discussion boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

Great job you are doing there Chris, I have nothing but admiration for your skills, patience and determination with this model project.

Andy.

HI Andy nice to hear from you on here an know you are following the build an yes i have a few skills but not as many as i would like as im rubbish on eletrics but ive got loads do on tiger so i just hope i can get them done all ok as most of the eletrics are circuts an jump circuts so not that brilliant but i can manage them

where the skills come in is fitting in the eletronics units an know where an what they will power an how many amps they will take an fitting inline fuses to them to protect the units from power surges an ive got to wire in another main power relay an at the moment i hav'nt got a clue so i will have to study my boat m8 diagram to fit it in

as no need too worry about the assorey's relay as its already fitted to the PDB board in pic below an patience yes i have loads of that an mybe determination so two out of three aint to bad lol
chris

 

[boatman]

AN on the PDB board unit above out of the four 12v output i will have on the 12v output two sockects only that will actually feed any 12v units an the main one bein the steam unit eletric unit that converts 12v into 24v an one output that will feed 12v to a 6v voltage reducer an the last one will feed multible power units
like 12v to feed a 9v reduction unit to power hangar bay lights an 5v reduckion unit an also a 3v reduckion unit so that all should mainly work all that i want to power in the ship like i said at the moment i have just a vauge idea in my thoughts but untill i fit in all these units i just dont know

as they say i will cross that bridge when i come to it
chris

 

[boatman]

HI CHAPS a few more pics of what ive done on her today an ive fitted in both 44 pins eletric asseirrory plugs an they meet up lovely in the hull jionts an with all the wires an tomorow will be test time again with a circut tester with 12v batt positive conneted to one end of the one wire at a time an test to see if the plugs now fitted will pass current ok through the hull jiont an the 44 pin plug fitted in the stern section below

 

[boatman]

here a shot of the rear 44 wireing harness an after testing tomorrow the wires will be all routed to their final postions to solder on their plugs then to fit in hull

 

[boatman]

close up shot of how the plugs all fit togeather nice an neatly

 

[boatman]

an front veiw of the wireing harness

 

[BattleshipBob]

here a shot of the rear 44 wireing harness an after testing tomorrow the wires will be all routed to their final postions to solder on their plugs then to fit in hull

Thats a lot of cables Chris, better get the fire extingusiher ready

Only joking!

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

an here is a shot of her hull all bolted togeather an it took me all my time to get it in the camera lens

 

[boatman]

 

[BattleshipBob]

What a monster!!! Wonderful sight!!!

 

[BattleshipBob]

You need planning permission for a extension!

 

[boatman]

an when i had the hull togeather well i could not resist fitting nr everything on to see what ive got after nr 3 yrs of build an i was shocked she's a monster

 

[boatman]

What a monster!!! Wonderful sight!!!

CHEERS Bobm8ty

You need planning permission for a extension!

an yes she is Bob only hope we can lift her when shes finished an yes we might lol
chris

 

[boatman]

an here now some piccies of how she will look when she is finished but this is only about 65 % built so still quite a bit to come that wont be seen inside her

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

an remember here in between the two funnels will be the ships crane which is still to be built an fitted with several motor launches an they are still to be built also

 

[boatman]

 

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[boatman]

close up detail of the fans air suckion cooling ducts