Tonight,Long stick goes Boom.

[The Smythe Meister]

That looks the absolute biz Andy, you should be very proud

Cheers Neil ,
Actually,now that i look at it,( as it`s now finished apart from the final weathering),i am rather chuffed with myself with it being my first attempt at scratching a complete subject.
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking good Andy, You do have to remember, the wife is always right!

HA!! Evenin` Graeme.....
Yeah OK,SOMETIMES they are ,however,thanks to Rach seeing THAT post of yours....... it now seems i have to agree to them being right ALL of the time!!
Andy

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks cracking Andy. Getting a compliment from ‘er indoors is more than I’ve ever managed.....so well done on that as well.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Just like I thought..........no box art.........no instructions.......just good, clean, fun!!
Rick H.

Indeed Rick,Indeed,
"Fun" it most certainly was,although there are things that i would now do differently,nevermind.......
............ I`ll carry those thoughts through to the next build.
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Think you have produced a great looking realistic model Andy.
Rach is quite right .
Good to see the " old " you with the postings.

Thank you John,much appreciated,
As for the "Old me",you`re spot on mate,i now feel better than i have for years and have got my proper personality back !
..... Look out now then eh?!!!!! ,
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Looks cracking Andy. Getting a compliment from ‘er indoors is more than I’ve ever managed.....so well done on that as well.

HA!! Cheers Tim,
Me too actually mate!....... Usually i get,"Is that all you`ve done?" or even," I really don`t see why you get so excited,it`s just a Tank....... They`re all the same" !!!!!
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Evenin` All !
I have an update which will be the final one for this searchlight as it`s now finished ,well,ALMOST finished,it`s notdetail painted or weathered yet,but you know what i mean.
So then,to finish off my humble efforts of recreating this item i needed to add the internal Gubbins,( I have absolutely NO idea what they did,but i need to at least TRY to get `em in there to make the thing slightly realistic...... I also realised that the actual front glass had a hole in the centre!!
I started with these bits.......

Which i hacked about a bit,and luckily ended up with this......

The circular bit you can see there will be,(Once drilled out),the flange that surrounded the afore mentioned "Hole" in the centre of the light......
Here,i`m afraid,i cocked up!.... Didn`t take any pics until it was all primered,OD`d up,and assembled ,sorry,but it really did happen!!......




Well there you go my friends,that`s my personal take on a 60" British,(But American made) searchlight,it`s FAR from perfect,but with just pictures and a ruler,i`ve done my level best. It`ll be good enough to take part in my planned Dio with the Bofors,
Thanks for following so far.... don`t be a stranger as there`s LOADS to go on this thread yet Guys!!
Thanks for looking in..........

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff. Really looks the part Andy.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Great stuff. Really looks the part Andy.

That`s very kind Tim,Thank you
Look on though Sir...........................

 

[The Smythe Meister]

OH,by the way,did i mention it lights up? ......
Well,it does,
HOWEVER,as the following pics are Temps,(I`ve not decided how best to secure the LED from the back,so it`s easily replaced,When breakdown occurs),There is obvious Leakage where the light projects from behind the Searchlight as you can see,but when i sort that,it`ll be fine
Anyway,here are some pics ......




OMIGOD!!! ......... I I never thought i`d even finish this .....
..... and i understand it aint the best,but i`m very happy with my efforts!!
Andy

 

[Si Benson]

Well done Andy, impressive finish

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Superb Andy.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Well done Andy, impressive finish

Cheers Si,
Thanks for looking in,i do appreciate it mate
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Superb Andy.

Thank you Peter,
I realise that this type of thing isn`t really your "Bag",so it`s even better to me that you`ve commented mate!!
Andy

 

[outrunner]

A marvelous bit of scratchery there and the fact that it lights up is really special.

Andy.

 

[wotan]

Andy

let your light shine..! BTW the LED bulbs almost never fail so if you seal it in I am sure it will still be working when you have long got bored with the model.

John

 

[The Smythe Meister]

A marvelous bit of scratchery there and the fact that it lights up is really special.

Andy.

Hi Andy,and thank you,
It`s special to me,but i suspect that there are many who could do better!
Cheers though mate,i`m very glad you like it!!
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Andy

let your light shine..! BTW the LED bulbs almost never fail so if you seal it in I am sure it will still be working when you have long got bored with the model.

John

......... as Bon Scot said,
........"Let there Be Sound,and there was sound,
Let there be Light,and there was LIGHT" ................
........ Sorry,I`m just a real sucker for PROPER AC/DC!!
...... That`ll be in a few months time then?!!
Andy

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Brilliant!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Now that’s a light you shouldn’t hide under a bushel. Agreed ref real AC/DC as well.....and this light is High Voltage!