Operation Tamy T1 face lift

[Markocaster]

Dan ! Great work on the photo etch. What are you sticking it on with ? Superglue? I would be terrified i would loose them after all that hard work. Fantastic build


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[Burger_Patrol1]

Good morning, Burger!
Say Hello to Crazy Joe if you do fall overboard. His M36 TD was another build that caused sleepless nights. All the work and worry is worth it once the job is done and trundling around the back yard. Following along.
regards,
Painless

Thanks Painless...still chugging along...Patience is a virtue...your right, it will be all worth it in the end.

[Burger_Patrol1]

Dan ! Great work on the photo etch. What are you sticking it on with ? Superglue? I would be terrified i would loose them after all that hard work. Fantastic build


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Hey mark,
On the exterior where the brass meets the plastic, I used CA glue, but on each piece I soldered a brass rod that goes through the hull and on the inner side a swamped the protruding brass rod with JB Weld...I think this should hold pretty good, but it stuff starts to tear off....I will just call it battle damage and paint some rust effects in the empty spot...

[Burger_Patrol1]

This session is for the convoy light. As some of you may know, I was toying with the idea back on page 4 with making my own SMD LED convoy light. I had them all made up and just needed to figure out the mount. Well, in that amount of time I played around with the SMD LED's so much I broke them!!!
Like my Dad used to say..."BOY don't play with it to much or you'll break it"!! Sure enough I broke it!!! No problem, I fabbed up some more and found a PE set for the mount by "WECOHE". I wont play with this set now that I know how fragile they are. I must say, it was a challenge to put this together, but the good news is, there wasn't to many parts. The trick was to solder one part and not have another part fall apart. Probably not going to hard mount this until later so I don't mess up the Lense on the convoy light. Well here it is...

RESEARCH

RESEARCH

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PLAN ON USING THIS PAINT BRUSH COVER AS MY LENSE, BECAUSE THE ONE THAT COMES IN THE WECOHE KIT HAS TO SMALL OF ID TO FIT THE SMD LED'S.

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CUT TO SIZE

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GOT SOME TESTORS LENSE TINT TO DARKEN UP THE LENSE

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1st COAT OF TRANSLUCENT LENSE TINT.

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THESE ARE TINY LEDS!!

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SMD LED'S FROM ELECTRONICS STORE

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MAKE SURE ARROWS ON BACKS OF SMD LED'S ARE POINTING IN SAME DIRECTION FOR CURRENT FLOW.

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ALL SOLDERED IN SERIES

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[Burger_Patrol1]

GOT THE WIRE LEEDS SOLDERED AND A 100 OHM RESISTOR...WE HAVE LIGHTS!!!

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HERE IS THE PE DIRECTIONS FOR THE WECOHE KIT

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THIS GONNA BE FUN!!

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BENDING MAIN FRAME IN BRAKE

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ROLLING SIDE STRIPS IN PE ROLLER

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READY TO SOLDER FIRST PIECES

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SMALL LENSE CRADLE SOLDERED IN PLACE ON BACK FRAME

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[Burger_Patrol1]

END STRIP IN PLACE

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BENDING OTHER SIDE STRIP

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OTHER SIDE PLATE AND SRTIP READY TO SOLDER

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BAM!!

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READY TO SOLDER OTHER SIDE, HOPEFULLY WITHOUT STRIPS FALLING APART

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LOST TINY END BOLTS, HAD TO LOOK THROUGH MY STUFF AND FOUND THESE. THEY ARE TO BIG, BUT OH WELL...

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READY TO BEND MOUNTING PLATE

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[Burger_Patrol1]

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USING SEWING NEEDLES TO HOLD MOUNTING PLATE TO LENSE FRAME

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TIGHT

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DRILLING MOUNTING HOLES. WILL USE EXTRA LONG BRASS RODS TO GO THROUGH THE REAR HULL.

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BRASS RODS READY TO FAB UP WITH WASHERS, & NUTS

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DRY FIT IN PORT SIDE MUD GAURD OPENING

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FENDER CLEARS LIGHT WHEN RAISED

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[Burger_Patrol1]

TIME FOR THE BURNISH BATH

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AFTER BURNISH BATH

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LENSE SMOKED WITH FINAL COAT OF TRANSLUCENT COATING

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GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GIRLS I GO OUT WITH...LOL

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Going to wait to hard mount this convoy light so i don't break it again or over spray the lense
Well thats it for this weekend...back to the grind tomorrow...stay tuned, more to come...

[c.rainford73]

That is absolutely amazing work I applaud you!

[HERMAN BIX]

Simply magnificent

I will never go as far as you have to achieve scale realism.........all credit to you Mr Burger