These are really handy as they already include the resistor. I purchased some bright components 5mm led’s 5-7v prewired off ebay. Now while these are drying its time to get back to the actual lights. The next stage is to spray the tops and edges and leave to dry.īefore spraying (as you can see Im no paint expert and its all rough and ready) 🙂 I though the chrome effect was actually plastic but I think its actually some kind of metal but I had already purchased paint for plastic so will have to make do. Make sure should sand the edges as this is typically where paint starts to peel.Īfter sanding the the tops of the lights, apply some masking tape and fill in where the light will go with some damp paper towel. Now, sand the tops of the chrome housing (so the paint has something to stick to). Note that the prototype has a black top not chrome – so time to start sanding and painting. The following picture shows the lights with my prototype finished led) It is possible to remove it without destroying the led (its only the white capsule housing we need for this) but otherwise use a very small screwdriver to winkle out the led and then pull with a pliers so it looks as follows:įinally, repeat for all 8 lights (in my case Im using a mixture of red and orangle lights as they did not have enough yellow lights in stock but I will probably go with all yellow.
Now we want to remove the 12v led from the white capsule housing. Then take them apart completely, so they look as follows I also want them to be 5V to connect to an Arduino (although Im not sure yet how I will get them so work), so time for some DIY light hacking. I was attracted to them because they have the correct dome amber covers as the original but the originals have a black surround. So the first thing for me was to get the amber lights installed. The following poster shows what an R44 cockpit should look like Which are replicas of R44 cockpit instrument gauge housings. My interest was triggered by picking up 2 of these I have always been impressed with the amount of detail, people put into activities and I never thought of myself as being in that category, but I have decided to give it a go with building a Robinson R44 helicopter instrument display.
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