodate the lighting. |
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Videos of this build and some of his other adventures may be viewed at Tim's
website:
www.ratdaddystudios.com
~ A note of caution: You might want to block out an hour or so before you
click on the link to his site - His body of work is amazing! |
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Tim ~ Thanks
for sharing! Paul
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