O.K. As I mentioned in the past I am not an electrical guy. In the process of soldering and de-soldering then re-soldering the rear bulbs of the periscope I damaged the PCB and am unable to get the 3 small lights in the back of the periscope to work. Yes, I admit it, even I am not perfect. Until another run of the kits are available it will have to do.
I re-assembled the periscope along with the risers and then inserted the lighting kit which I found to be a more daunting task than originally thought. It is a very tight fit. After a few curse words and a lot of patience I got the PCB to fit. I then ran the wires through the periscope risers and connected the power to test it.
See it in action here
While I am disappointed about the 3 small LED's in the back not working lets face it, the real shock and awe is on the front. This is a really neat design in the fact that the LED bulbs are RBG so every time I supply power it runs through a different code. There are probably 25 or more codes already pre-programmed. Like I said, if the kit is offered again I will most likely take another stab at it in hopes of getting the rear bulbs to work. Once R2 is all finised I do not believe it will really be a big deal. Besides, if someone comments the back LED lights don't work I'll respond "I guess yours do right? Oh, wait, you don't have a R2 so go (you can figure out the rest)"
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