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, 2024 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.

 

[travis]

Gun port / lower deck lights set and wiring is soldered.  Working on some of the other lights planned now around the decks/doors.  Tried scratch building new doors but didn't like how it was turning out.  Curves are really tight for bending wood and plastic didn't look great either.  Next steps is to try drilling out small holes in the grid/grill on the metal doors.  We'll see how that looks.

[Lind Mihály]

Thank You! 

 

[Lind Mihály]

3 órája Lind Mihály mondta:

Köszönöm! 

 

Most próbáltam egyeztetni az Occrével, mert az alsó fedélzeti ágyukat szeretném kicserélni teljesen ágyúkra, legfeljebb csinálok támasztékot nekik, de szeretném megvilágított állapotban látni.

[travis]

Been extra busy but have been continuing.  A lot of work on the lighting.  Basically. Every gun port below deck has a new led.  In this kit, there's a false black painted backing on the back of the clgun port that a shortened Canon end would be glued to.  I added some spacer so that those pieces had a gap all around the edges that light can come through.  I'll have to seal well with putty along the first layer planking so light doesn't show through the planks but hope is that each gun port will "glow" a little around the Canon end (and the candle like flicker will make even better.

 

Then i have an led under the walkway above deck, one in the pilot house/steerage, the stern lamp, and finally, some cut out holes where doors on the aft upper decks will be. The doors are solid metal with a grid where glazin in the doors would be.  Drilled small holes throughout the grid tonget the effect of light shining through.

 

 

 

[travis]

For lighting control, I have an arduino nano and two shift registers daisy chained (74HC595N).  Each shift register can be sent an 8 bit value that can control 8 outputs separately (8 Leds per chip)  the daisy chain makes it 16 bit, so 16 individual flickering leds. (And you could keep adding!) Perf board is almost done, just waiting on pin headers to arrive that will be connecting the wires for the leds.  Could hide wiring more if you just have the power supply outside the boat but I decided to cut an opening at back for the usb (could play with lighting and power by usb after this project is done). I'll try to upload schematic/diagram of the perf board later and could provide the arduino code if anyone is interested.

[MikkiC]

I always enjoy the ingenious way builders add lights. That's pretty kool!!!!

[Lind Mihály]

They were very nice at Occre, sent me the spare parts, I'm going to try the second deck on full guns. I'm going to get the support shored up somehow. I hope it will be good.

[travis]

5 hours ago, Lind Mihály said:

They were very nice at Occre, sent me the spare parts, I'm going to try the second deck on full guns. I'm going to get the support shored up somehow. I hope it will be good.

I was tempted to try that but wasnt patient enough to wait!  Would like to see how you handle it.

[travis]

Pin headers arrived.  Finished my lighting control board and set in place.  Cut the wiring and using hot glue to keep wires from moving.  As mentioned earlier, this board can control 16 independent leds so now i have to decide if I want any more!  It's getting bright but the benefit of cutting in a micro usb is that I can update the code later to soften any or all of the leds once the hull is complete!

 

[Kevin]

Light bleed, is that going to be an issue, the 2nd layer of planking wont stop any issues, if you build the kit like OcCre suggests

 

[travis]

15 hours ago, Kevin said:

Light bleed, is that going to be an issue, the 2nd layer of planking wont stop any issues, if you build the kit like OcCre suggests

 

Plenty of putty on 1st layer should block for the hull.  If needed I can add paint to remaining bleed there before second plank.  The cargo holds will bleed too.  I can reduce the light level at each bulkhead to make it lest prominent.  Migh also add some tinted plastic around those areas before planking if needed. We'll see how it goes!

[Kevin]

6 hours ago, travis said:

Plenty of putty on 1st layer should block for the hull.  If needed I can add paint to remaining bleed there before second plank.  The cargo holds will bleed too.  I can reduce the light level at each bulkhead to make it lest prominent.  Migh also add some tinted plastic around those areas before planking if needed. We'll see how it goes!

black primer is also am option, mot criticising yr work, just suggestions to stop light bleed