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02-24-2010, 07:16 PM | #11 |
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A few months back, I went to radio shack and asked them what i needed to buy to make this work (I actually wasn't doing the fiber optic but just the LED's). Spent about $30 for a pack of LED's, wire, battery pack, batteries, switches. I knew there were issues with compatibility between the LED's and the battery size and number. They picked out what i needed and assured me it was compatible. It was not. Would not work. Went back, didn't even ask for my money back or anything, just what I needed to buy to get it to work. Finally, the guy said he couldn't tell me, and printed me off a sheet off the net that didn't even explain it, and told me to read it and come back when I knew what i wanted. Tutorials online never explain how to match compatibility. They usually gloss over that with comments about getting the battery and bulbs from a toy (so then they came compatible), but I don't have any light up toys laying around I want to smash. The "pack" of LED's I bought, the guy couldn't even tell me (nor did the package explain) what the size was, so even with a compatibility chart, they were of no use. Anybody got a solution?
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02-24-2010, 07:24 PM | #12 |
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seriously man, we need pics. your ideas reflect true genius yet this thread is a monumental c*ck tease. we want pics! and thanks for the ideas.
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02-24-2010, 07:32 PM | #13 |
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I like the led effect. I did that for the headlights on my Grave Digger clod buster RC Truck. You could make your own control stickers on the monitors and the light will go through and it would show the details of radar.
To save on steps, you could get small plastic tubing for light not to show. I see what you mean using straws. Good idea
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02-26-2010, 12:46 AM | #14 |
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I like the led effect. I did that for the headlights on my Grave Digger clod buster RC Truck. You could make your own control stickers on the monitors and the light will go through and it would show the details of radar.
To save on steps, you could get small plastic tubing for light not to show. I see what you mean using straws. Good idea Is it joe sacrilege to use ROC stickers on a Flagg computer console display?
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02-26-2010, 10:28 AM | #15 |
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I think a picture tutorial would help a lot of us out
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02-26-2010, 10:30 AM | #16 |
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so in your world Clutch turned the VAMP into a low rider?
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02-26-2010, 10:32 AM | #17 |
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no pics yet joe?
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02-26-2010, 11:21 AM | #18 |
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I am not sure about ROC stickers if the light would show through. The paper is thicker. I threw away some ROC stickers that was left over from my son's night raven. At least I could see if it would work. You should get a piece of clear plastic and apply some stickers on it and hold it up against a light to see if it works. You don't want to do all that work for nothing. I have the right software and I thought about doing that for the controls on my custom Moray that I am doing and using a LED light under it.
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02-26-2010, 11:39 AM | #19 |
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Go to Dollar and check out what they have in light up toys and there is your answer!! I learned this from a guy ove on the TFW2005 boards named "Frenzyrumble" he has a "how to" on that board! He uses mostly the yo-yo's. FYI MOST OF THE TIME THE BATTERIES ARE DEAD and just need to be replaced wit new ones u can get from Radioshack.
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02-26-2010, 12:57 PM | #20 |
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Go to Dollar and check out what they have in light up toys and there is your answer!! I learned this from a guy ove on the TFW2005 boards named "Frenzyrumble" he has a "how to" on that board! He uses mostly the yo-yo's. FYI MOST OF THE TIME THE BATTERIES ARE DEAD and just need to be replaced wit new ones u can get from Radioshack.
I love your jeep. Are you thinking about doing a different one for M.A.S.K?
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