[MOD] Lighting the UCS Millennium Falcon

[lostcarpark]

I've lit up the engine of my UCS Millennium Falcon:

It's done using a cheap €2 set of 20 LEDs from a Euro store. I had to replace the 2x3 grey plates the trans-blue tile attach to with transparent parts (and as 2x3 clear plates cost a fortune, I built them out of 1x1s and 1x2s). After that, there was a bit of work to remove some parts that blocked the lights, and some internal parts to hold the wires in place. The battery box sits neatly under the top gun emplacement, where it's easily accessible to turn on/off or change batteries.

For a fairly easy mod, I think the really adds something to the Falcon.

James

[Only Sinner]

Looks really good all lit up.

Not that this isn't already great, but are you thinking about doing the floodlights up front, too?

[lostcarpark]

Thanks for the reply.

I would certainly like to add some other lights, but I haven't figured out how yet. The light set I'm using has lights spaced about 10cm apart, which works well for the engine, but doesn't facilitate lights in other areas very easily. I'm considering extending the wires to some of the lights to allow it, or using another light set. It would be nice to have some lights in other areas like the cockpit too.

James

[LegoPercyJ]

That looks great!

[FTG Prime]

Nice !!!