Boatmans showtime phantom in 1/48th scale

[Steven000]

Looking good Chris,
would it be possible to 'scribe' a wide groove into the bottomside of the solid wing? Then perhaps use that type of wire used in transformers to power an smd Led light and fill up the groove? Looking forward to your build, have fun!

[boatman]

Looking good Chris,
would it be possible to 'scribe' a wide groove into the bottomside of the solid wing? Then perhaps use that type of wire used in transformers to power an smd Led light and fill up the groove? Looking forward to your build, have fun!

HI Steven hope you are well an yes all what you have said im goin to try an do but not scribe the wings will have to be burred out to take the led s wire thickness an they are very thin as ive been havin a good think on this as a boaty mate has sent me a letter this morn to say he thinks its possible to fit a 1mm thick firber optic in the wing but as i treid to exsplain to him when he poped over to see me that the F/O is as thick as the wing itself so no go but he still sent the F/O But if im patient i think i can fit the leds in my way just got to be carefull so Steven many thanks for your info an reply very much appreciated
ATB CHEERS
chrisb

[boatman]

Looking good Chris,
would it be possible to 'scribe' a wide groove into the bottomside of the solid wing? Then perhaps use that type of wire used in transformers to power an smd Led light and fill up the groove? Looking forward to your build, have fun!

HI ALL an steven000 well i gave this quite a bit of thought an what you sir suggetted about scribein a grove worked well thank you sir as dint need to do this on my big kits an after scribein i fitted a small burrin bit in my small dremel an gently burred out a grove big enough to take the 2mm wires an led was a bit fiddley but i managged it now some piccys

[boatman]

an here fittin the tiny 2mm led in its wingtip place an this was quite fiddley to do an its here still gluein so looks a bit out of place till i used my finger tip to push in into place now to run the wires down the wing an glue in place so it looks like it is goin to be possible to light up this small plane

[boatman]

an here a top of wing shot to show i havnt damaged the upper wing suface

[boatman]

AN NOW back on the underside of the wing to show the wires fitted in neatly

[boatman]

well led 2mm is fitted in an it was quite fiddley to fix in place as i had to push it in to place sorry pic

[boatman]

WELL its in an works ok
an frontall shot of the wing to show no hangin wires

[minitnkr]

Very well done.

[scottie3158]

Chris,
I'm in mate chair pulled up, get Jen to put the kettle on.

[Steven000]

Very nice work Chris, great job on those tiny wings ? have fun

[boatman]

Chris,
I'm in mate chair pulled up, get Jen to put the kettle on.

Steven 000 QUOTE
Very nice work Chris, great job on those tiny wings ? have fun


cheers guys an ive now fitted the RED port side nav light an again works ok an yes very fiddly work took me all day an lots of
patience an some pic

[boatman]

SO thats the difficult ones done now to fit the lights on the fusalarge an main eletric plug to feed them power but at least i am back in the game at the bench an sorry Scottie no tea im afraid as jen is in bed with toothake an we havnt got a denstist now as they have took us off their NHS list when our denstist retired so she has a cotton bud with whiskey in her mouth to numb the pain oh dear
chrisb

[stillp]

Sorry to hear that Jen is suffering again Chris.
Pete

[boatman]

Sorry to hear that Jen is suffering again Chris.
Pete

THANKS Pete yes she is in agony but the whisky is helpin but ive told jen if she cant bear it no more then i'll take her to what was our denstist an say we want to go private wil be costly but i dont mind just as long as jen gets treatment
oh dear
thanks Pete for you thoughts on jen
CHRIS an jen

[Richard48]

Yes nothing worse then toothache.Teeth are trouble getting them and then getting rid of bad ones.Hope she gets sorted asap.