an a pic of the wires that are wrong here fitted with there white mini plugs with the red shink rap 
boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build
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HI Rick m8ty many thanks for your kind comments but ive got too stick at this wireing as im not getting tired of it as i love doin the wirein an its now all in my mind how i should have done it an this time it will be right an if i go off subject an start to build the guns turrets then all my thoughts in my mind on how to do the wireing will be scrapped an then i will get even more mixed up as when i get to building something its got to be finished before i start something eles
an what with that colured ribbon wire failing its all got to come out an be scrapped as i thought this would happen as thats why i used the gray wires in the front section as they are stronger but i did the ribbon wire first before i thought this would fail an the reason as ive now found out as ive used ribbion wire in all my ships an no problems but this ribbon wire is a couple of guages too thin. I should have taken more notice of the wire gauge when i ordered it off ebay i think its called an i should have bought some thicker gauge so that was a mistake i dint even know id made untill i started to strip the wires ready to solder
an then noticed it was very thin an only about 4 strands i should have stopped then but well i dint as i wanted to press on with soldering the mini plugs on but as they say we live an learn an i certainly have but its all got too be put right before i do much eles as at the moment i am carrying on with the front section wireing on them cam switches that i know is right an will work the ( nav lights )an (white running leds ) on the mast an (bridge lights) an ( 2mm red A/C lights ) on the mast an by the time ive done these the 44 pin plugs should be here an yes i know you guys an i want to see the guns turrets come to life but im afraid im just not at that stage yet as i need power in all the ship hence all getting the wireing done
ATB Rick an thank you for your suggetions an the guns will get built sometime
Chris
Hi Chris
Amazing work. Way beyond my understanding but oh so interesting. Hope you're feeling better.
Jim
Amazing work. Way beyond my understanding but oh so interesting. Hope you're feeling better.
Jim
Hi Chris
The work on Tiger continues to amaze. Know that, whilst you’re not posting any pics, that we do all realise how much work is going on in the background. I do hope you get it all sorted before your operation. And that, once you’ve recovered, you can continue to asound us with this stunning build.
All the best
Paul
The work on Tiger continues to amaze. Know that, whilst you’re not posting any pics, that we do all realise how much work is going on in the background. I do hope you get it all sorted before your operation. And that, once you’ve recovered, you can continue to asound us with this stunning build.
All the best
Paul
HI Jim thank for your nice comments an yes im feeling better thanks an in a better frame of mind but must admit im a bit annoyed at my self for makin that b*lls up on the wire qayuge as i did see not think about the wire gauge when i ordeded it but will in future an i saw how thin the wire was but i was on a roll an dint think at the time it would cause any probs but well in a model like this there are always chances of somthing goin wrong an me wiring it up wrong it was certainly a heart stoppn moment when i realised what id done but no help for it but to put it right so onwards an up
ATB
chris
chris
Absolutely stunning work Chris.... Keep it up and I hope you sure your health issues out soon.
ATB.
Andrew
ATB.
Andrew
HI Neil cheers for the good luck wishes an yes i will tame the beast but this time ive bought model railway base board wirein which has up to 12 strands of wire so a lot stronger an this will not fail an i will study an do more testing this time when i fit in the new wireing
cheers
chris
AN HI Paul yes im against the clock on this wirein but at least i know now where i went wrong on this wirein so that will be a help as i must when i do fit in the wirein i must wire up just one of those mini plugs an then check with the circut tester that the right wires are feeding the right servo wires as this was my main bugbear as an to complicate matter further the servo's ive bought have different colours on the servo wire so i will have to be wary of them also as my normal servo have black red an white wires but the new servo's have brown orange a yellow i think Aaaaaaaccchhhhh
chris
AN HELLO Andrew yes im in a better frame of mind now as they say time is a great healer an its helped no end an hopefully it will be nice work if i can only get it right as tiger is getting complex but it will come an she wil be sailng in a force nine gale lol
ATB TO YOU
Chris
HI GUYS well just a little up date on doin the wirein well i thought its goin great as ive so far been working in the bow section an wired up the nav lights an the white mast running or steamin light which ever well i was on a roll today only to be again let down by some new plugs an sockests wel i found that after soldering on the wires for the above that when i tried to seperate the plug they just fell apart why must things be made of cr*p nowa days Aaaaaaaacccccchhhhhh
pic below of this new plug
pic below of this new plug
an a pic of lights all working till the plug mishap as next was goin to wire up the bridge light but no tomorrow i will have to cut this plug an socket off an hope i have enough of my old style good plugs to fit on 
an in this pic the plug had fallen apart an i tried to super glue it togeather but now it wont fit together properly so tomorrow off it comes an i bought 20 of thease what a waste of money 
an im goin back to my old plugs but im running out of them fast
chris
chris
HI ALL well i cut off the ole crap plug an into the bin with it an useing the plug sockets in pic above i have today managed to get working
no.1 nav lights an white running mast lights
no.2 bridge lights
no. 3 2mm red anti collishin leds on front mast
no. 4 front mast twin radars all goin
so some good news at last an tomorrow i will spend time fittting on the wires cable ties to get the wireing all nice an neat an fit in a small chock block connector to take all the reaturn negative wires so hope fully im back on track
ATB all
chris
no.1 nav lights an white running mast lights
no.2 bridge lights
no. 3 2mm red anti collishin leds on front mast
no. 4 front mast twin radars all goin
so some good news at last an tomorrow i will spend time fittting on the wires cable ties to get the wireing all nice an neat an fit in a small chock block connector to take all the reaturn negative wires so hope fully im back on track
ATB all
chris
G
Good for you to keep on with it Chris.
Can't you get those plugs anymore that you like ?
Can't you get those plugs anymore that you like ?
WELL Hi John no they are as rare as hens teeth but i got lucky on mayhem forum a freind saw what i was after an he found them on ebay for me as i looked on there an i could not find them but m8 dave struck lucky an he found just what i wanted so ive ordered some should be here about dec 11th an hopefully that 44 pins plug will be here as well then i can set about putting the wireing all to rights again
ATB chris
I'm sat here with my gast truly flabbered! Closest I've ever come to doing anything like this was re-wiring a motorcycle, (but cheated, as I'd got the old harness!) or when re-wiring the office with new network cabling.
At least you found the fault early enough to sort it with minimal aggro, and you've found your terminals that you prefer.
Hat well and truly doffed to your mastery Chris!
At least you found the fault early enough to sort it with minimal aggro, and you've found your terminals that you prefer.
Hat well and truly doffed to your mastery Chris!
HI Gerry well its great to hear your gast is well an trully flabbered lol an yes the wirein as been PITA but im back on track for the bow section anyway useing my old plugs ive just jury rigged all the main bridge section so every thing works on that from R/C T/X so im pleased an tomorrow i will wire it in better but first some pics here the PDB board an i was brickin it when i turned it on in case of a prob as this was fairly costly unit but it all lit up just how its suppoced too phew as this unit powers all the lights in the bridge S/S
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