discussion Boatmans Super Hornet F18/A- F Build

[boatman]

Gosh Chris.You have way too much patience then myself.Never owned a 1.32nd aircraft kit.If i ever built one it would have to hang from Ceiling.I did attempt to build an Amt/Ertl B52h in 1.72nd which was a pain to build.Doing a great job.
Rich

HI Rich yes ive been told by a lot of people that i have patience by the bucket load an yes i like to try an make things work on my models but yes patience is needed to do this as i love the challenges an yes they are big models in 1/32 scale but i love them (when they fit togeather )lol an you built a B52 WOW thats one plane i havnt built as to me there is way to much to break off while biulding it an thanks for sayin im doin a great job rich but i'll only say it when its all goin an built but cheers from you sir

ATB TO YOU an helen
chrisb an jen

 

[Ian M]

i had to do something that i did not not want to do an thats open up the wirein on the resistor an desolder the hair thin wires an had to be very carfull as these wires break very easy as out comes the soldering iron

I normally cut them of and shorten the legs on the resistors if need be. The length of the hard wire is of no importance. The only thing you have to watch out for is to much heat to the resistor after. You can solder right up to a millimetre from the body of it.
The wire from those micro led things are a bugger though. I have been known to change those as well for a little more robust 0.5 flex (10 strand opposed to one).

 

[boatman]

I normally cut them of and shorten the legs on the resistors if need be. The length of the hard wire is of no importance. The only thing you have to watch out for is to much heat to the resistor after. You can solder right up to a millimetre from the body of it.
The wire from those micro led things are a bugger though. I have been known to change those as well for a little more robust 0.5 flex (10 strand opposed to one).

HI Ian yes i cut down the resistor wire as well to about 4mm lenght an to me thats just the right lenght to solder to an yes i have soldered a wire right on to the end of a resistor as the wire broke off so managded to solder it back on but with them hair thin wires its very fragile so i slide a bit of shrink rap right over the resistor an then crimp the wire so it wont pull off but even then im very carefull how i handle them when fittin them in the model as its a devil to open the plastic covering to the wires when i try to shorten the wires as i find that the wire breaks near every time but i keep at it till i succseed an yes you can cook the resistor if to much heat is appliade but im carefull on this an havnt on one yet but i love doin eletrics on models as they bring the models to life in my opinion AN THANKS for your post very instrestin

an what happned to that lovely lorry with all them lights on it you was building i never saw that finished or did i miss it ?
chrisb an jen

 

[boatman]

HI GUYS well im tryin to work out how best to fit in the wing hinges so they will go up an back down like my academy super hornet as they work lovely an easy to fit some pics of them firstly so hope i can get the big one wings to work up an down ok an this is with a brass hinge fitted in each wing


an up postion

inside the folded wing

an frontal shot of both hinged wings in up postion an im hopeing to get the biguns wings to fold up like this with the nav light wires all fitted in

an here a pic of the kits wing hinges an they fit reanonbley well so all ive got to do is drill a shaft hole through them an see if they will hinge ok but not lookin good as these are only suppoced to be fitted in the wing when its in the up postion so they many not do the job an may have to use the brass hinge will see fistly if i can drill them out an here in this pic they are apart

an here they are now togeather but the fit is not great so will drill them out an see if they will hinge an if they will fit in the wings so takein this easy an thinkin ahead

an at the correct angle they will have to fit an hinge at

AN IF they dont hinge proplerly then i will fit in this brass hinges as i know this idea will work from the small hornet but i enrnt goin to give up on the plastic hinge with out a fight

an a couple of destruckions pics to show how trumpy made them to fit an im dubious if they will fit an work after trumpys tomcat fits



an both sets of hinges laid in to have a think about

 

[boatman]

HI ALL another small update on the hornet as my laptop is running very slow an will only upload a few pics at a time an i treid to drill out a hinge shaft in the plastic hinges but the plastic bein fairly soft dint like the drill bit goin into it as i had the drill set on slow speed an drilled slowy but no go so im back to usein the brass hinges in the wings an here just a half a hinge fitted to to exspanded wing end

an ive now gluded the complete hinge onto both parts of the wings but will it fold down as this is the big tester

an here a shot of the wings in the folded angle from the inside of the wing an this is the top wing section only as ive got to fit in the nav lights an the wires to go through the jions an leave enough slack in the wires so they can fold up in the wing tip

AN yes thank goodness the wings tips do fold down ok now to fit on the missele tips an where the nav light fit an then fit the wing bottoms

 

[A_J_Rimmer]

Nice little mod Chris!

 

[boatman]

Nice little mod Chris!

THANKS Arnie
Chrisb

 

[boatman]

WELL still at the hornet in between doin SWMBO 'S decorating an got a couple of hrs in yesterday an here in still fittin in the 2mm nav red led's an its got two on each wintip due to the fact that the rail that holds the sidewinder missle will block one light so two are needed an on the real plane they would be a lot smaller but i cant do them any smaller as yes got 1.5 mm led's but not 12v so cant use them

 

[boatman]

AN Here running the tiny hair thin wirein into the wings that will fold up so ive got to leave some slack in the wires so they dont brake

 

[boatman]

An in this pic of the resistors that will be glued inside the wings so the hair thin wires wont brake an next i shall solder on to all the wires very thin dolls houes wiein thats strong an wont brake to take the wires into the fusalarge
chrisb

 

[tr1ckey66]

The folding wing tips look great Chris! And this large scale Hornet is progressing nicely. I’m sure that when it’s complete it will make a fine companion for the F-14.

ATB
Paul

 

[boatman]

The folding wing tips look great Chris! And this large scale Hornet is progressing nicely. I’m sure that when it’s complete it will make a fine companion for the F-14.

ATB
Paul

HI Paul yes this should be a nice colourfull model when done in the diamon backs red colour scyeme just got to hope im still on the forum as my security is soon finishing next month an i cant get the password to work so i cant reknew for another year so i may have to finish up on the forum as i cant get any help to have it done as the only two shops around here wont now do it for me cant understand why as ive alway paid them it seems they want to sell me another laptop but not renew just my norton security an it seems to me this is just a ripoff but then whats new in this world today
PS i know ive said this before but ive always maneged to get help but not this time as im not computer teck savy so this maybe the final nail in the coffin oh dear
ATB Paul my freind
chrisb

 

[Waspie]

Chris. Isn’t there a ‘forgot password’ prompt when entering password?
Just to be clear, is it your password for your laptop or for a program?

 

[boatman]

Chris. Isn’t there a ‘forgot password’ prompt when entering password?
Just to be clear, is it your password for your laptop or for a program?

HI Doug its to do with the password on the norton secruity as it wont let me pass the password stage so i may have to take the laptop in an ask them again if they will help me as i think they are tryin to get me to buy another laptop robbin ripoffs but ive still got about 15 days to go so hope i can get someone to help me as i have no idea on these computers
CHEERS Doug
chrisb

 

[Waspie]

HI Doug its to do with the password on the norton secruity as it wont let me pass the password stage so i may have to take the laptop in an ask them again if they will help me as i think they are tryin to get me to buy another laptop robbin ripoffs but ive still got about 15 days to go so hope i can get someone to help me as i have no idea on these computers
CHEERS Doug
chrisb

Is there no Norton help line?
Not much use I’m afraid as I don’t use Norton. And Mac’s use biometrics for p/w’s and have a fall back system too.

 

[Guest]

I strongly suspect Chris would be far better off with an iPad than a laptop.

 

[boatman]

I strongly suspect Chris would be far better off with an iPad than a laptop.

HI Jakko what is an ipad ? as im not up on tecknoagly

 

[boatman]

Is there no Norton help line?
Not much use I’m afraid as I don’t use Norton. And Mac’s use biometrics for p/w’s and have a fall back system too.

WELL Doug i think there is a norton help line but when they start talkin in computer speak like url or clouds an such im lost im afraid thats the reason ive asksed huses where i bought the laptop but they say they dont sell the norton now an cant help me but ive still got about 2 wks to try an sort it
cheers for you replys sir
chrisb

 

[Waspie]

HI Jakko what is an ipad ? as im not up on tecknoagly

A tablet that is touch screen, you can do most things you can on a laptop and more, as powerful as many pc’s and has an integral camera!! SWMBO has one and she is your classic technophobe.

 

[boatman]

A tablet that is touch screen, you can do most things you can on a laptop and more, as powerful as many pc’s and has an integral camera!! SWMBO has one and she is your classic technophobe.

WELL Doug how big a screen is the biggest as i like a fair size pics so i can see the models on this site an do they have to have sercurity like norton on ?
chrisb