Mobius 1/32 Scale Model Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Part 5

The kit included a hallway for the rear of area. This area was never shown in the show, so there are other interpretations out there of the back area. I like the corridor though. I put in a ceiling light and it looks pretty good.

In this photo you can see the on/off clicker micro switch for the model's lighting. I put it in the wall like a light switch. It can be reached with a finger through the door in the rear between the engines.

 

I took a break from the model at this point and thought long and hard about power. I wanted to come up with some way to use rechargeable batteries, but I really wanted to be able to change the batteries when they stopped working.

The lower hull include inside detail for door that open for landing gear. A landing gear add-on set was once available for this kit I guess. I thought about cutting one hatch open to access batteries.

But there's just not a lot of room in there. I'd have to customize the battery pack and recharge circuit. In the end I decided that I just wasn't confident in my electronics enough to pull that off with a reliable result. I settled for a micro USB port in the bottom to power the lights.

I also really wanted to make it turn off and on via a remote control. A wireless relay is no problem, but unfortunately the floor lighting uses a different voltage than the other LEDs, as does the circuit board for the reactor effect. Again, it figured it was just too complicated. I could probably do it, but would it just explode one day? Someone with a little more electronic experience could do it.

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