King of the Mississippi by Adrieke - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Scale 1:80 - with LED lighting

[Adrieke]

finished drilling the holes to the right size also added two more false walls this will make it I will only need 2 tubes to the bottom and will mean less wiring underneath

 

parts all painted . when they are dry the wiring wil begin

 

the 2 tubes to guide the wiring seen from above and below

 

 

[Anja]

Hello Adriaan,

 

Very nice, can't wait for the lights to be turned on.

 

But what do I see there in the corners? Are those straws you used as tubes? Good idea.

 

Take care,

 

Anja

[Sjors]

Morning Adriaan,

 

Looks good.

Just like Anja I want to see those lights!

It's complete understandable that you want to finish her first.

The CF can wait and so do I.

 

[Adrieke]

thanks Anja

yes they are drinking straws . it will keep the wiring where I want it to be

 

thanks Sjors

I should have all lights working soon

[Adrieke]

a view of the LED's installed and ready for soldering

 

finishing trenailing the last deck

[lamarvalley]

Nice Adriaan, real nice. I like how you've thought it out and designed your solution around your objective...smart.

 

Sure, you almost have to finish the kits you've already bought, like the GF but I definitely see scratch builds in your future. Heck, I can't wait to see what you do with the GF.

Oh, and the lights... can't wait for the lightshow either

[cog]

Very sharp design those lights in the ceiling.

[Adrieke]

thanks Randy I hope I was smart enough to make it all turn out ok

I am still a fair bit away from scratch building . at the moment I don't think there will be many changes on the GF but  maybe she ll have some lights on her too

 

thanks Carl

 

still working on the 3rd deck glueing the curved walls and all in place so wiring is still not done. maybe tonight i can start

[Adrieke]

started on the wiring

 

on the bottom I added 2 half's of a connector. the idea is to add a piece of metal in them together with the wire end. these metal bits will then fit into a connector attached to the 2nd deck. this way it will be easy to lift the 3rd deck /wheelhouse assembly and still make connection for the wiring

 

also started soldering the LED's together. so far the plan is working

[Sjors]

It looks….how shall I call it……wiring !

I'll think at the end it looks great!

When are the light going to burn?

Weeks, months, years?

 

[Adrieke]

thanks Sjors

I should be able to do a test by next weekend. depending on how I feel maybe even finish the doors and outside walls too

 

2 more months and I should be close to finishing

[Micklen32]

Coming along a treat Adriaan   

It's really amazing what you can do now we have the range of led's we can get now

 

The wiring does seem a bit heavier than the gauge available from dolls house shops that I used in the dolls house I built

That could be hidden beneath wallpaper

Is there any reason you went for that?

 

Keep it up   

Mick

Edited June 16, 2013 by Micklen32

[Script]

Adriaan,

 

Looking great.....!

 

 

Jim

[Adrieke]

thanks Mick. It was the smallest i could find at that time so i went with it.

 

thanks Jim

[Adrieke]

ok not a good night.

 

after finishing soldering I did a test and only 4 of the 8 lights are working. I had a check but as far as I can see all the LED's are connected the right way. so either one of the solderings didn't hold or one of the LED's is faulty

 

I thought I d finish painting the triangles and somehow lost one of them . I should have 2 spare if I counted correctly so fingers crossed on that

 

tomorrow I ll see if I can figure out whats wrong with the lights

[Anja]

Hello Adriaan,

 

 

Good luck.

 

Take care,

 

Anja

[Sjors]

Adriaan,

 

Maybe you have to look at it as the lights from a christmas tree….

One is broken and all do nothing...

I have faith in you that you can fix it.

Of course you can fix it!

 

[Adrieke]

thank Anja

 

yup Sjors most likely one of them is faulty. its not the one in the steering cabin already checked that one. atleast one thing i have learned : test them before soldering them in

[lamarvalley]

Well, at least it's not like there are hundreds of them like christmas lights.... one by one... you'll figure it out

[DSiemens]

Thought I'd pop in on your build as it seems you were a good friend of John but I have yet to really explore your stuff.  Incredible work.  The lights idea is very ambitious.  I've only done it once and I used only one LED.  That was hard enough.  They will sure bring the ship to life though.  I like the idea of the straws.  That looks like it's working well.  Good luck on finding the problem.  I'm with Sjors I can't wait to see it all lit up.  

[edmay]

Hello Adriaan,a clever idea to use straws,my wife said "he"s smart,I replied maybe the admiral suggested it,As many are saying nice build.Chin up.Edwin

[Sjors]

Hi Edwin,

 

Your avatar is a question mark??????

Or are you that handsome that you not want to show it to us 

 

[Adrieke]

hello Daniel thanks for the comments and for looking in on my build. the lights have added a lot of work but I am glad I took up the challenge .

 

thanks Ed. I was pondering on where to get some small plastic tubes when I saw the straws sitting on the kitchen bench so I guess technically the admiral did give me the idea

 

not going to work on the lights tonight having a bit of a headache (migraine) . I might just start on fitting those pesky triangles

[Micklen32]

Modelling is a lot like fishing

If you knew you were going to catch and what they would be fishing would be boring

If models almost put themselves together it would be boring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still a pain in the **** though 

Keep it up 

Mick

Edited June 18, 2013 by Micklen32

[wim500]

Hi Adrieke,

Haven't been here for about 8 pages  , too busy on the job and so  .

You've made nice progress in the meanwhile and I'm sure you will fix the lights.

[Adrieke]

sorry haven't been posting for awhile but it has been difficult getting back into it.

 

the cold and my hands being all sore (not sure why but they are all dry and cracked and even bleeding ) hasn't helped either

 

anyway I am back

 

I thought I started with the pesky triangles but they where driving me insane until I found the way to install them without to much trouble :

 

offcourse after I installed most of one side I realised that I had done them a bit different so I took them all off again . now they need some more painting.

 

the problem with the lights was easily fixed as it was just some soldering come loose

 

here a test off all lights (except the most bottom ones)

 

now I can start on fitting it all back inside and work on the 3rd deck walls doors and windows

Edited June 24, 2013 by Adrieke

[lamarvalley]

Good to see you back Adriaan and it is sometimes hard to get back after a break...

I felt sure you'd fix the lighting... can only be a few things but it can be maddening at times...

Looking forward to seeing this puppy all together and shining proud

[Micklen32]

I hope you get back to 110% soon

I would say this is a critical part of the build

But as we all know, all parts are critical   

 

Keep it up   

Mick

[S.Coleman]

I'm up to those triangles as well and they are the killer of the build. I noticed on the pattern that they all must go on one way. I bet you were devastated when you had to pull em all off again! I played around with the whole idea of lighting the boat but electricity and me don't mix and the admiral saw me working with wires and she didnt like idea of me trying to be an electrician so that idea was scraped. Your build has come along great. Keep up the good work

[Adrieke]

thanks Randy. i am glad i could fix it so quickly . bare with me i know it will be slow going but i am working towards a final test of the lights all in place

 

thanks Mick i am glad i am at 70% . yes if i can pull these lights off together with fitting the 3rd deck and steering cabin on without glueing them i ll be laughing

 

i am working on getting the railings and triangles done on the second level. this because for the triangles i need her up side down and i cant finish anything on the 3rd deck before that's done

 

with the easy method of installing the triangles its now better to install the railings first

 

 

i need to retouch them a bit with white paint but that should not be too dificult