HMS Royal Caroline kit ZHL 1/30

[Maarten]

amazing floor, are you Lighting this ship Maarten?

Yes, all cabin have lighting by means of chandeliers and lanterns done with mini orange candle light leds. As secundairy lighting I added micro leds into one deck beam per cabin.

Two lanterns per side.


Candles in the stern lamps.


Chandelier in the aft cabin. Leds in the middle beam and lanterns on the bulkhead.


Aft cabin chandelier.


Aft cabin lantern.




Leds in the deck beam.

 

[Pat71]

Looks verry nice. Where do you order these lights?

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Maarten
Thanks for the link, there ate a lot of beautiful strips in the catalogue.
I thought that you made the strips yourself.
Happymodeling
Greg

 

[Maarten]

I only ordered the led, the lanterns and chandeliers I made myself. The leds I ordered online, I will check the adress for you.

 

[Maarten]

G'day Maarten
Thanks for the link, there ate a lot of beautiful strips in the catalogue.
I thought that you made the strips yourself.
Happymodeling
Greg

Hi Greg,

Sometimes it more simple then that.

See below the current status of the floor.

 

[Pat71]

Looks really nice this pattern. My son loves the ship with the skulls from the toppic i need this ship so i am gonna use the wilhelm to turn it in that ship. Also with leds if i can Do that.

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Maarten

Astonishing! ​

I can't think of anything else to say.
Havagooday mate
Greg

 

[BigMike]

Maarten your work is just amazing.

 

[janos]

Beautiful, Maarten!
Janos

 

[epicdoom]

The lighting is amazing, I soldered up some Ultra micro Led's for the Black Pearl Build I'm doing they weren't the easiest things to solder, but they are so tiny they will hide easily in small lights assemblies.

 

[Maarten]

Last update, floor is nearing completion.

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Maarten
Again I must say:

brilliant​

I assume that you are planning to put a LED light under the table? Hmmm.......great idea.
On your non construction time, you must be thinking all the time of ways to add your touch.
Thanks for sharing these insights to all of us.
Happymodeling
Greg

 

[Maarten]

G'day Maarten
Again I must say:

brilliant​

I assume that you are planning to put a LED light under the table? Hmmm.......great idea.
On your non construction time, you must be thinking all the time of ways to add your touch.
Thanks for sharing these insights to all of us.
Happymodeling
Greg

Hi Greg,

Thx for your comment. No leds under the table but a working chandelier on top. Still have to work out the idea.

 

[Pat71]

Nice work! Looks very expensive. Do you also do real floors need to do some plinths in couple of rooms.

 

[Maarten]

Yes finally the floor is finished. After glueing I have scraped the floor to a flat service followed by waxing and polishing.

Before waxing.


Time to arrange the wiring for the lanterns


And fitting the panels.

The wiring runs behind the panels through a hole in the deck under the deck forward to the battery casing which is fitted under the aft gratings.
Now the window frames can be finished and the glass fitted. Hopefully I find some time during the weekend to do that.
See you next time.

 

[epicdoom]

I'd cut a groove to run the wires in for a chandelier, the groove can be filled back in once the wiring is in place. of if your chandelier will be on a ceiling that has deck planks over plywood above the chandelier you can cut the groove in the top side of the ply run the wires and cover it with planking

 

[Maarten]

I'd cut a groove to run the wires in for a chandelier, the groove can be filled back in once the wiring is in place. of if your chandelier will be on a ceiling that has deck planks over plywood above the chandelier you can cut the groove in the top side of the ply run the wires and cover it with planking

The wiring for the chandelier is already in, it is below the floor and will go along the table foot through the table to the chandelier that will be standing on the table.

 

[Peglegreg]

G'day Maarten
I wish there an 'excellent' button as well as a 'like' button. I'll be pressing the excellent button all the time!
Hmmm..... maybe @Donnie can fix that?

Again marvelous workmanship and I truly LOVE THE FLOOR!
Happymodeling
Greg

 

[epicdoom]

The wiring for the chandelier is already in, it is below the floor and will go along the table foot through the table to the chandelier that will be standing on the table.

ahhh I was thinking Hanging chandelier

 

[Maarten]

ahhh I was thinking Hanging chandelier

In the deck beam there will be 3 leds hidden in a groof, same like in the stern cabin.