you need 0,3mm drill bits for 0,25mm cable and 0,6mm drill bits for 0,5mm cable. and you need HSSG drill bits, all others break too quickly.i have used 0,5mm but if i would do it again i would use 0.25mm for the whole ship. this was my soldering plan for 34 cold white 5mm led's and 1 red led for the garbage chute. power 220V from the socket over a power supply 12V and a dimmer. this is the cheapest source for fiber optic cable i could find.
That's really helpful. Thank you. Lovely work on your Destroyer!
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I had not come across your thread in my searchers, I love it! The colour looks great and awesome job with the wiring... ( I wish I had even half the talent yourself and others have when it comes to creating these lighting circuits).I'll cycle a link back to the slow RPM drill I made for doing mine using a motor gearbox assembly and tiny chuck both from ebay. Prevents the plastic melting when drilling.
My 1/2700 Star Destroyer
Finally started working on this one recently, but have been so busy with trying to get it finished for the IPMS UK Scale Modelworld show in Telford at the start of November, I've not had time to post as I go so here it all is! Lighting is provided by the module I designed earlier in the year...
I can only tell you about my experience and when you get your drill bits you will be shocked at how thin they actually are. I have to say that I drill all the holes by hand with a Tamiya fine pin vise for bits from 0.1mm - 1.0mm. I have tried various other methods before but the results were mediocre. When you are working with an electric rotary tool it is almost impossible to hit the exact spot where the hole should be because of the vibration. With a pin vise you are of course slow to begin with but you can position the hole absolutely precisely and that is important if you want to drill a lot of holes. HSSG drill bits have simply lasted the longest for me. The normal HSS drill bits are too soft and the hardened circuit board dril bits are too brittle and break even faster.
I have to admit, the idea of drilling this all bay hand is not particularly wanting haha. I will try various methods though. If it comes down to it I will drill by hand, as I say when doing anything 'its the destination that matters, not the journey'.
This is a wise idea, making sure to pre punch all of your drill holes.
I love the reference pics, and I think you nailed it, those oval shapes look identical to the doors on the kitty hawk. That's the advantage of knowing those subjects well.
I'm an industrial mechanic, so I'm quite familiar with all kinds of drilling.When drilling something, it's usually clamped in a vise and drilled on a drill press, where the drill bit drills into the material at a precise 90-degree angle. The properties of HSS twist drills are perfectly adequate here. Furthermore, for metals of any kind, the rule of thumb is: the smaller the drill diameter, the faster the rotation speed when drilling. However, this rule doesn't apply here. Firstly, we're drilling into plastic, which begins to melt at high speeds. Therefore, despite the extremely small drill diameter, we have to select a low RPM. That's why HSS drill bits aren't suitable here because they're too soft. Even if the name confuses you, HSSG drill bits are the better choice. They're much harder and yet flexible enough not to break immediately if the drill gets stuck while breaking through the hole.
