Topic: Chris' HMS TIGER (C20) - 1:72 SCALE (Read 394168 times)

frogman3 · « **Reply #1100 on:** September 20, 2021, 07:44:50 pm »

Quote from: Rob47 on September 20, 2021, 07:25:13 pm

I use aircraft canopy glue, dries clear and not as dodgy as suerglue

Bob

AGAIN Cheers for that info Bob an i think ive asked you this before but could you find me a pic of that red an white badge she had on her front funnell if possible Bob

ballastanksian · « **Reply #1101 on:** September 24, 2021, 12:14:09 pm »

She's looking super fair

frogman3 · « **Reply #1102 on:** September 25, 2021, 09:39:17 am »

Quote from: ballastanksian on September 24, 2021, 12:14:09 pm

She's looking super fair

THANKS [size=78%]ballastanksian YES IM NOW GETTING TO THE COMPLEX STAGE OF THE BUILD THE ELETRICS SOON [/size]
[/size][size=78%]chris[/size]

frogman3 · « **Reply #1103 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:32:37 pm »

HI ALL well ive managed to fit the consoles to the bridges an this was a very tricky job as i dint want to break the hair thin wires on the leds
https://ibb.co/bzwxfGH

frogman3 · « **Reply #1104 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:35:13 pm »

AN LEDS lit up dint fit many as i dont want to go into overkill an just as well ive made these bridges come apart so i can fit in the crew members
https://ibb.co/9YDXq6C

frogman3 · « **Reply #1105 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:35:49 pm »

https://ibb.co/WyVdKyp

frogman3 · « **Reply #1106 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:42:32 pm »

AN Here im making up the window wipers out of half a mm brass rod an the little devils kept breaking but i made about 30 odd in the end to fit in
https://ibb.co/Hqq3xVT

frogman3 · « **Reply #1107 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:45:56 pm »

AN HERE they are all fitted in an i was nr a nevous wreck after doin this but its all done an its now beggining to look like tiger

https://ibb.co/prmcxW7

frogman3 · « **Reply #1108 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:48:35 pm »

https://ibb.co/zn66Jjx

frogman3 · « **Reply #1109 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:49:05 pm »

https://ibb.co/GcsrwXp

frogman3 · « **Reply #1110 on:** September 25, 2021, 03:51:33 pm »

overall shot of the bow section an she's lookin more like the real tiger now
https://ibb.co/Z2VDv6r

chris

T888 · « **Reply #1111 on:** September 25, 2021, 04:39:14 pm »

Wipes came out ok then Chris

frogman3 · « **Reply #1112 on:** September 26, 2021, 06:06:05 pm »

Quote from: T888 on September 25, 2021, 04:39:14 pm

Wipes came out ok then Chris

Hello Dave yes they did in the end thought i was goin to have to ask for your assisstant but i stuck at them wipers as the little devils kept breakeing

[size=78%]as must[/size][/size][size=78%] have made about 50 or more but got them done in the end [/size]

ATB chris

frogman3 · « **Reply #1113 on:** October 19, 2021, 10:52:55 am »

HI ALL well im still building tiger but its been a struggle

as had a disaster when i was fitting the radar scanners on the fore mast as i accidently caught my hand on the mast an broke off one of the eletric pickup pins on the plug

an i could not beleive it as now the mast lights wont work unless i repair it but to repair it would involve takin the whole mast apart something i dint want to do an boy was i angry at myself as i got to complaclacent an not carefull enough but my wife jen came up an bought me some biccies an a cuppa to calm me down a she said well its broke so we will have to repair it so its just as well i made it to all unscrew an come apart or it would have been a lot of work wasted anway first linkpic the broken plug as there should be 4 pins on the plug not 3 an the one what was broke was the main live + for the red A/C 2mm led's
https://ibb.co/hDpGJFW

frogman3 · « **Reply #1114 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:08:37 am »

next pic looks a bit messy

as is here where i was useing a soldering iron to melt the shrink rap so i could get to unsolder all 4 wires on the old plug an fit a new plug which i did with my wife jens help as she was holding the mast while i did the soldering an boy was it a heck of a job to do what with takin the mast apart an tryin to fit new plug as its got to meet up with the plug in the main S/S it took 9 hrs from 10am till 7pm to fix it all an you may say well what the heck was we doin an the answer is the mast is very fragile an i could not get the allen screws out very easy as they had paint in them so had to dig out the paint in a 2mm allen screw in 8 gears an shafts which is inside the mast frame work to get in the allen key but it all worked out ok in the end but i would not want to go through that again as we was both shattered by 7 pm an loads of cuppas to keep calm
https://ibb.co/5LkHPxW

frogman3 · « **Reply #1115 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:14:13 am »

an here is the white steamin or running lights here an yes they are very bright as i want them to show up in day light on the pond so i know which is my ship if there is serveral ships sailing
https://ibb.co/Px1fhpB

frogman3 · « **Reply #1116 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:17:03 am »

AN a linkpic of the 2mm red A/C lights on the mast which what would not have worked if i hadnt fixed that eletric plug

https://ibb.co/LPKxWWS

frogman3 · « **Reply #1117 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:19:35 am »

an ive now fitted the nav lights on an again very bright so they can be seen in daylight
https://ibb.co/2jTb5G6

frogman3 · « **Reply #1118 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:23:09 am »

AN lastly a couple of shots of the bridge lights an ive still to unsrew the bridges later in the build so i can fit in the crew members standing in the bridges
https://ibb.co/Jrs20QL

frogman3 · « **Reply #1119 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:24:29 am »

https://ibb.co/0fXCJvm

ATB to you all
chris

T888 · « **Reply #1120 on:** October 19, 2021, 11:47:24 am »

Sorry to see the damage hope you can get it all back working soon. All the best

frogman3 · « **Reply #1121 on:** October 19, 2021, 12:19:24 pm »

Quote from: T888 on October 19, 2021, 11:47:24 am

Sorry to see the damage hope you can get it all back working soon. All the best

HI Dave all damage is fixed an everything is all fixed an working in the pics that show it all so no problems now

chris

frogman3 · « **Reply #1122 on:** October 26, 2021, 10:21:23 am »

HI GUYS its me again with some more proggress shots of whats happening on my tiger an now im up to the eletrical stage an ive fitted in the hull jiont the 44 pins plug to carry the accessoriyes wires to work all the lights an all 4 radars an such
the plug below
https://ibb.co/gPmcv6G

frogman3 · « **Reply #1123 on:** October 26, 2021, 10:23:42 am »

An a hull jiont shot of the plugs all fitting nicely togeather an im pleased at the fit
https://ibb.co/25cHDVT

frogman3 · « **Reply #1124 on:** October 26, 2021, 10:28:22 am »

an just laid out the asseroryies wires on the front section as these will all have to be cut to size an routed in neatly when ive done an eltrical test of the wires from one end to the other with a circut tester firstly
https://ibb.co/f87WsHC

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