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Stellar Effects Modeling Solutions Presents:
The REFIT SIGNATURE SERIES
Lighting Effects System
model by: Neil Smith used with permission
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  • Page 1 Stellar Effects Modeling Solutions Presents: The REFIT SIGNATURE SERIES Lighting Effects System model by: Neil Smith used with permission...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6 – Lighting Modifications 13 – Soldering Tips 18 – Board Layout and Overview 23 – The Stellar Effects Refit Signature Series Harness 24 – Upper Saucer Lighting Checklist and Diagram 26 – Lower Saucer Lighting Checklist and Diagram 28 – Saucer Harness Terminal Layout 30 –...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    This manual is intended to be a usable reference for how the lighting kit is designed to work with the Refit Signature Series effects board. It is not the ONLY way to do things and you, as the builder, are perfectly welcome to deviate and experiment with your own version of lighting the Big E.

  • Page 4: How To Use This Guide

    HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE This guide is presented in a format intended to be easy to decipher for the intermediate to advanced model builder who is passably familiar, at least, with lighting diagrams and electrical current flow. For the beginner, this kit is certainly usable! But you might want to take some time to gather some information and familiarize yourself with basic terminology and knowledge on electrical diagrams and current.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting Started So you’re ready to embark on your mission? Ok, the first step is to check the contents of the kit to make sure you have all included parts. There are some modifications necessary to the model kit to accommodate lighting and wires you will need to make before completing installation.

  • Page 6: Lighting Modifications

    Lighting Modifications UPPER SAUCER AREA SAUCER RIM/EDGE WINDOWS AND NAVIGATION/RCS THRUSTER LIGHTS The windows along the edge of the saucer section and the areas around the navigation lights and RCS thrusters must be modified by removing a large amount of plastic material along the inner rim of the part where the edge pieces attach to the placement pins.
  • Page 7 BRIDGE MODIFICATION The bridge for the kit is, unfortunately, inaccurate and also does not allow for lighting of the forward saucer registry spotlight as offered in the kit part. We recommend purchasing a resin corrected bridge replacement part from Stellar Effects Modeling Solutions as a quick, effective solution for solving the issue.
  • Page 8 BRIDGE BASE/BC DECK MODIFICATION In addition to raising the bridge, you must also sand or file down the ridge on the upper saucer bridge foot area and remove material as marked below to allow light to come up into the bridge unit to light the windows. The bridge unit itself must also be moved forward a few millimeters to sit in the accurate position and allow the proper angle for the forward spotlight.
  • Page 9 (*red lasers sold with the SFX Refit Signature Series are generally considered safe, but we still recommend avoiding direct contact with the laser beam to any eyes!) Stellar Effects is not responsible for any damages caused by the use of lasers, whether included with the kit or purchased from a third party vendor.
  • Page 10 SECONDARY HULL AREA PYLON SPOTLIGHTS The Enterprise kit does have holes already in place where the pylon spotlights shine up on the pylons from the side walls. However, the pre-drilled holes angle straight out, which do not allow the spotlights to shine up to the pylons at the proper angle. The simplest way to fix this is to fill the holes with putty and carefully redrill them at an angle in the desired direction with a pin vise and a 1/16”...
  • Page 11 *A NOTE ON PYLON PINS* While not a specific lighting issue, it should be noted that the model kit has a challenging fit issue where the pylons mount to the secondary hull. The pylon pins do not go into the holes correctly, which causes the pylons not to seat where they’re supposed to causing fit issues and gaps.
  • Page 12 NACELLES The only area on the nacelles that requires a modification is the outer piece at the rear fin area to allow the RCS Thruster light to shine through. Use a 2mm or 3/32” drill bit for a 1.8mm LED or a 1/8” bit for a 3mm LED to accommodate the LED you choose to install.
  • Page 13 Soldering an LED We realize not everyone has experience with electronics and, in particular, using a soldering iron. So the Stellar Effects team thought it would be a good idea to include a little basic tutorial here to make this process simple for you. With just a little bit of practice, you can solder an LED like the pros! Let’s check it out…...
  • Page 14 Soldering an LED (pg2) Next, slide the coiled resistor up the LED leg a bit and apply the solder by touching the iron and the tip of the solder coil to the wrapped resistor. For most LED’s, you should keep your soldering iron from 335˚C to 400˚C. Leave just enough solder to secure the two wire leads together.
  • Page 15 Soldering an LED STRIP LED strips are convenient for several lighting needs! They are prewired with resistors to operate at 9V – 12V and may be cut every third LED into smaller strips. However, when cutting the LED strip, you must add solder to the connection points on the strip.
  • Page 16 For the Refit Signature Series kit, most of the effects terminals, except the deflector terminal, are negative. (you’ll connect the negative wire of the LED’s to this terminal to get the effect and the positive to the 12V terminal) This means that, while different LED’s in one section may all be on separate effects, they can share one common 12V...
  • Page 17 A “pigtail” is similar to a splice except, in this case, we’ll twist multiple (common positive, for example) wires together from several LED’s with one additional wire attached to go back to the terminal. That way, instead of trying to fit 10 wires into one terminal, you can simply have one.
  • Page 18 The STELLAR EFFECTS REFIT SIGNATURE SERIES MAIN CONTROL BOARD Let’s take a look at the layout of the primary control board for the SFX Refit Signature Series Lighting and Effects kit. SFX REFIT SIGNATURE SERIES MAIN CONTROL BOARD You will notice that there are green terminal blocks with screws on the tops of each terminal.
  • Page 19 LED strips. If you are using the SFX Refit Signature Series lighting harness, the GRAY wire from the B and D harness tethers will connect here.
  • Page 20 MAIN EHULL/M2 – This terminal is where the negative wire (GRAY) main interior lights for the secondary E-Hull will connect. It is interchangeable with and will function the same as the MAIN SAU terminal, but it is best to separate the two sections due to the amperage requirements for the LED strips.
  • Page 21 PHO RED1/TR1 and PHO RED2/TR2 - These terminals control the red photon torpedoes. The negative side of the components you use will connect here with RED wires. Note that all modes use the red parts of the torpedoes. For TMP mode, the torpedo tubes will ramp up red and fire with a blue flash.
  • Page 22 DEF NEO/DEF- This terminal controls the Deflector and Impulse Crystal Lights. This terminal is designed to send the control data to the special Neopixel LED’s for the Deflector. *Standard LED’s will NOT work with this terminal! The BLUE wire from your prewired Neopixels will connect here.
  • Page 23 There are four harness tether cables for the saucers and one each to the nacelles. The wires for each are color-coded and the terminal block labels, also color- coded to the wires, are labeled to match the Refit Signature Series/Refit Signature Series B effects board to make things simpler.
  • Page 24 UPPER SAUCER SECTION CHECKLIST Kind Quantity Wire 1 Wire 2 Wire 3 Navigation Port (Left) Green White 1.8/3mm LED Red Navigation Starboard Green White 1.8/3mm LED Green Navigation Fore plus Green White Impulse Deck Navigation 1.8/3mm LED White RCS Thrusters Yellow White 3/5mm LED Yellow (diffused)
  • Page 26 LOWER SAUCER SECTION CHECKLIST Kind Quantity Wire 1 Wire 2 Wire 3 Navigation Port Green White (Left) 3mm LED Red Navigation Green White Starboard 3mm LED Green Navigation Fore Green White 3mm LED White *Phasers* Purple Purple 5V Red Lasers 3mm Red LED’s Planetary Sensor Green...
  • Page 28 SAUCER TERMINALS TERMINAL A (UPPER SAUCER) 5V Positive Impulse Ground Impulse Crystal Engine Alert BLUE BLACK ORANGE PURPLE TERMINAL B (UPPER SAUCER) Main 1 Bridge Flood Strobe Navigation Reaction 12V Positive Interiors Formation Lights Control Lights Thrusters WHITE GRAY ORANGE BROWN GREEN YELLOW...
  • Page 29 TERMINAL C (LOWER SAUCER) Phaser 1 Phaser 2 5V Positive (for phasers only!) PURPLE PURPLE TERMINAL D (LOWER SAUCER) Main 1 Planetary Navigation 12V Positive Interiors Sensor Lights GRAY YELLOW WHITE GREEN Terminal blocks should be placed to the rear of the saucer between the Rec Deck window and B/C Deck.
  • Page 30 NECK and E-HULL HULL CHECKLIST neck Kind Quantity Wire 1 Wire 2 Wire 3 Photon Torpedo1 White Blue 2x3x4mm LED Red/Blue Photon Torpedo2 White Blue 2x3x4mm LED Red/Blue Raytheon spots Brown White 3mm LED White Neck Spotlights Brown White 0803 SMD White LED Strips Brown White...
  • Page 32 NACELLES CHECKLIST Kind Quantity Wire 1 Wire 2 (each nacelle) (Connector) (Connector) RCS Thrusters Yellow White 3mm LED Yellow (diffused) Nacelle Strobe Brown White 1.8mm LED White Rear Raytheon Spots Purple White 3mm LED White Forward Nacelle Spot Green White 1.8mm White Outer Chiller Spot Green...
  • Page 33 LED STRIP LIGHTING PLACEMENT...
  • Page 34 A good alternative is to use the Raytheon effect here. The Refit Signature Series lighting kits come with Raytheon shapes to install inside the model in the specified areas to help the modeler achieve the desired shape and effect.
  • Page 36 OPERATIONS AND REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS POWER UP AND MODE SELECTION When you power up your SFX REFIT SIGNATURE SERIES effects board, you will hear the introductory music and a prompt from the computer to choose your desired movie mode. To choose which mode the model will function in, select from the three buttons at the top left of the remote control.
  • Page 37 STARTUP MODE Once the startup mode is engaged, the ship will begin powering up all of the lights and functions through the startup sequence designed and timed to emulate the on-screen version from the movie mode selected. Each startup sequence is several minutes long and MUST BE COMPLETED before any remote button functions can be used.
  • Page 38 OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS Pictured, you will see the layout of your remote control for the SFX Refit Signature Series Effects Kit. Once the ship has completed the startup sequence and entered “cruise mode,” the buttons on the remote will operate as marked. Here is a...
  • Page 39 IMP ENG -/IMP ENG + - While in IMPULSE MODE, these buttons will control the impulse engines on the ship. There are five settings for the impulse engines. OFF, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and FULL. Use these buttons to cycle the intensity of the impulse engine effect. NOTE: Impulse engines are automatically turned off while the ship is in WARP MODE and these buttons will not be available.
  • Page 40 by using the MAIN LIGHTS buttons) and engage the Red Alert pulsing lights throughout the ship. Note that the RED ALERT MODE sound is slightly different for each movie mode. Press this button again to stand down from RED ALERT and return the ship to normal.
  • Page 41 SECONDARY HULL BOTTOM/PYLONS: This section is the most important as it will also contain the main Refit Signature Series board, if you decide to keep it inside the model. Do NOT close this section completely until all connections have been properly tested!!! Install all lighting into place, then glue together the bottom part of the secondary hull in three pieces.
  • Page 42 Make sure you have enough slack at the base of the pole to get to the board in your base stand. Make sure all wires for the Refit Signature Series main board power and sound card are also running through the base pole mount hole now.

  • Page 43: Secondary Hull/Neck Lighting Checklist And Diagram

    Once proper connections are assured, attach the deflector housing in place with adhesive. Then attach the upper secondary hull/neck in place with adhesive. You should now have four separate pieces ready for final assembly. - Nacelles (2) with connectors accessible from the pylon mounting holes - Saucer Section with connectors accessible from the bottom (4) - Secondary hull with connectors accessible out of the neck (4) and each pylon as well as all wiring for internal board coming through the mounting hole.