Boatmans Super Tomcat F14D Build

[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

[JR]

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

[JR]

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

[JR]

Perfect Chris. :nerd:

[boatman]

HI CHAPS
well im still fittin in them landin lights on the main undercart an yes i know the real plane dont have any there but i want to light up the underside of the plane so the missles can be seen hopefully an buy gum this was a little blighter to build an nothin fitted so had to do a lot of filein down an its still not built as more bits to fit but at least i have the led in place an this took me all day today so more tomorrow an a couple of pics to show how complex trumpy it anwell im still fittin in them landin lights on the main undercart an yes i know the real plane dont have any there but i want to light up the underside of the plane so the missles can be seen hopefully an buy gum this was a little blighter to build an nothin fitted so had to do a lot of filein down an its still not built as more bits to fit but at least i have the led in place an this took me all day today so more tomorrow an a couple of pics to show how complex trumpy it anhave made of a should be simple undercart

an here its near built but more parts to fit on

[langy71]

There's a well circulated internet 'quote' that gets used for all manner of things that at first glance seem an impossibility, it does the rounds on various social media regularly and would apply perfectly to this build...

it would go like this...
''you can't put lights into that .. it's just not possible'', to which Chris would reply...''hold my beer''.....

looking fabulous Chris.. inspiring to say the least..

[JR]

There's a well circulated internet 'quote' that gets used for all manner of things that at first glance seem an impossibility, it does the rounds on various social media regularly and would apply perfectly to this build...

it would go like this...
''you can't put lights into that .. it's just not possible'', to which Chris would reply...''hold my beer''.....

looking fabulous Chris.. inspiring to say the least..

Well said Chris, that's Chris to a T

[Waspie]

Well said Chris, that's Chris to a T

As you mention it, mine is T no sugar!!!!