The ideas I had
on the 10/26th were just too difficult to implement. The inside
of the nacelle is too small to build a shield between the sections.
I've decided instead to simply use some mylar paper and bend it
around.
The yellow lines in the picture
above indicate the mylar paper, laid once in the front of the nacelle
so the red LED doesn't blow through the plastic, and another behind
the red LED to prevent blue and red light leakage. The blue LEDs
are stuck to a frame, pointing them straight up to the mylar stuck to
the top, reflecting the light.
The port / starboard indicators will be
driven by the LEDs directly, their junction sealed with glue and
shrink wrap tubing.
At this point I have masked the edges (for
gluing) and have painted them black and then silver. I figure
the light shining around will prevent there being three distinct blue
light sources when viewing the warp coils. |