discussion HMS NORFOLK F230 in DRYDOCK for MAINTENANCE an A REFIT

[boatman]

HI ALL well its been nr a year since she lastly sailed an i cant get on with TIGER due to waiting for parts to come.So i thought i had better use my time on getting NORFOLK ready to sail again as when she last sailed some lights had failed an one of my boaty m8 said why dont you fit a servo morph on her hangar door as it was workin to fast. As well as she was covered in dust so the first job was clean her up with a dry paint brush an hover to suck up the dust an in the first pics she is all stripped down with her S/S all laid aside

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

An while i got her stripped out i thought i would check her main no1. eletronics bay for any lose wires an check the fuses in the fuse box as some time the fuses blades go rusty after standin when she has been sailing on the wet stuff

 

[boatman]

AN here the NO.1 MAIN BATTERY BAY
to power the motors come engines as there is two seperate eletronic systems in her NO.1 12V POWER for the MOTORS come ENGINES an NO.2 12V POWER for all sub systems such as SERVO'S an LIGHTS an RADAR MOTOR AN HELO but these will all go through a power reducer down to 6V

 

[boatman]

Next up is a pic of the SMOKE UNIT water tank bay with a fan fitted to blow the water mist up out of the funnel's an also can be seen the yellow pushrods to work the stabilizers workin from the rudders mountings

 

[boatman]

Here the MOTORS come ENGINES BAY with their CAMBELT DRIVE'S an they are three to one rartio to give the prop shafts more toughe an power to the PROPS an the MOTOR'S have been fitted out with COOLIN FANS fitted on the MOTOR'S TOP'S as they were gettin very hot when she was sailin An NO.2 BATT BAY to power sub systems

 

[boatman]

NXT UP is the E.S.C to power an controll the MOTORS BAY an also beside it is the SMOKE UNIT eletronics unit as this unit converts the 12v feed into it an out come is 24V to power the water mist unit for the smoke lookalike an TIGER will hopefully have all these units an more fitted into her by the time she is finished

 

[boatman]

AN more shots of her stripped down as can be seen better now as the sun is now finealley shineing in my man cave

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

AN nxt fittin in the SERVO MORPH to slow the hangar door down to look more realistic an here in prep

 

[boatman]

An done all ready to be fitted in the hangar eletronics bay

 

[tr1ckey66]

Man alive that looks complicated!!!! Looks like the insides of a nuke that James Bond has to diffuse With only seconds to spare!
Very, very impressive.
Cheers
Paul

 

[boatman]

An done all ready to be fitted in the hangar eletronics bay an its a bit of a spegetiy junkion but i know what all the wires do as they have tags fitted on them

 

[boatman]

Man alive that looks complicated!!!! Looks like the insides of a nuke that James Bond has to diffuse With only seconds to spare!
Very, very impressive.
Cheers
Paul

HI Paul THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS as it is a bit complex but thankfully this wont go BANG LOL :smiling4::thumb2:
Chris

 

[BattleshipBob]

That would drive me nuts lol

Wonderful work Chris

 

[boatman]

AN a full shot of the hangar bay complete with its lnykz helo an the smesh on the floor is so that the motors can get air to be kept cool

 

[boatman]

That would drive me nuts lol

Wonderful work Chris

THANKS Bob yes its tested me to but when you love doin something like this well in the end its worth it to see her sailing an hope you are ok
all best
chris

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Incredible stuff Chris!
I'm sure I have said it before but I am in total AWE of your skills and perseverance

 

[spanner570]

Just superb!

 

[stillp]

Awesome!
Pete