U.S.S. Reliant Shields Up Display Base

Custom base for my 1:1000 scale Star Trek U.S.S. Reliant, featuring a Shields Up Display from Laserfire Creations www.laserfirec...
LEDs sourced from hdamodelworx.com/
Music: "Surprise Attack" from the Star Trek II Soundtrack.
Check out the build video for the model at • Polar Lights 1:1000 Sc...

[@romansthirteen-four8626]

Amazing compilation of a lot of meticulous, great work !! The model alone was sufficient to impress & then you crafted the display!! Amazing!

[@js_models]

Thanks, yes I like to try something different for each model.

[@rougeneon1997]

Cool. I REALLY want to make one of these displays. I just messaged LaserFire to check if they are still making the cutouts.

[@kyleashley]

very kind of you to show all your process in all your vids, very much appreciated! wondrous and inspiring!

[@js_models]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@paulmazierski5945]

Holy s$1t, that display base is AWESOME!

[@js_models]

Thanks! I'm very happy with it, but I don't fancy doing it again - so many wires!

[@paulmazierski5945]

@@js_models Laserfire Creations webpage indicates a Tenacontrol chaser circuit board for that shield up effect but I don'anything

[@js_models]

@@paulmazierski5945 Try tenacontrols.com/product/shields-up-down-lighting-kit/

[@funken079]

That is just too cool.

[@jimbophoenix]

Awesome

[@GatchamanG4]

Now that is cool! 🖖🏻

[@CushionRide]

dude you just gota sub this stuff is great

[@robertherriges6807]

That's fantastic!!! Thanks for posting the link to the sketch. I have a few questions. What are the component values on the MAX7219 board, R1 and the cap? What voltage are you running the buck converter at? What are the black disks on the bottom of the LEDs? Did you buy them or make them?

[@js_models]

Thanks. R1 looks like it was 68 kohm. You can play around with the value to adjust the brightness of the LEDs. There are two filter capacitors across the voltage input and ground (10 uF and 0.1uF). I use the buck converter to bring the 12 V supply down to 9 V, which powers the arduino and the LEDs inside the model. The black disks are covers for the LEDs and are supplied with the laser cut display.

[@robertherriges6807]

@@js_models THANK YOU for the reply. I got an 8 x 14 for the enterprise off eBay for half price. Should make a great base for my 1/350 refit build. It didn't include the LED covers. Just gathering everything I'll need before I start. I plan on using an arduino for the Enterprise start up sequence as in the 1st movie

[@js_models]

@@robertherriges6807 Sounds great. The LED covers aren’t essential. You can probably glue the LEDs in just fine.

[@robertherriges6807]

@@js_models How can I contact you

[@kenmushinski3495]

Awesome job! Can I ask where did you get the board? I can get everything else but can't find that.

[@JSDCS]

Thanks. I designed the board myself and had it manufactured at PCBWay.

[@kenmushinski3495]

@@JSDCS I've been trying to figure out how to code this, I can make the leds count up then down in one move but can't figure out the button part. Did you code this yourself or is there a site that has this already?

[@js_models]

@@kenmushinski3495 Yes, I've posted the code here so you can take a look github.com/jg-storey/modelcode/tree/main/uss_reliant