Dragon Stug Ausf A, 1st version

[BattleshipBob]

Afternoon Steve

Nothing, not a fan of kits where you have to build up the hull tub. Much prefer the Tammy and Dragon kits with a hull tub all ready.

Will put them both on ebay soon

Bob

[scottie3158]

Bob,
I might be miss reading this but I reckon you like a stug. Great job mate.

[SteveH]

Ahhh

A'la Tristar/HobbyBoss, point well made.

I'll keep an eye out for them

Regards

Steve H

[BattleshipBob]

Scottie, Stug's never liked them:tongue-out3:

Bob, time for tablets

[BattleshipBob]

Afternoon

Been spending ages trying to find a way to fit electrical conduit and cable to the lights, tried hollow 0.30mm tubing however had nightmares trying to bend it and every time it snapped. Others have used just copper wire but checking my small collection of Stug books (honest) you can see the conduit and the separate wiring. so got out of my comfort zone and had a go at it!!

While on YT found a guy showing how to wire up a model Spitfire engine, when he got to replicating fluid hoses he got my attention. He used 'Hareline midge' hollow tubing used in fly fishing.

So got some, 0.3mm, then it took ages to put the 0.20mm wiring in to it but that gave it some strength and easier to bend and shape, use CA and a small PE clamp

:tongue-out3:


Not the best photos sorry, but above you can see the separate 0.20 mm wire going into the back of the lamp. Made three before this, too short, to long and cut badly so another try.

Not perfect but I am pleased and the next one should be a bit easier, but no doubt something will go wrong lol

bob

[Guest]

You should be pleased Bob, trying to thread that must have been hard, assume you threaded it through first then did the bending. Looks very neat indeed.
John.

[BattleshipBob]

Hi John, yep slow and annoying lol.

Yes threaded first then bent bit by bit! Steady as she goes

Bob

[Si Benson]

Neat tweak Bob:thumb2:
Odd that dragon didn’t notice it needed a wiring conduit running to the light...especially being a relatively up to date kit.
Glad you got it sorted.

[Guest]

Looked for it on Evil Bay, but apart from overseas sellers only one here and they had 1 mm Bob ,could you send me the link please .

[Steve Jones]

That's an awesome tip on the conduit wire. Off to the local anglers shop for me.Many thanks

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Si, many thanks. Yes surprised it does not come with the kit, they are expensive enough

John, will post the packet and details afte

Anglers-lodge.co.uk. search for hareline micro tubing or type midge. There phone is 01388 772611

Comes in different colours

Mine is in olive brown part no Tub1-265

Hope this is enough??
Bob

[BattleshipBob]

Not a problem Steve. Good to give something back!

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
Wiring looks good. Interesting stuff that fishing tubing.
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Jim

God bless you tube lol

[BattleshipBob]

Afternoon

Fitting the other conduit onto the other side



Much quicker to do and neater fit, more work to do I think, but not sure if its fully in scale??? I have tried it on 1/35 plans and it looks ok when placed on the plans
I have to try to run another wire to the horn, that might be fun lol

bob