boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

Hey Chris
Awesome work on the electrics. It all looks very complicated, and I’m sure I don’t know where all those wires are leading or what they will do in the finished model but I’m glad you do! Fascinating seeing this ship being brought to life.
Top stuff
Paul

HI Paul nice to hear from you an glad you stopped to have a look at whats happenin on her yes there are loads of wires an yes I have a fair idea of what they will work but its getting the sound units an other things that's buggin me as they don't seem to make the units now how they used to so may have to make it so that i'll have to share some of the units from MY NORFOLK I'll make it so the units can be changed from ship to ship as I cant sail them both at the same time but i'll have the units in for use in either ship when I want to sail an cheers for your kind comments an have you gotten your bits for your panzer yet ? as im lookin forward to seein that bein worked on
all best chris

[tr1ckey66]

HI Paul nice to hear from you an glad you stopped to have a look at whats happenin on her yes there are loads of wires an yes I have a fair idea of what they will work but its getting the sound units an other things that's buggin me as they don't seem to make the units now how they used to so may have to make it so that i'll have to share some of the units from MY NORFOLK I'll make it so the units can be changed from ship to ship as I cant sail them both at the same time but i'll have the units in for use in either ship when I want to sail an cheers for your kind comments an have you gotten your bits for your panzer yet ? as im lookin forward to seein that bein worked on
all best chris

It’s a shame that the sound units are no longer available, sharing the one unit between the 2 models doesn’t seem ideal but I’m sure it will work out fine.
Good news: The heavy duty gearboxes arrived today so I will be updating the thread in a day or so. They look awesome - really industrial engineering!
Cheers
Paul

[papa 695]

Lots and lots of wires, I'd get lost. Cracking work Chris.

[minitnkr]

I've found the shells of the "D" connectors mate very easily, have excellent tension & usually have screws to assure connection security. I thought you needed to save weight so went modular. PaulE

[boatman]

Lots and lots of wires, I'd get lost. Cracking work Chris.

HI Ian yes there lots of wires alright an I wont get lost on them as they are numbered but im tryin to be a bit ahead of myself here as on my NORFOLK I dint have enough wires so had to fit another small plug system to cover as even I still don't know what they will all power but thanks for lookin in
chris

[scottie3158]

Hi Chris,
Do you have to work out the weight of all the cabling as even though its thinnish wire there is a lot of it, to ensure your water line is correct?

[boatman]

I've found the shells of the "D" connectors mate very easily, have excellent tension & usually have screws to assure connection security. I thought you needed to save weight so went modular. PaulE

AN hi PaulE yes im now goin down that route of fittin D sub connecters now as yes I think ive shot meself in the foot by tryin to be to ambitious by fittin modular connectors to save wheight an yes they were very light but not very strong as the 02 deck where I fitted them in has to be lifted on an off a fair amount so tryin to do it one of the tiny pins bent out of alignment an when I treid to load the 02 deck back on 01 deck it bent an the whole 02 deck would not fit so I had a look at it an see which pin was bent an as soon as I treid to straighted it it snapped off so I now cancelled that idea an now goin with the D CONNECTERS but now im reworkin all the fittments tomorrow aaaaaaaggghhh
an then I gotta solder on another 30 wires but im enjoyin it as two steps forward an one back aint to bad is it
chris
chris

[boatman]

Hi Chris,
Do you have to work out the weight of all the cabling as even though its thinnish wire there is a lot of it, to ensure your water line is correct?

HI Scottie nice to see you an im pretty sure the wheight of the cabling will not even notice as there is loads more that has yet to be fitted an how big this hull is its goin to take quite a lot of wheight to get her down to her W/L AS REMEMBER a SHIP FLOATS BY THE WHEIGHT OF THE WATER IT DEPLACES an I wont be liftin it on my own there is always people who cant wait to get their hands on it when im at the pond so I don't think the wirein wheght will matter it dint in my Nimitz an there was more wirein in her
all best to you an thanks for lookin in
chris

[BattleshipBob]

Cracking work Chris, all that wiring !!

[boatman]

Cracking work Chris, all that wiring !!

YEA Bob loads an loads of it still to come an yes I love doin the wirein as its a bit like a surgen an fittin in her all her nerves an blood vessels to bring her to life just as well ive just bought that new helpin hands I think im gonna need it thanks for droppin in
chris

[Lee Drennen]

Chris. Very impressive work and multi tasking

[Peter Gillson]

Impressive as always.

i've seen a range of R/C boats and thought them impressive - especially the larger ones. i always assumed there was a lot of work in building them, but never really appreciated just how much goes into building one. this blog is a real revelation. Loving it!!

petet

[boatman]

Chris. Very impressive work and multi tasking

Cheers Lee for your nice comment an multi taskin well in this game of building large workin models you have to think ahead of what where an when an I got that wrong this time on them modular connetors lol as they were light but not strong enough as a pickup pin broke on me so had to scrap them an im now usein D sub connectors in their place an im now goin up to the man cave to put things to rights hopefully as on this ship it all hit or a miss but thanks for lookin in
chris

[boatman]

Impressive as always.

i've seen a range of R/C boats and thought them impressive - especially the larger ones. i always assumed there was a lot of work in building them, but never really appreciated just how much goes into building one. this blog is a real revelation. Loving it!!

petet

HI Peter glad you like the build an yes there is a heck of a lot to do in building one of these ships from scratch as there is no instruckions to tell you what to do next so its getting the ole grey matter tickin over an tryin to think ahead of what where an when like I said to Lee in the above blog an like I have just done ive come unstuck on them bloomin modular connecters as they let me down so they have been scrapped an a new idea in place with D sub connectors as they are a lot stronger but heavyier but this time as ive got to watch the wheight of things I fit in there will be only 15 wires plugs goin up to 02 deck an 10 wires will stay in 01 deck so an im now goin to fit these in a little while while when ive finished this blog an had a cuppa to oil up the ole brain cells lol :smiling:
thanks for lookin in Peter
chris

[boatman]

HI GUYS
YES you've guessed it another small update on her an to make life easyier I have bought myself A DELUX HELPIN HANDS WITH A BUILT IN LIGHTS for all the soldering an wirein ive yet to do