For those interested, The results are in! Looks like Ricochet’s LED harness has opened a lot of options for those of you not wanting to drill out your light board. Pending some extra gutting of the wings and a bit of extra work, I give this harness the green light.
There are 2 options well maybe 4 options here. All options involve me modifying the wings in some way to accomodate the harness.
The first option is to make cutouts where the LED sockets go and install the underside of the plane To hold the sockets and wires in place ( I never used it with the previous planes because it’s not necessary, it’s never seen and it gets in the way of the original light board) I also have to modify the underside to accomodate the LED sockets, paint and clear it. I used this black plane to show you what I’m talking about.
The second option is the following: I make modifications to the wings and glue the LED sockets to them. We bypass the underside completely and I run the cables through the plane. You can choose to have the LED socket stick out a bit (see picture) or you can go the low-profile way and have the sockets hidden under the wing.
Obviously, the cables will be “exposed” if you will, under the wing because there will be no underside to cover them but in reality you will never see them when playing the game. I’ll glue and hide them as much as I can.
Both are great options in my opinion. One adds the underside, the other doesn’t. You can go low profile or high profile with the leds.
If you choose any of these options instead of shipping your light board, there will have to be an extra charge of $10 (for the fighter plane only) on my part for the extra work, gutting, paint and clear.
Also, If you wish to go this route, you will have to get in touch with Ricochet and arrange for him to make you a harness and then have him ship that harness to me so I can fit it in your plane.
I don’t know how much Ricochet is going to charge for the harness, so you must get in touch with him and ask. Or maybe he can post here and let us know.
I need to hear from you. Let me know what you think. Thanks!
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