Rainlight for Tamiya Fighter Buggy

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A Simple Rainlight for the Tamiya Fighter Buggy. No modifications are needed on the car. Simply insert the plate between the spoiler and its holder, screw it in place, and you're ready to go. The only difference is that the spoiler is now 1.5mm higher than before. We have two caps: a simple one and another with a protective cover. This protection can be painted black or any other color of your choice. I opted for a plain black permanent marker. The plate can be printed without support, but the light housing should be printed with some support facing upwards towards the hole for the LED. The glasses should also be printed with the lens facing up, using a clear or transparent material and support for best results. You can play around with infill settings - I used 30% but you can experiment with more or less. For mounting, you'll need two M3 screws and two M3 nuts that fit perfectly into the holder. Standard Tamiya screws might also work, though. Inside the light housing there's enough space for the LED, which I used a simple red 5mm blink-LED with a 220 Ohm resistor. This was directly plugged into the receiver on my 5-volt system; you may need different resistors if your system uses a different voltage. The LED was glued into place inside the light housing, while the resistor was soldered onto the cable and protected by shrink tube. The lens simply snaps into place in the housing - you can use a bit of glue if you want to secure it. Printing the plate with flexible material like TPU is a good idea, as it protects both the unit and the spoiler from breaking. I used PETG for my parts. You can see the working version in action here: https://youtu.be/WM77ZN2iH48