boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[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!!!

 

[JR]

Of course I got quite excited at the sight of that blowtorch, looks a neat bit of kit.

As for the build it's absolutely mind-blowing Chris, how on earth you have the drive to accomplish something like this which has taken so long is brilliant and a credit to you .

 

[Mini Me]

Naw JR...........The boy is just "Boat CrazY'!

 

[boatman]

Of course I got quite excited at the sight of that blowtorch, looks a neat bit of kit.

As for the build it's absolutely mind-blowing Chris, how on earth you have the drive to accomplish something like this which has taken so long is brilliant and a credit to you .

HI John yea i thought if you see that flame from my pencil torch you'd get on a high as i know you love to see flames lol haha but it certainly did the job of soldering the heavy duty wires togeather as the soldering iron would not get hot enough so no good but now ive made up the wireing harneess its already to connect everthing togeather but ive just got too hope that them ESC 's are up to the job as i had a smaller one of the same make on my bow thruster on my NIMITZ carrier an it cost 28 quid an when i powered it up it went up in smoke after only about 5 seconds of running an the in line 5amp fuse did not blow so that was a classic waste on money an thats the reason why i dont have much confidecne in these new ones so today i will just connect it all up an have frind who knows more about this BEC system than me an he's comin over tomorrow so i'll put off powering it up till he comes an have a look at it all an many thanks for your nice comments John
all best chris

 

[skinflint]

Chris, enjoying following the build progress of what can only be described as a superb build.

Tony

 

[boatman]

Naw JR...........The boy is just "Boat CrazY'!

HI Rick this is just a laugh so dont take offence but a chap in the R/N when i was down at portsmouth dockyards told me an he said mate if the vessel is under 8o ft long its a boat but anything over that its a ship lol
all best to you Rick an yes you are right im Ship CrazY LOL in the same league as Bob is stug crazy ps an thank you for sayin boy its made me feel a whole lot younger an happyier lol
chris

 

[boatman]

Chris, enjoying following the build progress of what can only be described as a superb build.

Tony

HI Tony cheers for that an if you are ejoyin the build then that to me is nice to know im givein someone enjoyment from my labours but there is still a lot that can go wrong so forward planning is a must just got to hope i get it right as i have no instructions an the bloomin R/C instuckions may be wrong as well as ive had two german speaking gents sayin that the english translation from german is wrong as in the english instuctions it says that the R/X ( receiver ) has a BEC (battery elimanaton circut ) installed in it but they say there is no BEC in the R/X so just got to hope they are right as it could go up in smoke an this is a very exspenive R/C so a worrying time for me
but thank you for havin a look in on the build
ATB chris

 

[skinflint]

Hi Chris, since we last discussed my little r/c models, which I just couldn't let go, I've started a new build recently. I think reading your build thread has become infectious. I said "NO MORE R?C MODELS", but....
I started building a little 24" (600mm) r/c paddler, 'Royal Falcon' based on the Thames paddler 'Royal Eagle'. A design from back in the 1950s by Vic Smeed, I just like his designs and having owned a few paddle steamers in the past which were enjoyable to sail. R/c builds tend to take me around 4 years.
Nothing like the detail of your builds, as a 'kitchen table' builder its a case of building what is practical.

Tony

 

[boatman]

HI Tony lookin a nice little build like to see you start a thread for it as a paddler will be an instresting thread to see
(Tony QUOTE )
Nothing like the detail of your builds, as a 'kitchen table' builder its a case of building what is practical

WELL Tony i built this on my kitchen table a couple of pics below USS NIMITZ CVN 68 CARRIER in 1/144 scale mind you i had a big kitchen table
chris

 

[boatman]

 

[skinflint]

Chris, your carrier, what an awesome model - wow - it puts another meaning on what we know as 'kitchen table' builds.

Tony