Tamiya 1:350 Japanese Battleship Musashi Build Thread

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Dead easy mate

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battery pack for the smoke machine came today!

and got a free pocket torch/compas thing.

.....superfast deliver....and off a power seller as well!!!

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ok, smoke machine all working.

just a few questions.

Terry i seem to remember you saying in your tinkering thread you managed to get the smoke machine to produce more smoke...if so, how did you do this?

also, i have circled a bit on the machine...anyone know what this is for? im not very good at electronics.

anyone recomend a way to attach a switch in-between the battery and the smoke gen? or is there a way of attaching a switch to the smoke unit?

help would be most appriciated.

thanks

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smoker

Hi RJ,

Glad you got the smoker up and running.

The smoker puts out more smoke when it has a dedicated battery that is not running anything else, also they seem to take a bit of "running in".

If you take a picture of the output on a black background i will be able to tell you if it is putting out the correct amount.

Also bare in mind that there are different grades of fluid. The mix for these units (Gycerine to water) is heavy i would imagine. I have not yet recieved my tub of glycerine, when i get it i will experiment and let you know soon as i can.

I would have thought though, that the stuff you bought is already a heavy mix as it is meant for disco smoke machines. But you never know if the stuff has been watered down too far before you got it. A rough consistancy like 101 bike oil is about right. Glcerine is the active ingredient.

I also would imagine that you can boil this stuff to reduce its water content. As it has to actually burn to produce smoke.

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ok....here are the best pics i could get of the smoke.

it doesnt look like "dense" smoke to me??

the bottle was not seeled when it arrived.

i dont want to be rude, but do you think anyone would go to the trouble of selling this stuff watered down???

dont really want to boil it down...not unless anyone can tell me its tried and tested???

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It looks all wrong. should be 10 times that coming out.

Fleabay has had your pants down for the fluid or the machine. Pm me your address and i will send you some of my smoke fluid then you will know. Hopefully you paid by paypal and havent left feedback yet.

WHen you get my sample.... make sure you run the machine dry of the old smoke before putting mine in.

If you check some of the videos i have posted in my tanks thread you can clearly see the difference.

im tinkin its the fluid

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well after sending the supplyers of the fluid a message telling them it had leaked i recieved this message

Hi Richard, That's the first time we've had a leak. What had happened to the box? Also how much had leaked?

It would be useful to know if it was down to our packaging to make sure it doesn't happen again. If you send us a photo by email to info@********.net, we can get compensation & another one sent to you Free of charge.

Regards,

Gavin

so i will deffinatly be doing that!!!

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made the display stand today (basically a box with no top, with supports 3.4mm down to hold the "sea" up.)

basically its just to hide the battery and save me having to chop the bottom off my ship like i would have to do for a waterline model if i were doing it flat on a serface.

will get some pics up either tomorrow or wednesday...got a busy week planned

my birthday on monday

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Richard,

Thought you might find this link interesting.

How's that for a model!!!

http://www.oshipee.com/omami/e-photo-yamatomuseum.htm

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Bloody hell Now ive seen everything that is awsome beyond belief

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Dammit the japanese have a definate advantage when it comes to model building.

they are all Umpa Lumpa's

Starts humming

"Umpa Lumpa dippidee doo, we got a model built better than you"

"Umpa Lumpa dippidee dee, we really small only upto your knee"

All together now...."Umpa Lump..........

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wow that is amazing!!! thanks alot for that richard. although the project is currently on pause for a number of reasons, very much apriciated

thanks alot

terry i dont know what your on but i want some what ever it is!!!

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Bloody hell Now ive seen everything that is awsome beyond belief

Nah ...you aint seen nuthin yet. Dig this, and you can take the family in it too ! http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bernard.johannes/bateau.ftm or search for le bateau francois zanella

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One mans dream....wow. Wow again, triple wow.

Truly, the most astounding model I have seen thus far.

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Agreed Terry, it was launched last year. I would love to have been there to see it go in the water. Cant wait for some pics of it underway. Sorry if we have left the original theme of the thread but that is the glory of the web, one thing leads to another. Cant seem to post any of the build pics, anyone want to have a go ?