1/72 HMS Iron Duke - Type 23 Frigate

[boatman]

Yeah Rick those angle do your head in don't they?

Thanks Chris, I would have preferred to just get one from Fleetscale, but they are so far behind with their orders now, my first order still hasn't been posted after about 6-7 weeks and the second either.
It does build up my skills though, and teaches me patience too. The turret has taken a few days so far.
ATB Garry

WELL Garry that is a few days well spent i think it would have tested my patience too to build that gun turret as very awkward an yes you have done the right thing by building it yourself pity you are so far away an may i ask what other things you have oredered from fleetscale ? if you dont want to say no worryies but you are doin a grand job on this build i cant prasie it high enough an do you know there is several days of postal strikes here so that may holds things up
chrisb

[Tworrs]

WELL Garry that is a few days well spent i think it would have tested my patience too to build that gun turret as very awkward an yes you have done the right thing by building it yourself pity you are so far away an may i ask what other things you have oredered from fleetscale ? if you dont want to say no worryies but you are doin a grand job on this build i cant prasie it high enough an do you know there is several days of postal strikes here so that may holds things up
chrisb

Chris the list is pretty long, but include things like stanchions, life rafts, MG's, radar etc.
No, the problem is with production, as Peter at Fleetscale is ill, and Justin is working on his own.
Garry

[boatman]

OH I see Garry well i made my radars from brass box section an plasti card an very easy to make they were but up to you as you made that gun turret an that was a fantastic feat on its own
chrisb

[Tworrs]

Hi All, sorry for the lack of progress, but we have been hit with the flu, and have been bed ridden.
Garry

[Airborne01]

Hi All, sorry for the lack of progress, but we have been hit with the flu, and have been bed ridden.
Garry

No worries mate, hope you're all ok now!
Steve

[Tworrs]

No worries mate, hope you're all ok now!
Steve

Thank you Steve, unfortunately not yet, thick head, battling to breath and coughing up a lung, but starting to improve.
Garry

[Tim Marlow]

Thank you Steve, unfortunately not yet, thick head, battling to breath and coughing up a lung, but starting to improve.
Garry

Are you sure that’s flu Garry….sounds like Covid to me.

[Tworrs]

Are you sure that’s flu Garry….sounds like Covid to me.

Tim, that is what I thought too, yet the two RAT tests taken were both negative.
This all came on just 4 days after having the flu vaccine.

[boatman]

HI Garry sorry to hear you not to good after flu jab an yes kt hit jen like that but i was not to bad just had a big colds soar on my lips hope u better soon
chrisb

[Tworrs]

HI Garry sorry to hear you not to good after flu jab an yes kt hit jen like that but i was not to bad just had a big colds soar on my lips hope u better soon
chrisb

Thanks Chris I hope so too, however this arrived to cheer me up. Not even switched on yet.

[Tim Marlow]

Tim, that is what I thought too, yet the two RAT tests taken were both negative.
This all came on just 4 days after having the flu vaccine.

Interesting……I’m no doctor, but it doesn’t sound a lot like flu. Of course, you could have caught something else at the vaccination centre. Four days sounds like an infection incubation time to me……..don’t rule out covid though. I was virtually getting better before I tested positive last time I had it……

[boatman]

WELL Garry now you will have some controll over the model looks good but dont foget to bind the T/X to the R/X
CHRISB

[Tworrs]

Well, I've been trying to get the motors up and running, but one of them was a growler, and after much messing around, that one has given up the ghost.
So it looks like it is time to buy a couple of decent motors and suitable ESC's.
The old one's were brushed Tamiya/Johnson 540J's, and an old 30amp ESC, so the question is whether to go with brushed again, or move on to brushless?
Suggestions and/or recommendations welcome, as I'm not sure, after much internet searching, what the best option would be. I've never used brushless so that would be a new experience for me.
Garry

[boatman]

Well, I've been trying to get the motors up and running, but one of them was a growler, and after much messing around, that one has given up the ghost.
So it looks like it is time to buy a couple of decent motors and suitable ESC's.
The old one's were brushed Tamiya/Johnson 540J's, and an old 30amp ESC, so the question is whether to go with brushed again, or move on to brushless?
Suggestions and/or recommendations welcome, as I'm not sure, after much internet searching, what the best option would be. I've never used brushless so that would be a new experience for me.
Garry

WELL Garry let me just say brushless are the best bet BUT an there is a BUT i would have liked to have used them in my tiger BUT they are very exspensive if your prices are like ours in blighty

AN they are complex to rig them up an get them goin as my m8 richard is very good on eletronics an has guided me a few times but he bought two for his new ship an could not understand how to wire them up so he had to send them back to where he bought them an ask them to wire them up to the ESC an they then returned them to him

so in my opinion not for a newbie an i dont understand them either as i think they work on A/C current an not D/C current . as in the brushless motors there are not just a positive an negative like normal motors but there are 3 wires feeding the motors each an from their ESC but if you can find out how to get them goin they are the best bet.but for me give me the brushed motors as they are easy to wire up an i cant ask richard for you as he dont know either they are very comeplex BUT THATS my pennys worth on the suject unless you have a tame eletricion near you lol an ANY more pics
c/b

[Tim Marlow]

Interesting aside about motors there Chris. In my model railway days (1980s to early 2000s) brushless motors were king. However, they were all 12 volt DC and had two wires, exactly like the Hornby X04 style brushed motors they replaced. Most common makes were Mashima and Portescap. Very quiet and smooth, and extremely controllable, especially in the lower speed range. Not sure what they use these days though. DCC control may have changed all that.