That is amazing work, well done!
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That is amazing work, well done!
about time for a little update....
green mats fitted in the real one, green mats needed in the mini-me! so off to ebay for dolls house green carpet....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...10-14-4039.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...10-14-4040.jpg
and while i was there added the AT pedals... about time!
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...10-14-4038.jpg
The more you do to the mini-me version the more it puts me off even starting on mine!
Was the motivation anything to do with haveing the interior out on the big one that you felt the need to do the same on mini-me?
Me thinks its time you got the paints out and colour coded the console and armrest switch panels .. you'll only get bored otherwise!!
the main reason mini-me was in bits was to tweak the front marker/indicators to lose the orange and gain the DRL effect.... so bits were removed, tweaked and modded to get the effect....
lost the orange and gained a line....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...10-15-4042.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...10-15-4044.jpg
:)
hmmm.... hang on, i'll make it a bit clearer....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...09-19-3937.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...09-19-3939.jpg
:)
....why do things by halves???? lol
to say it was a bit of a fiddly challenge was an understatement! soldering 2 wires to a surface mount led chip the size of 3 sugar grains was a pain, then to do it 10 times.....
plastic light guides cut and 10 leds glued in.... with a standard scalpel blade to give some idea of scale!
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...09-17-3932.jpg
gets the effect i want!
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...09-17-3933.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...09-17-3934.jpg
bearing in mind only the very front edge is seen, the rest was painted silver. i just wanted the line of 5 lights to show!
when it's fitted into a slot cut in the light housing it all worked nicely.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...09-19-3938.jpg
once wired up to a 9v battery mounted in the boot and a switch under the rear valance it was done!
all good, and not quite as extreme as the 1/24 mini model i had on the back shelf of my mini (pretty much an exact replica of course) that had all the lights working, in sync with the lights on the actual car!
Looks great Jonathan...When will you be working on a minute scale functioning V6 motor in?!? Have you seen those type of things on youtube?
This reminds me of my Warhammer days but in alot more OCD and detail! Great Work!