Build Log. HMS VICTORY ANATOMY by Artesania

[RickNoyes]

Ditto...Awesome

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

I decided to tackle the light kit on this vessel and purchased the Micro Scapers recommended for this build. The little tool was at best average. It need to allow for a deeper channel for the wiring.
I used it to start the channel and then did some
Filing with a square file. I can say that some of the hold sub builds needed some modification but that was due more to myself not grasping the importance of the inner hull. All were minor but still needed to are the light rafter fit properly.
Once I remembered how to solder again it went along pretty good. I cut the number of wires down by half.
I just joined each pair instead of running wires for every light.
The light cover they provided leaves a lot to be desired. They are not near as crisp as the video shows and I found it hard to find the ridges to paint. So I went more basic. Also they are kind of loose on the light so each cover will need to be glued.
Last point. The lights are only 3v so don’t put more than 6v on them. I wanted to set this up with a plug and on/off switch and had a pack here with. 12v supply. I cooked a couple lights.

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Beautiful work ! I'm starting a 1:48 scale model ( HMS Bellona / 1760 ) that will be illuminated with flickering LEDs. What scale is your model ? What is the diameter of the lamps, and material did you use for the covers ? The result seems excellent to me.
Thanks, Luiz

 

[Humble Ship Builder]

The scale is 1:84. Lights are 3mm flickering as are the covers. Both were supplied by Artesania. Lights are good. I would have like 12v as these are 3v. I plant to add a plug and on/off switch. I don’t care for the battery packs they provide. I’m sure they work good but I leave my lights on for months on end. The covers are not great. They should have more solid ridges to enable painting a grid pattern. So I just painted the horizontal lines and not the vertical.