[WIP] MG Star Build Strike X LED WIP 3

I'm already on the final stretch with this project. Since I've already rewired both plavsky wings so that they have the same light intensity, I've also done the same with some parts like the universe booster.

I've also finished wiring the connections at the back. What I did was to separate the connections for the main body, universe booster, and the plavsky wings so that I can still disassemble them for easier storage and transportation.

Now that all mods are done, it's time to put them all together and test them out.

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[WIP] MG Star Build Strike X LED WIP 2

It took quite some time to update this project. Last time, I was working on the plavsky wings. The reason it took this long was that lighting those wings took a lot of work and LEDs.

Anyway, since I've already finished wiring the main body, it's time to assemble them.

To make the wiring easier, I didn't bother hide most of the wiring inside the body. I concentrated on passing all the wires towards the back area near where the backpack connects to the body. There I will use a connector so that the backpack is still removable.

Now that the main body is done, it's time to get back on the back pack. Last time I worked on this, I've only finished wiring about half of the backpack.

After finishing wiring the backpack, I noticed that the newly wired parts look brighter than the old ones. Maybe because they're from a different batch of LEDs. Just when I thought I was done, I had to rewire most of the backpack.

Going back to the plavsky wings, I've finally finished wiring both of them. unfortunately they have the same issue with the backpack.

The newly wired wing looks brighter than the older one. I'll have to rewire the other wing. It took 32 LEDs to wire each wing.

Here's a pic of the 0603 LED used.

This looks much better.

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