aydingocer Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #271 Posted February 23, 2022 Thanks for all the encouraging comments! popeye the sailor, Canute, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #272 Posted February 23, 2022 8 hours ago, druxey said: Very nice! Are you going to put lighting inside so that the interior can be seen? Though I am not a big fan of "bringing a model to life" (e.g. with human figures, lights, sounds etc), I am considering to add leds to this model, only if I am truly convinced with the possible options. I will try to plan the lights at as accurate as their original spots, such as one on the ceiling of each compartment and a few on the corridors, if this approach works. That would mean I will not install just one or two lights to give a general illumination. For this purpose I ordered the special leds below: https://www.smallscalelights.co.uk/product/3528-12-18v-chip-leds-on-pcb Egilman, druxey, Jack12477 and 8 others 11 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #273 Posted February 23, 2022 BUILD DAY 44 / 2.5 hrs / (TOTAL 109 hrs) Figures 451-457: Here is a series of photos from the roof construction. Overall it went smoothly. Once all parts glued, the next task was to do some surface finishing: remove the spikes coming out of the roof and smoothen the surface using sandpaper and file, especially to get rid of any glue residue. It was pretty much like finishing the hull planking of a ship model. That's all for now. Thanks for watching! BobG, Old Collingwood, yvesvidal and 14 others 13 4 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted February 23, 2022 Share #274 Posted February 23, 2022 Looks really like thing - ignoring for the moment the 'brassy' appearance of the roof. Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, thibaultron and 6 others 9 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share #275 Posted February 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, wefalck said: Looks really like thing - ignoring for the moment the 'brassy' appearance of the roof. Yep, it is ready for painting in white! thibaultron, Jack12477, druxey and 6 others 9 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted February 24, 2022 Share #276 Posted February 24, 2022 really nice job on the train car the roof assembly was very interesting. Egilman, Jack12477, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share #277 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) BUILD DAY 45 / 6 hrs / (TOTAL 115 hrs) It has been a while since my last build post. I have been traveling and time to time investigating how to install lighting on the ceiling. As I wrote earlier it had to be close to original lighting with at least one per compartment, not just some spots here and there. I also wanted to fit all the lighting elements (i.e. incl batteries, switch, wires) into the roof structure to avoid hanging of wires around and be able to remove the roof freely without any obstacles. Here in this post I will show my ceiling structure and light installation. Finally I was able to find led lamps, small batteries and switch with suitable specs. LEDs: They are 12 volt and resistors already soldered on the PCB board. They are from a small supplier in UK, https://www.smallscalelights.co.uk. The owner of the webshop, Jennifer, is the same person who is actually producing most of the nice railroad lighting items. Not all the countries are available for shipment, I sent an email request and she sent my order to Finland. So, if you like something on her webshop but your country is not in the list, it may be worth sending an email to her! Switch: Simple small size 1-pole toggle switch. Battery: A23 12 volt batteries. Here I installed two of them in parallel. So, still 12 volts but more power to light all 12 leds. Figure 458: Here is a single LED. It is ready to use if you just hook it up to a 12V battery source. Figure 459: Here I soldered them to each other in parallel to make a strip of 12 leds, with enough cable in between for installation. Test with the battery looks good. Figure 460: These are the batteries I use. Figures 461-464: Experimenting the installation on a scrap test piece (on the right) Figures 465-466: Testing the installation on the real ceiling piece. I think it looks pretty OK like this Edited April 9, 2022 by aydingocer Canute, wefalck, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share #278 Posted April 4, 2022 Figures 467-472: Ceiling structure, made of carton, to be bent at the designated lines and glued to the roof structure. I had to follow a certain order as I install the leds and wiring during the construction. thibaultron, Canute, Egilman and 9 others 12 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share #279 Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Figures 473-475: The lighting is in place and it doesn't look bad at all! That's all for now. Thanks for watching! Edited April 4, 2022 by aydingocer hof00, catopower, yvesvidal and 16 others 12 2 5 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted April 4, 2022 Share #280 Posted April 4, 2022 Well done. Nice even lighting for this sleeper. popeye the sailor, Jack12477, Egilman and 6 others 9 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veszett Roka Posted April 4, 2022 Share #281 Posted April 4, 2022 Aahah, a BeoCenter 2300 You're a man! Listening it must be a pleasure when modeling. popeye the sailor, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted April 4, 2022 Share #282 Posted April 4, 2022 2 hours ago, aydingocer said: That's all for now. Thanks for watching! It's been a pleasure my friend, Beautiful job!!! Well done... Jack12477, druxey, lmagna and 6 others 9 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share #283 Posted April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Veszett Roka said: Aahah, a BeoCenter 2300 You're a man! Listening it must be a pleasure when modeling. Indeed!! 😃 Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share #284 Posted May 26, 2022 Figure 476 - 485: Final photos Orient Express is finally ready. I ordered the custom size display case from Sora Shop in Germany (sora-shop.com). Highly recommended. This one cost me around 53€ + 13€ shipment to Finland. Thank you all for watching, following and your inspiring messages! Aydin. Canute, BenD, Landlubber Mike and 19 others 9 13 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted May 26, 2022 Share #285 Posted May 26, 2022 Amazing work - you must be proud of all your work. OC. thibaultron, Egilman, king derelict and 4 others 7 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted May 26, 2022 Share #286 Posted May 26, 2022 Fine model, very nicely executed. The presentation in the display case is very elegant. Congratulations, Dan mtaylor, aydingocer, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted May 26, 2022 Share #287 Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) This is a superb model. Now, you need an engine in the scale of 1/32nd to pull it. If you can afford a very expensive SNCF Pacific 2-3-1 from LEMACO, FULGUREX or MARKLIN at 1/32nd scale, that would be perfect. Otherwise, OCRE proposes a Pacific steam engine for a few hundreds euros, that you may be able to turn into a little jewel, with your skills. Yves Edited May 26, 2022 by yvesvidal lmagna, Egilman, Jack12477 and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted May 26, 2022 Share #288 Posted May 26, 2022 Truly an elegant model masterfully executed. Congratulations and thanks for inviting us along for the trip. I especially like the last photo, looking through the windows. All that is missing is the steam and smoke of the train station. druxey, aydingocer, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted May 27, 2022 Share #289 Posted May 27, 2022 This has been one of those models that all one can say "wow! wow!!!!" And the display is perfect. Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder. druxey, king derelict, Egilman and 5 others 8 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted May 27, 2022 Share #290 Posted May 27, 2022 Superb craftsmanship. Masterful execution of the build. Well done.👍 mtaylor, Old Collingwood, aydingocer and 4 others 7 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted May 27, 2022 Share #291 Posted May 27, 2022 Great job! A real gem. Thanks for sharing! mtaylor, Old Collingwood, druxey and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aydingocer Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share #292 Posted May 27, 2022 10 hours ago, yvesvidal said: This is a superb model. Now, you need an engine in the scale of 1/32nd to pull it. If you can afford a very expensive SNCF Pacific 2-3-1 from LEMACO, FULGUREX or MARKLIN at 1/32nd scale, that would be perfect. Otherwise, OCRE proposes a Pacific steam engine for a few hundreds euros, that you may be able to turn into a little jewel, with your skills. Yves I have been seriously thinking of this OCCRE actually, I am just undecided between an HMS Sphinx or this one, as next project. I kind of missed the smell of wood :). But OCCRE is in my list! Old Collingwood, yvesvidal, thibaultron and 6 others 9 Quote Current : HMS Sphinx by Vanguard ------------- Completed: Orient Express Sleeping Car by Amati Bluenose II (Artesania Latina) Istanbul Tram - Occre Bluenose II - Artesania Latina Bosphorus Sandal Fishing Boat Riva Aquarama - Amati Titanic - Mantua Bosphorus Fishing Boat - Tersane Model San Juan Nepomuceno - Artesania Latina Bluenose - Billing Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted May 28, 2022 Share #293 Posted May 28, 2022 An excellent result of a very interesting kit and subject. Thanks for sharing this with us. Canute, Jack12477, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted June 18, 2022 Share #294 Posted June 18, 2022 You pulled off a masterpiece Sir! Old Collingwood, king derelict, aydingocer and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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