Hmmmm ???? Would you consider the Phaser beams to be continuously on ??? I have an idea.......
Take a 3~4 mm Clear Plexiglass rod....say 25 cm long...and machine 100 steps of increasing depth ( . 001mm per step ) @ .2.5mm step off set...into the rod OD. IMNSHO....a Fan of the Trek.....the 465nm line comes closest to the Phaser colour... SO....what we have is Edge Lighting....in a Cylindrical rod. As the beam travels down the rod...it strikes one step at a time and lights up !! MMM...I suppose one could just machine a incline plane/ramp on the rod and get the same effect ??? I Dunno ?? The goal is to really " Punch " it up !!
SO...maybe even make the rod from a Fluorescent Plastic....I believe Fluorescent Green really pops to 465nm....Hmmm...Maybe a section of ultra thin Fluorescent Green Fishing line ??? Might become fairly invisible with the LD off ??? SO....Just some thoughts..I assure you....Fluorescent Green plexi or fishing line lights up like the 4th of July !!!
BTY...Nice Web site !!!! Truly a passion !!!
Edit 1, Hmmm...The Fluorescent Green rod or fishing line may deliver a Green display ?? Maybe they make a Blue Fluorescent plexi rod or fishing line that would light up blue ??? Even a clear line fishing line would light up to some degree....??? And....the clear fishing line would be somewhat invisible.
Edit 2, Could the back facia of the Plexi Display case have a very, very light blue tint ?? If so....an ultra thin Blue Fluorescent fishing line may virtually become invisible ??
Edit 3, OK...more extreme....Incorporate a inexpensive cold mist humidifier unit mounted into the base of the display....the kind used in EFX mist ( Just the Ultrasonic version, nothing more complicated ) SO....press the momentary switch to lite the LD's....and...at the same time....the mist would be generated below the beam lines. SO....the mist lights up....then dissipates ??? More complicated ....yes....but may be the ultimate !!! ???
Later,
CDBeam
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