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Thanks Tony, have a good night or morning I don't know what time it is down under.

I have a few questions where are locating the the battery/switch box and i already glued my bulkheads but I can still drill my holes in them without to much trouble. Maybe I've seen the battery before but don't remember what it looks like, my plan is to wire the three lights on the stern and one in the captains quarters but I don't know how to attach them and how to run them.(I'm not mr. electrician) Also I found some walnut decking that is 1.5 mm×5mm×36mm on the site woodenmodelkits.com although regular walnut can vary in color it was fairly cheap but the shipping was like 40.00 oh well I want what I want, like I said before you guys seem to be able to work with the 0.5 mm but I can't. I was looking at your log and all I can say is WOW. In one of our conversations I called you Jeff must have been confused with another conversation. As soon as the deck material arrives I can start working on that.If you are going to install lights (well worth the effort) and you haven't assembled the frames yet work out where the wires are going and drill the holes now it's will save you a lot of time later. Check my Black Pearl log for further details.
Hi Rick, hope I've got your name right. The battery box is small round black with 2 wires made for a button cell. If you are using this you do not need resistors just wire the LEDs + to + . I made a test circuit before drilling any holes in my model. I found more lights are better than less, I finished up with 17. My BP is powered from a USB socket, as I didn't want wires coming out the hull I fitted 2 copper contacts under the keel.I have a few questions where are locating the the battery/switch box and i already glued my bulkheads but I can still drill my holes in them without to much trouble. Maybe I've seen the battery before but don't remember what it looks like, my plan is to wire the three lights on the stern and one in the captains quarters but I don't know how to attach them and how to run them.(I'm not mr. electrician) Also I found some walnut decking that is 1.5 mm×5mm×36mm on the site woodenmodelkits.com although regular walnut can vary in color it was fairly cheap but the shipping was like 40.00 oh well I want what I want, like I said before you guys seem to be able to work with the 0.5 mm but I can't. I was looking at your log and all I can say is WOW. In one of our conversations I called you Jeff must have been confused with another conversation. As soon as the deck material arrives I can start working on that.
Hi Rick. Just found your log. As others have advised, take a look at other BP builds here on SOS. Also note there are a number of different models of the BP. It looks like you have the “Golden” version. If you run into a issue, don’t hesitate to ask for advise from those that have already built the BP.
Hi Jeff, I have a few questions about wiring the lights and where to put the switch box, being my first build i just want to put the 3 on the stern and 1 in the captain's quarters, i have several lights and a bundle of copper wire as well as the switch box but I have no idea how to connect everything, I saw your plan for the wires back of the stern with the grooves for the wire and I had the same plan even before I saw them on your log, also dumb question what does the battery look like I've probably seen them before but I just don't remember. I need to start looking at the logs before doing stuff you mentioned the bow supports i did make them exactly the same so since I can't take it apart I'll use it on the other side and use it the best I can. I can see I'm going to have to sand back part of it so the plank go where it's supposed to. Sometimes this stuff gets overwhelming deck is on and I forgot to lay out my center lines.Thanks Jeff that's exactly what I'm doing a lot of the build logs are absolutely amazing, the skill level makes me wonder if I'm out of my league but I'll do my best and learn along the way and ask for a lot of help and questions and questions..............
My model came with a battery holder that uses flat/disc batteries. It has an on off switch. Very simple. I replaced the supplied LEDs with smaller yellow LEDs and I attached all LEDs in parallel. The only real concern is that the LEDs have a polarity so the positive must be connected to positive and negative to negative. There is usually some indication of the polarity on the LEDs, for example one lead is shorter that the other (the case with the large LEDs supplied) or one is silver and the other is gold colored (the case with the ones I used). There is some requirement that the proper voltage is used as well. Resistors may be required. It would depend on your power source and the LEDs used. Because of the small LEDs I selected, I only used one battery in the supplied case which holds two batteries. One thing I would suggest is to use very small gauge wire. I used too large of wire for most of my build. I did find some smaller wire to run up the stern, however.Hi Jeff, I have a few questions about wiring the lights and where to put the switch box, being my first build i just want to put the 3 on the stern and 1 in the captain's quarters, i have several lights and a bundle of copper wire as well as the switch box but I have no idea how to connect everything, I saw your plan for the wires back of the stern with the grooves for the wire and I had the same plan even before I saw them on your log, also dumb question what does the battery look like I've probably seen them before but I just don't remember. I need to start looking at the logs before doing stuff you mentioned the bow supports i did make them exactly the same so since I can't take it apart I'll use it on the other side and use it the best I can. I can see I'm going to have to sand back part of it so the plank go where it's supposed to. Sometimes this stuff gets overwhelming deck is on and I forgot to lay out my center lines.![]()
How do we see your log Tony ? I quite fancy building this kit. I was looking at the Bluenose but think that might be a step to far for me at the moment.If you are going to install lights (well worth the effort) and you haven't assembled the frames yet work out where the wires are going and drill the holes now it's will save you a lot of time later. Check my Black Pearl log for further details.
Hi Jimbo there my link on the previous page Rick asked me the same question, or an easier way to see all the Black Pearl logs is to click the box near the top of this page under Ricky's title. You'll see three boxes black pearl, ZHL and golden version all these boxes will take you to all the logs with those words in there titles. Hope this helps.How do we see your log Tony ? I quite fancy building this kit. I was looking at the Bluenose but think that might be a step to far for me at the moment.
Looking good so far. Many modelers dig out the deadwood area to the rear of the keel so the garboard strake can be flush with the keel.
I’m not sure I did that on my BP. But that was two models ago.