Tom Grossman’s Andromeda page 2

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So much for the modifications to the base. The original design had all three light bulbs mounted in deep tubular holders. They were set back far enough to allow for the clear parts. To fit the LEDs in the bow, I cut the front half off the tubes of the mounting piece.

To help stabilize the LEDs, small pieces of sheet styrene were glued in the tubes

I used a Dremel tool to cut away the “bulkheads” in the nacelle parts. New bulkheads for the LEDs were cut to shape from sheet styrene and glued in place. The interior walls of the nacelles were smoothed by filling with Model Master Red Putty

The interiors of the nacelles were painted silver. The LEDs were fixed in place with 5-minute epoxy before the nacelles were assembled

Holes were cut in the hull for the wires and the nacelles were glued in place

To fit the LED in the stern, I had to remove the original bulkhead and fashion my own set far enough forward. I started by setting an anchor point with a piece of styrene stock on the inside of the hull bottom half for the new bulkhead. I cut a circle from sheet styrene that was about the right size and started trimming it to fit

More anchor points were added as I went…

…and the LED was set in place with 5 minute epoxy

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