Lighting Kit

This is the complete online instruction guide to fitting your Landing / Warning Lights

to your De-Agostini Millennium Falcon.

What's In The Box

In the lighting set there are 5 different sets of lights.

1. Landing Lights Left 9 Led's (White 3mm)
2. Landing Lights Right 11 Led's (White 3mm)
3. Warning Lights Left 8 Led's (Red 2mm)
4. Warning Lights Right 6 Led's (Red 2mm)
5. Cockpit Warning Lights 2 Led's (Red 2mm)

Also in the kit you will find 2 drill bits one 3mm (landing lights)

and a 2mm one for the warning lights.

The places that you will need to drill will be referenced against the internal framework, so I will tell you the frame number / side (L)/(R) / then measurement in mm.

Here is a picture of the Falcon framework.
The lights fit symmetrically either side of the central support spar.

All points ref from the rear of the falcon. Also ref from the strengthening spars and the frame numbers.  The measurements are measurement from back of frame / from strengthening strut.

Landing Lights 3mm Drill Bit

Warning Lights 2mm Drill Bit

Left Landing Lights
LED’s from plug.	Strut colour on ref pic 2.1	Frame No	From Back Frame	From Support Strut
Led 1	Orange	BF33	30mm	90mm
Led 2	Yellow	BF30	30mm	9mm
Led 3			30mm	59mm
Led 4			30mm	112mm
			From Front Frame
Led 5	White	BF19	20mm	112mm
Led 6			20mm	66mm
Led 7			20mm	16mm
Led 8	Green	BF16	20mm	103mm
Led 9			20mm	53mm

Right Landing Lights
LED’s from plug.	Strut colour on ref pic 2.1	Frame No	From Back Frame	From Support Strut
Led 1	Orange	BF36	30mm	90mm
Led 2	Red	BF39	30mm	9mm
Led 3			30mm	59mm
Led 4			30mm	112mm
			From Front Frame
Led 5	Blue	BF10	20mm	112mm
Led 6			20mm	66mm
Led 7			20mm	16mm
Led 8	Green	BF13	20mm	103mm
Led 9			20mm	53mm
Led 10 Led 11	These Led’s Fit in the front central mandible.  Cable can be fed though the landing gear hole. Remove mandible for better access. Drill from the outside for better results.

Left Warning Lights
LED’s from opposite end to plug.
Led 1 Led 2	Seen on picture Front central column.
From Front
	Strut colour on ref pic 2.1	Frame No	From  Front Frame		From  Support Strut
Led 3	White (L)	BF19	52mm		36mm
Led 4	White (R)	BF16	44mm		36mm
Led 5	12mm From Deag Landing Light hole above docking hatch corridor.
Led 6	12mm From Deag Landing Light hole below docking hatch corridor.
Led 7	Warning lights fit into the opposite corners of the engine cowl/cover. Led’s are easier to fit with this cover off. If this is glued in place make access holes in hull plating to access the area needed to fit them.
Led 8

Right Warning Lights
LED’s from opposite end to plug.
	Strut colour on ref pic 2.1	Frame No	From Front Frame		From Support Strut
Led 1	Blue (L)	BF13	44mm		36mm
Led 2	Blue (R)	BF10	52mm		36mm
Led 3	12mm From Deag Landing Light hole above access hatch corridor.
Led 4	12mm From Deag Landing Light hole above access hatch corridor.
Led 5	Warning lights fit into the opposite corners of the engine cowl/cover. Led’s are easier to fit with this cover off. If this is glued in place make access holes in hull plating to access the area needed to fit them.
Led 6

Downloadable PDF

Pic 2.1

Orange circles position of front landing lights.

Blue circles position of Red warning lights.

Pic 2.2

Orange circles position of the Warning Lights.
Blue circles position of the Landing Lights

Once you have drilled all the holes for the landing lights you will need to glue the nylon standoffs provided with the kit.

These are placed directly over the drilled hole collar down as shown in the picture.

Hint:

Use a cocktail stick in the hole you have drilled to help you position the standoff's correctly.

Many thanks Mick Poole for that one.

Fitting Landing Lights To Stand-Off's

Applying the light blocking materials.

Feeding The Cables 

It is so much simpler to fit the front landing lights (Right Landing Lights) and warning lights (Left Warning Lights) with the front mandible removed. Feed these lights through the holes in the hull shown in orange in the picture.

Here is another picture showing the place to feed the LED's from the inside of the Falcon.

The warning lights on the Engine Housing should be fed through the holes in the hull marked in

orange. 

You will find it simpler if you loop them through here.

Here is a picture of the Engine Housing.

The 4 places that you can see circled in orange are
where you need to drill to place the warning lights.

Ramp LED