boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[BattleshipBob]

Getting there Chris, hope to try a bit of glueing Tuesday:upside:

[boatman]

Getting there Chris, hope to try a bit of glueing Tuesday:upside:

OH Great stuff Bob as i hope you do it as it will do you good to look at the model an think i built that with my own two hands
chris

[adt70hk]

I am quite simply speechless!

[boatman]

I am quite simply speechless!

Hello Andrew if youre speechless then im doin something right on her as this is the most complex build ive ever done it makes my HMS NORFOLK seem more like a rowing boat in comparison as there is so much planning to what will go where regards the eletrics an smoke unit an batts an the small ESC to power the bow thruster in the front section just to name a few bits

an then theres the planning for the rear sction for the ESC X 2 as ive ordeded two 40 amp BEC with failsafe built in an all four motors an as im not goin to use the fushion ESC as its not GOT a BEC then i'll use the water pump for the bilges as she will ship in a bit of water up the prop shafts so it will pump out the water getting complicated but i wont have it any other way as i enjoy the challenges
chris

[boatman]

HI Chris, mind blowing indeed, the two bridges are pure awesome together , where do you get your ship fitting from, is there a link, I am looking for stockless anchors and prop blades, how can I bend plastic rod with out breaking, she is looking awesome, can't wait to see you start on the front gun turret is there two .
Take care Tony.

HI Tony thanks yea im pleased with the bridges but i just wish i could get more done but as this ship is so complex i spend half my time on research of the plans tryin to see that what im building is right but a lot of the pics of her are all different when i look at them so its a job to know what goes where an i get my ship fitting from fleetscale models an props from jutek i think it is an bending plastic rod just warm it up a bit then bend an same with me i cant wait to build the gun turrets as the small gun turret in front of the bridges is a twin 3" an the big turret is twin 6" guns
chris

[boatman]

HELLO all well im leaving the build itself for a few days as now everything has come so that i can try out this R/C an all the ESC 's an motors on a test rig boad an i only hope Bob is'nt right by sayin have the fire extinsher standin by in case it all goes up in smoke an the first pic is just one of two of these BEC ESC with fail safe an its a 40amp unit but i have not got much confidence in these units though they were exspensive to me they dont look sturdy enough to handle this load of amps that will be passing through it but will see on that

[boatman]

An its taken me two days now to make up all the wireing harness's for both ESC
as the wireing is a heavy duty wire an heavy on my fingers an here in the pic below
im useing a pencil blowtorch to jion up an solder the double wires that are needed X 8 as a solderin iron just is'nt hot enough to heat up the H/D wires

[boatman]

next some shots of how the ESC 's an the motors will fit in the hull but there may be changes when im actualy fitting them in

[boatman]

[boatman]

here a shot of the main fuse box to power the ESC to power the motors an at the moment its just got 5amp fuses in for the testing but if all goes ok then they will be 30 amp fuses fitted in

[boatman]

suppoced layout in the hull untill i want to fit it in proper

[boatman]

here is the supposed layout just to get this thing goin then it will all be altered around to get everything in

[boatman]

AN a close up shot of both ESC an all four motors an the wireing harness an fuse box

[boatman]

an if it dont all go up in smoke there is still the BEC ESC for the bow thruster an this is a smaller cheaper unit

[BattleshipBob]

Continues to amaze me Chris, cracking stuff!!!