Cutting hole in shell to fit lamp, what material can I add to protect lamp?

[King Mustard]

The topic title was not the easiest to make clear to understand!

 

Basically, I have a Maverick Quantum RX Flux and I will be cutting out a roughly 28x28mm square in the black section on the front of the shell and fitting one of these lamps.

 

I will still want the shell water-resistant, and I also want to protect the lamp itself.

 

What material is usually used to fill in the gaps around the lamp (where it joins the shell) and/or what can I place in front of the lamp to restore the shell a little?

Edited November 8 by King Mustard

[wombat]

If you're cutting a 28cm square hole in your RC I don't think there will be much of the body left 😂

[King Mustard]

2 minutes ago, wombat said:

If you're cutting a 28cm square hole in your RC I don't think there will be much of the body left 😂

Whoops! Typo fixed, thank you.

[wombat]

1 minute ago, King Mustard said:

Whoops! Typo fixed, thank you.

👍👍

[wombat]

I would use clear silicone to seal everything 😀 

[Yrkoon]

never had any problems with lights under the water 🙂

 

 

we fitted cheapo lights to dads pumpkin in the video and my lunch box and when we had heavy rain the pit u see was filled with water as was most of the garden, the lights never faltered, but my lunch box stock motor did after repeated submerged abuse lol

 

the vid is from before we fitted lights 🙂

Edited November 11 by Yrkoon

[Partydaz]

LEDs fitted to my crawlers have been that deep in water its blinding fish and they still work. My dads crawler fell into a steam last year and took me a good 5 mins to fish it out they kept on all the time it was in the drink and are still working.

Edited November 12 by Partydaz