Posted by Michael Christiano on November 03, 2000 at 14:43:27:
In Reply to: external lights posted by Bill Carney on October 29, 2000 at 21:56:29:
Hi Bill:
I'd love to see pictures of the model lit up at night. I have thought that some attempts I've seen look like there is a fire inside the superstructure and hull because of how bright the modeler made it. I think a toned down warmer (I don't mean heat, I mean the way it looks) light would be more to scale. Also many times you can tell exactly where the lightbulbs are in some attempts I've seen. I certainly wish no disrespect to them. Anyone who attempts building the Titanic with detail in mind deserves a medal. However, I learn an awful lot by looking at those models and seeing what they did right but as well, what mistakes are present.
About your lighting, my question is don't you think that fiber optics would distribute the light perfectly? I mean you actually get to do each porthole and superstructure area. The light should be distributed evenly, correct? If you use a warm light source couldn't you then use fiber optics to distribute it? Or do you think the fiber optics makes ever a warm light source into lighting that looks incorrect. I thought the f/o would transmit the characteristics of whatever light source you used. I am planning on useing a "warm (yellowish)" light source that isn't over-bright and fiber optics which ultimately don't make it look as though the cabin or stateroom is on fire.
I'd appreciate your comments. Please advise on what I should purchase for my building of my Minicraft 1/350 Titanic.
Thanks a Million,
Mike Christiano
: For those interested, I just completed the lighting phase of my 1:350 Titanic project, and include external lights. I used products from
: Cir-Kit Concepts Inc
: 32 Woodlake Drive S.E.
: Rochester, MN
: 55904
: 507-288-0860
: I installed Micro bulbs in the walls of the officers quarters and other stuctures, and to provide light to the B and C deck areas that required it. This company markets 2-conducter tape wire and the necessary transformer and connecters ect. I wired it just like a doll house using 1/4" x 1" wood strips super glued to the under side of the decking. Added to the "rope light" inside the hull to illuminate the windows and port holes, this system gives a very realistic look to the ship. It provides a "warm lihgt as they had in 1912 vs the white light produce by flourescent or fiber optic.
: total cost was nearly $150 and consumed about 12 hours to install, but fire her up in the dark, and it is definately worth it!