discussion Boatmans Super Tomcat F14D Build

[boatman]

HI ALL
well still fitting in the leds an here ive fitted the front landing gear landing light an as i dint want the wires to be seen i just filed out the insides of the landing gear as this model is so heavy it need to have a metal bar fitted in the gear so had to do a bit of filein to get enough room for the wires to go up the gears centre so no wires are seen in pic below

AN HERE its all fitted to geather lovley but will the led still work ?

AN YES it does thank goodness but some of the other parts dont fit that are suppoced to fit on this landing leg so may leave them off as they are only small

 

[Waspie]

AN YES it does thank goodness but some of the other parts dont fit that are suppoced to fit on this landing leg so may leave them off as they are only small

Have you left room for the brake hydraulics????? :smiling2:
Nice work Chris, you're a braver man than me Gunga Din!

 

[boatman]

Have you left room for the brake hydraulics????? :smiling2:
Nice work Chris, you're a braver man than me Gunga Din!

THANKS Doug WILL have to have a look in my tomcat book for

brake hydraulics pipes as none are shown on the gear leg but thanks for the info

chrisb

 

[langy71]

Nice one Chris, just love that light.. :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2:

 

[Waspie]

THANKS Doug WILL have to have a look in my tomcat book for

chrisb

Twas only a leg pull Chris. You're doing a superb job buddy.

 

[boatman]

Nice one Chris, just love that light.. :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2:

CHEERS Chris yes glad that light worked or i would have been in trouble it always make me sweat when fitting these led s as sometime they dont work
ATB
Chrisb

 

[Guest]

Have you left room for the brake hydraulics????? :smiling2:

That might actually be a good way to disguise the electrical cables to the LED, at least for aircraft that have them, of course

 

[Guest]

Cleaver or what, nice job Chris.

 

[boatman]

Twas only a leg pull Chris. You're doing a superb job buddy.

WELL Doug OH YOU NAUGHTY BOY YOU LOL a leg pull it may be but think it must have some hydyrulics pipes somewhere on it
chrisb

That might actually be a good way to disguise the electrical cables to the LED, at least for aircraft that have them, of course :smiling3:

AN HI Jakko yes could have left the led wires as hydloic pipes but they dont come down the gear leg very far but i will have a look in my tomcat book to see if there is any on it as i like to keep it as real as possible but thanks Jakko for your input
ATB SIR
Chrisb

Cleaver or what, nice job Chris.

AN HI JR well yes i maybe gettin to clever for my own good lol but i like the challanges on these models to give it that just bit extera an the clever bit will be connecting all these wires up an gettin it all workin phew as its took me all today just to get the wires an the metal bar in that nose gear yes patiance is the name of the game most certainly an still months to go before i can try out tiger so this will keep me busy till then
cheers sir
chrisb

 

[Tworrs]

Looking good Chris, certainly up to your usual high standard.

 

[Waspie]

Looking good Chris, certainly up to your usual high standard.

You missed 'inventive' as well as high standard.

 

[boatman]

Looking good Chris, certainly up to your usual high standard.

You missed 'inventive' as well as high standard.

THANKS Garry an Doug cheers
chrisb

 

[Guest]

Chris. Where are you going to place the power source ?

 

[boatman]

Chris. Where are you going to place the power source ?

HI John in a wall mains sockect as its an adatapter from mains power down to 12v or through the range down to 3v so no probs
cheers for your instrest JR an pic of the mains adapter below

atb
chrisb

an the power comes through a posative an negative wires to a tiny plug that plugs into a tiny female socket fitted in the planes


an if you look close the female plug can be seen in the planes fusalarge


an here its plugged in to power the lights in my 1/48th tomcat

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Chris, sorry I haven't commented for a while. Great work on show.

 

[boatman]

Hi Chris, sorry I haven't commented for a while. Great work on show.

THANKS Scottie
chrisb

 

[Flip]

fitted the front landing gear landing light

I didn't know you could do all this. Brilliant idea!

 

[boatman]

I didn't know you could do all this. Brilliant idea!

THANKS FLIP YES done this no end of times but not on a 1/32 scale plane mostly on my ships fittin tiny leds
cheers for lookin in
chrisb

 

[Guest]

Thanks Chris, I was thinking where were you going to put the batteries ands switch, that's a neat connection point by the way.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

 

[boatman]

Thanks Chris, I was thinking where were you going to put the batteries ands switch, that's a neat connection point by the way.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

HI again John well them small batt packs are good but if you have a lot of leds goin the batts soon run down then its a case of keep changein batt for new ones but havin the leds powered from the mains there is not that problem an i have the power adapter fitted to a timer switch an set so the planes light up only in the eveing an have it set for 15 mins on an 30 mins off so i dont send the missus up the wall lol but she says she like to see them goin an the timer also powers my big 1/350th USS ENTERPRISE all lit up so its a nice display goin an no batts to change hows that for an answer John ?
chrisb