Amerigo Vespucci by Bill97 - OcCre - 1/100

[Bill97]

Well my AV building has been temporarily put on hold. Just temporarily. My grandson (10 years old) enjoys helping me build my ships when he is at my house. He asked me the other day if I would help him build one of his own. Of course. Absolutely!  What grandfather could say no to that. So picked up the Airfix Golden Hinde. We were in London recently we saw the replica. So we started it and will work on it from time to time when he is here. School starts next week so he will not be here real often. But when he is my AV will take a back seat to the Golden Hinde. He wants to go with a modified color scheme that a white hull and colorful top similar to other galleons we see pictures of. &nbsp
 

On a side note I now have all the hull lighting installed on my AV. 

[Bill97]

Little update on my lighting of the wheelhouse. Bit of a struggle getting the level of interior light I would like. The brightness is good but maybe too bright to be authentic using a 9v battery. However when I connect the wheelhouse to the OR ship circuit that is controlled by a voltage regulator set at 3.2 volts the wheelhouse interior is barely illuminated. I tried two 5mm warm white and now four 3mm white (shown in picture). Can’t turn the voltage regulator up much higher.  
Going to add additional furniture inside the wheelhouse and also working on next deck structure which will also require figuring out the lighting.

[Bill97]

Daniel what, if anything, can I do about getting the interior lighting brighter?  Did you have a problem with that. I am leaving the clear plastic off the windows. 

[DanielD]

14 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Daniel what, if anything, can I do about getting the interior lighting brighter?  Did you have a problem with that. I am leaving the clear plastic off the windows. 

Hi Bill, I believe that I just put 2 warm LEDs in my bridge structure, more towards the middle of the ceiling which will allow the light to come from the center of the room. Typically bridge lighting is on the dark side to help with visual acuity while underway. I have it tied to the deck lighting circuit, and use the same warm LEDs as I have on the deck so the brightness is exactly the same as the deck lights. As for the windows, I too skipped the plastic sheet that came with the kit and instead used liquid glass, a product from Testors to fill the window space with an Elmer’s glue like substance that drys clear and thin, nice glass look.

[Bill97]

Thanks Daniel. I used warm white for my port hole lights and standard white, as in my pictures, for the deck lighting. I will give the standard white (5mm possibly) a try. Have to see if I can find the Testors liquid glass.

[Bill97]

Finishing up building the bridge and castle superstructures. They have interior lights that will come on with either of the port hole light circuits. 

[Bill97]

And so the first planking begins. Take my time to get the first row just right and it is smooth sailing after that. 

Edited Tuesday at 09:37 PM by Bill97