The LED's are wired in parallel and each LED has either a 270 OHM or 330 OHM resistor attached to it in order to drop the voltage to the LED. The main power supply is a 9 volt wall adapter. For the ceiling panels I used clear LED's rated at 3600 Mcd. Most of the lighting on this model is done using 5mm LED's. Again, a 3mm LED (yellow) fits into the bottom of the square nicely. This fits a 3mm LED inside perfectly! The transporter pad is actually a clear square piece of LEGO. jb_runabout_03.jpg In this picture, you can see where I used a concaved piece of Chrome LEGO. Here I have 4 small holes which are covered in clear styrene and a round cutout that will support a portion of the transporter illumination. Most interesting out of them all is the transporter room. Numerous lighting panel designs were used. This prevents light from glowing through to the outside of the hull. Remember to spray your inner hull area Flat Black before permanently installing the floor and ceiling panels. Ceiling panel cutouts are then covered with clear styrene misted with pearl white. The center section of the upper hull ceiling is cut out completely to provide wiring access to multiple LED's. The ceiling panels are installed, along with the bulkheads, and are marked for ceiling panel lighting. The smooth bulkheads are located in the center of the ship with the diamond plated sections separating the flight deck, transporter room, and the conference/living-sick bay area.Ĭonsiderations must be given to the lighting panels for the ceiling and the transporter pad.
On my bulkheads, I elected to get a bit fancy and used both smooth and diamond plated styrene sheeting. The bulkheads are held in the hull by using “L”-beam styrene from Evergreen Plastics. Using thin cardboard and a ruler, you eventually find bulkheads that will fit. The next step of designing bulkhead templates is the most time consuming. Also, do the same to create a floor in the lower half of the hull. Inset a piece of sheet styrene to fit the interior ceiling from front to rear. In this article, I will share with you the method I used to achieve an easy, yet realistic interior.įirst off, you need to segment the Runabout into 5 basic sections: the Flight Deck, Transporter Area, Power Distribution Bay, Living/Sick Bay, and Conference Room. Image: Bulkheads divide the interior sectionsĪt this point you can make a determination on how complicated you want to make this project.
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Refer to the Deep Space 9 Technical Manual for some excellent schematics of the Rio Grande's interior. Why Ertl never offered some half decent innards is a mystery, but scratch building one is not that tough. After opening the box and looking at the hull halves, I could tell this kit was just begging for an interior. The AMT/Ertl kit became an interesting project. Star Trek DS9 Runabout Rio Grande Detailedīy Jack Brunner, Jr - images & text © 2005 Starship Modeler - Ds9 Runabout with Interior & Lighting
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