Apostol Felipe by travis - OcCre - 1/60

[travis]

First post on ship #3.  This is my first Occre.  Definitely a step up for me.  The quality is better than my last kits (not that they were that bad, I did really enjoy learning with them!). I know there are others out there that may be even better but I'm happy with what I got so far. Also got an awesome deal on black friday.  I'm going to try an light this one too.  My son is putting some good work to figuring out how to maximize an arduino nano to power up to 16 super small leds to flicker individually like candles.  More to come on that.  For now I just need to make sure I get the bulkheads right!

 

Edited December 14 by ccoyle
corrected log title

[travis]

Further along with bulkhead.  I almost went for a building slip but in the end, I get the sense they are "novelty" and a good strategy of clamps is just as good.  The real secret: Take Your Time!!

I'm using l brackets I checked for perfect square and gluing a bulkhead at a time.  There is a very slight bow to the central keel frame but it's slight and I can straiten that when I plank (and the decks might fix it too)

 

[travis]

Frames are set (and staight!).  Deck planking now.  Forgot to start the pattern at the forecast deck but a brown colored pencil will probably look fine there. Getting leds set too.  Some of the smallest leds I've worked with.  I'm considering cutting a rectangle out of the back of the ship (below the overhang) and making that a sort of drawer to pull out the arduino (or batteries)  I'd basically cut it out and then put right back so I can plank it.  More to think about there.

[Lind Mihály]

On 2024. 12. 16. at 6:05, travis said:

A keretek be vannak állítva (és egyenesek!). Deck deszkázás most. Elfelejtette elindítani a mintát az előrejelző fedélzeten, de egy barna színű ceruza valószínűleg jól fog kinézni ott. Ledek beállítása is. Néhány a legkisebb ledek közül, amikkel dolgoztam. Azt fontolgatom, hogy kivágok egy téglalapot a hajó hátuljából (a túlnyúlás alatt), és egyfajta fiókot csinálok belőle az arduino (vagy akkumulátorok) kihúzásához. Alapvetően kivágnám, majd visszatenném, hogy deszkázd meg. Ott többet kell gondolni.

Welcome!
I would like to ask for help, I saw that you are assembling models with lighting I am just starting to model and I will be honest with you. I would like to ask for advice on lighting, maybe plans, pictures. Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Best regards 
Lind Mihály from Hungary

[travis]

On 12/18/2024 at 11:32 AM, Lind Mihály said:

Welcome!
I would like to ask for help, I saw that you are assembling models with lighting I am just starting to model and I will be honest with you. I would like to ask for advice on lighting, maybe plans, pictures. Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Best regards 
Lind Mihály from Hungary

This is actually my first attempt so I'm just figuring out as I go.  Founds some small leds that are already soldered to wire and include resistors (at a model train supply on amazon).  My son works with arduinos so he helped with the code.  There's a couple examples on Google but for candle like flicker, the key is to randomly turn each led on and off at different rates to give the appearance of the flicker.  Then the shift register chip to apply that affect to 8 leds individually.  For the model, I'm just experimenting with where to place everything before I plank the hull

 

[Lind Mihály]

Thank You! 🥰

[travis]

I've got bulkhead set now (not fun to bend!).  All the primary decking is down too.  Fairing the bulkhead wasn't too much work on the kit.  With the prior ones I did it took more work to also deal with correct a lot of little defects but occre seems to make good bulkhead so it went faster.

 

[travis]

Also working on replacing the stern lantern with a scratch build version I can add an led to.