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Hi all, does anyone in here have any tips and help n wiring models, i am currently wiring my
GK thunderhawk with full lighting and i am needing a little help on making lights flash, i can get them to stay on no problem, but flashing would be cool. cheers

To make them flash you have to wire in a certain type of circuit which allows it. I wired my monolith to stay lit with several LED lights but at my local shop they didn't have the circuits to add extra stuff.

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/ledblinker

The website posted has a explanation. The problem would be finding a board small enough to fit and be hidden.

Hopefully this might help: http://www.ehow.com/how_11385418_make-series-leds-flash.html

Or you could pop in and ask the staff at your local Maplins as they usualy have someone who can point you in the right direction.

Edit: for web address problems

I've only added LED's to a few pieces of terrain but get all my bits from this site.

http://www.microminiatures.co.uk/acatalog/LEDs_Light_Emitting_Diodes.html

I just wire the flashing LED's into the circuit with no extra boards needed. I'm sure there's better ways of doing this but it works for my humble needs.

A little note, but you CAN get LEDs that flash (they have the flashing circuitry built in - and as an added bonus, they also take care of their own current limiting resistor - no need to add an extra one) instead of just plain ones.

They DO cost more, but take less work and require less componentry.

Been making electronics projects for the last 30 years - was an electronics geek before I became a gamer.