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[Martin [Admin]]

 My ready locker:   i.e. Living Dangerously / Health & safety major fail!

[Martin [Admin]]

 Right.... OK..... where was I again?!

 Oh yes, radio modifications..... I ended up with this!


I decided that the TGY-i6s was too nice a radio to hack up and probably modify beyond to  'return to factory'.
The new radio transplant victim is a HobbyKing 2.4Ghz Mode 2 4Ch Tx & Rx V2 - Price: £23.26 .... cheap enough to wreck and not cry about it!

[Martin [Admin]]

The TGY-iS6 receiver had to come out and replaced with the new from the new radio.... . but I did have a bit of trouble with a knife blade!










 
 
 
 

[Martin [Admin]]

 
Not Really!  

It's something I used to do from years ago, open up the Rx and cover the guts with wax - the original conformal coating!
 ..... but all I could find in a draw was an old red tealight... with Glitter!
( remember when we were kids, Mum would ALWAYS have a box of white candle in case of a power cut.  (.... 60's kid! )

 Powered it all up, works like a charm!
  ( With hindsight, I should have tested the radio straight out of the box first... got lucky again this time! )   




 

 

[Martin [Admin]]

 
New receiver left,    old new one right.
 

[Martin [Admin]]

The hull is basically finished now, last job ( yeah right! ). 
I'm adding the rubbing strip / fender band / strengthener ring?!
It's a 1mm x 5.5mm styrene strip, superglued on, hull rubbed back to bear wood.















 
 
 
 

[Martin [Admin]]

The deck plate was basically a 98% bespoke without any trial fits!   
Just a bit of sanding an edge here and there and it was golden!
Combing strips easy install.
Trail fitting the mini bulwarks....

[Martin [Admin]]

Wheelhouse next, here masking off the deck opening;
1. so I don't glue wheelhouse to the deck,
2. a spacer so wheelhouse doesn't fit too tight.
   ( Spoiler alert:  It is too tight! )

[Martin [Admin]]

I tried to be clever  ( rushed it a bit )  and glued / build the wheelhouse in place over the combings, 'school leaver' mistake!
It didn't fit properly at all, too short and I thought I had trashed the parts but to my surprise, the superglue snapped clean
with no damage to the plastic. ... a good thing too, I got it wrong three more times!
..... very poor instructions, poor diagrams and my tools are rubbish too! 

So as long as it takes and no matter how fiddly it is, tape the pieces together, in place before gluing.
 NB: Some butt joints go inside some go outside.... sigh...  

[chipchase]

I tried to be clever  ( rushed it a bit )  and glued / build the wheelhouse in place over the combings, 'school leaver' mistake!
It didn't fit properly at all, too short and I thought I had trashed the parts but to my surprise, the superglue snapped clean
with no damage to the plastic. ... a good thing too, I got it wrong three more times!
..... very poor instructions, poor diagrams and my tools are rubbish too! 

So as long as it takes and no matter how fiddly it is, tape the pieces together, in place before gluing.
 NB: Some butt joints go inside some go outside.... sigh...  

The trials and tribulations of building models Martin 
 
 

[Martin [Admin]]

After a long and angry fight with the wheelhouse, I sort of got it all together.
.... sorry no photos or video, it's hard to use a camera whilst you're raging!

 Bulwalks in place too... curved bits down the front are the bulwark cappings.

[Martin [Admin]]

 
NB: Notice the nice etchings ( routed? ) lines on the wheelhouse, should be inside the wheelhouse....  to mount t the steering console.   

[Martin [Admin]]

Trialing  Deluxe Materials - Plastic Magic  glue.
Excellent! Not as fast as superglue but wicks beautifully!

[Martin [Admin]]

I was really surprised how well and rigid it came out in the end!

[Martin [Admin]]

Next, how bad can you be at spray painting?!

 ( ... rhetorical question!     )



                                                                                                        ( Don't tell Stavros about this, I'll never hear the end of it! )   

[Martin [Admin]]

Well a couple of hours of sanding, scraping and mutterings later,  the effected parts are all cleaned up  ... well as much as I need anyway.

I think I know what went wrong this time round,  I'm using Halfords Plastic primer, it much thicker than I expected, dries slower, resprayed too quickly  .......   and I think i got sweat on to some bits.   


  So, are  isopropanol, Turps, Meths or Lighter fuel.... all OK as panel wipe on plastics?

[Taranis]

I know it is pricey but Tamiya primer spray is very fine and dries very fast. I rarely use anything else on plastic or metal.


Good recovery 

[Martin [Admin]]

I spent all week trying to get some Alclad or Badger Stynylrez .... NOT cheap here in the UK!

I have some Vallejo Model Color Polyurethane Primer but it sands like PVA! 



Anyway, decanted some aerosol primer and tried my new airbrush..... this is a curious effect!?!

What's going on here????? 

[derekwarner]

Martin....do you know the type of synthetic [plastic is a big group of many variants] parts supplied in the kit?........the first spraying attempt appears as th epaint too thick or too many coats too early  , the last attempt suggests static electricity dust attracted to the parts    or did you use double sided tape to hold the parts?......if so a possibility is the solvent fume in the paint has reacted with the tape & released a gas particles that have attached to the parts?


Get the bamboo kitchen Chopping board.......drill 50 x 1/16" diameter holes in random positions & blow out the dust ...spray board with IPA & let dry....try supporting the items on a bent Bobby pins.........

These days, Methylated Spirit is grain based and ever after evaporation and condensation still contains a trace of synthetic oil  ...so after a gentle washing in warm soapy water [kitchen dish washing detergent], then blow dry followed by an aerosol pump spray of 99.8% IPA.......then a warm burst from the family hair dryer...the parts elevated on the pins in the boards will assist with drying.....

Finally try the spraying in the bathroom....[tiles & low dust environment].....[maybe wait until Mrs Davis is at the shops 


Derek

[Martin [Admin]]

Hey Derek! ... Food for thought, thanks.

Finally....[tiles & low dust environment].....[maybe wait until Mrs Davis is at the shops 

Stage 1. ' tried spraying in the bathroom',


Stage 2. Mayhem goes off-line,   no explanation given ..... missing persons reports found UK police website.   


   

[BeeJay UK]

( remember when we were kids, Mum would ALWAYS have a box of white candle in case of a power cut.  (.... 60's kid! )

I still keep a wicker basket on top of one of my kitchen wall cupboards. It's contents are a box of candles, 2 boxes of matches, a ciggy lighter, & a couple of those plastic glo-sticks.


Alongside the basket are 3 enamel 'Wee Willie Winkie' candlesticks, which were the only lighting upstairs at my grannies until she died in 74. Those too all have candles in them & a box of matches in the bottom.


I was a 'Boy Scout',  'Be Prepared'.