boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

HI ALL well another update on whats happening on her
an its taken me 3 days of soldering all 44 wires to their mini plugs sockects so its 44 soldered jionts in the bow section plug sockects an 44 soldered jionts to the mini plug sockets stern section but i have now finished them accessoryies wireing thank god

so all in all 88 soldered wire jionts an what a marathon soldering job its been (phew ) would not want to do all them again in a hurry so the first pic is a shot of all 44 wires comin down into the hull from the hull jiont plug in the bow section as these wires pass under the front battery bay an the steam unit to be split up 24 wires on the straboard side an 20 wires on the port side an you may ask why 24 wires on one side an only 20 wires on the other side well its all to do with the mini plug sockects as they all have 4 pins in each so 4 wires to each plug sockect so it 6 x plug sockects on starb side for 24 wires an 5 x plug sockects on the port side with 20 wires so all in total wires is 44 wires hope you guys understand that best i can exsplain it
chris

[boatman]

an here a shot of the stern section of the hull with its wires comin in again the wires all split apart to 24 an 20 wires to suit the bow hull section hope it is 'nt to complex an again these wires will go in under the battt bay an off to where the mini sockeccts will be fitted for ease of knowing which wires are which they are all numbered

[boatman]

an here are the little blighters them mini plug sockets all waiting to have their wires all soldered on but the good thing about these is if a fault develops in a unit then all i have to do is just unplug it an replace it with a good unit

[boatman]

an here soldering on the tiny wires onto the sockects an so far ive done 3 wires an now doin no. 4 wire to complete the sockect an then it will be glued down on a bit of plasticard sheet which is then screwed down to the mountings so if i want it can be removered from the hull

[Tim Marlow]

Lots of wiring going on then Chris. I know you’ve numbered the wires for fault finding, but do you have a diagram or is it all in your head?

[Tim Marlow]

Wow, that croc clamp has seen better days LOL…….

[boatman]

here in the bow section the sockects have all had their wires soldered on an fitted down in place to recive their mini plugs that will take power to all the wires in the main hull bow secktion an one plug just fitted in place so i can see if it all looks ok an jen an i will be up in the model room this morn testing them wires an plugs to see if they will all carry power ok an i will be useing a circut tester an jen will be suppyling the power from a 12v battery at the other end of the hull

[boatman]

Lots of wiring going on then Chris. I know you’ve numbered the wires for fault finding, but do you have a diagram or is it all in your head?

Wow, that croc clamp has seen better days LOL…….

AN G/M Tim no a wireing diagram would be to complex so its all in my head an yes that croc clip is about 30 odd yrs old an seen severall ship builds an while it works ok i'll keep useing it
cheers for lookin in
chris

[boatman]

AN Here they are again all mounted in the stern secktion to take power to the hanger bay an helo an other thing when i can think of them

[boatman]

an here the wireing looks a bit of a mess as they are all not yet fitted in to where they will end up going but i know where the will all go so no problems

[boatman]

an ive still got plenty of them plugs an sockects so if some do get hot an melt with the power goin through them it will be a simple matter of replaceing them but i dont think this will happen at all but better to have some spares is'nt it so thats them all done except for testing them

[boatman]

SO after testing them wires as i think they should all be ok so what next well as far as my ole grey matter can think ahead it will be build two of these in the pic below an i'll exsplain what they will do when i have built them
ATB all chris

[adt70hk]

Chris

As I've said before quite simply mind-blowing!!!

Truly outstanding!!! How you keep all that straight in your head I don't know.....

Simply outstanding!

ATB

Andrew

[outrunner]

All that wiring must be a bit tedious but I am sure the finished article will be a great sight to behold, well done you.


Andy.

[boatman]

Chris

As I've said before quite simply mind-blowing!!!

Truly outstanding!!! How you keep all that straight in your head I don't know.....

Simply outstanding!

ATB

Andrew

HI Andrew it comes from haveing done all this before on my other ships with only minor differences on this one an i enjoy doin this wirein
chris