Thanks for taking the time to show and explain how to light up the boat. Learning quite a bit about the subject. Looking forward to the next installment.
This is amazing! Thank you! Is it possible to solder the 4 LEDs and the resistor not at the end of the led strip, but somewhere in the middle...? Thank you!
Hi there, yes you can put the resistor anywhere you like in the circuit. As long as the components are still all in series with each other it dosent matter one bit 🙂
Hi there, I’m very glad. It’s very hard to know if I actually make the problem easier, or just find new ways of saying exactly what I’ve already said! Glad it helped! Robbie
Hi, No worries im glad it’s useful. I always struggle to know if I am making useful videos, or just repeating what I’ve already said (which is just a waste of everyone’s time)! Cheers, Robbie
Please can you tell me what is the wire gauge of the wires of 0603 smd led? The are no prewired 0603 smd led on some of our online shopping apps and it is expensive and costs $2.5 for 10 pieces at my country while the 0603 smd led beads is only 0.5$ for 100 pieces but they don't have wires and I'll just have to wire it piece by piece. Thank you in advance!.
Hi, I don’t have an AWG for these wires but using the micrometer they are 0.28mm. I have soldered some of these onto micro LEDs in the past and it is very fiddly but doable. You’ll certainly save a good bit of money doing it yourself 🙂
I intend to do something along those lines, not quite sure how yet. Possibly very thin wires running along the mast itself, or I might disguise the wires as rigging and do it that ways but I do intend to do the mast lights
Ah I don’t know, I have a few ideas. I’d quite like to build a working James Bond Lotus car / submarine. Quite fancy a rowing Trireme style boat. But very open to suggestions, I would love to do something like Mauritania but I’m not aware of a good scale kit, and I just don’t have the time or space to scratch build!
They should last a long time, how long is a bit of a ‘how longs a piece of string question’! It depends on a number of things. The voltage you run them at will have an effect. Running them at a slightly lower voltage than their rating is a good way of prolonging life (I’m running my 12V LEDs at 11.1v). But other things will impact them too, the environment, frequent temperature change (if your model is in the window for example), humidity will make a difference, bad vibrations (if your model is RC), these all feed into the life span. I appreciate that’s not very helpful but essentially they last a long time. The strip I bought is rated for 13,000 hours, which is 1.5 years if they were on all the time.
@@TheModelBoatGuy 5 Thanks. My main concern is that my superstructure is glued to the hull now so I've got no access to repair LEDs if they go (without taking a chisel to the whole thing.) Then again, it wouldn't hurt to add a couple of PWMs to the circuit before the contact goes into the ship. Didn't know about them.
@@cockerfreeman622 yes I know this is a bit of a bind, I have created a lot of work for myself by making my model disassemblesable (not convinced that’s a word but I’m sure you get my meaning)! One way around that is to have a central light source which is accessible, then use fibre optics to get the light where you want it. Then if your light fails you can replace relatively easily. The PWMs are certainly a good feature, and they give you that ability to dim or brighten as you see fit which is never a bad thing to have. Hope all goes well on your model! Cheers, Robbie
@@TheModelBoatGuy Thanks, Robbie. I've basically got two LED strips going into the vessel (I copped out of soldering). One strip is in the hull and the other winds its way around the upper decks. My other bete noir is the photo etch steps and ship's rails. Still, I have plenty of time to repair them.
I just wanna say what an amazing job you have been doing on the boat
Confirmed from Holland.
Ship
Ah the old "can't be bothered to set the time on the microwave". Same! Awesome as always. :) She's going to look lovely sailing across the lake.
It’s because I keep having to unplug it to plug in the bloody soldering iron 😂
Poor kitchen design if ever I saw it
Thanks for taking the time to show and explain how to light up the boat. Learning quite a bit about the subject. Looking forward to the next installment.
Not at all, glad you enjoyed it. Glad the video made sense! I’m never sure if I am making things easier or just repeating myself 😛
You're doing fine! Love you!))))
Nice work as always 😃👍
Firstly, another great video, great to see everything coming together. Secondly, Milk first! How do you live with yourself!?
Ha that made me chuckle!
I watched it back and knew I’d get pulled up for that!
At least it’s leaf tea, that earns some points right!
Its like im watching a math lesson, and i cant take it (the math) and finally im in this part, i pulled an allnighter to watch ep 1 to 53!
This is amazing! Thank you!
Is it possible to solder the 4 LEDs and the resistor not at the end of the led strip, but somewhere in the middle...?
Thank you!
Hi there, yes you can put the resistor anywhere you like in the circuit. As long as the components are still all in series with each other it dosent matter one bit 🙂
@@TheModelBoatGuy thank you very much! 🙏🙂
Great job man
This has been sooo helpful...thank you :)
Hi there, I’m very glad. It’s very hard to know if I actually make the problem easier, or just find new ways of saying exactly what I’ve already said!
Glad it helped!
Robbie
Omg! Thank you soo much for making that video! That's soooo useful! :)
Hi,
No worries im glad it’s useful. I always struggle to know if I am making useful videos, or just repeating what I’ve already said (which is just a waste of everyone’s time)!
Cheers,
Robbie
After you make the titanic 'I think you would built a brittanic 'do you like this idea
I might do a Brittanic in the future, but not right away, it’s a bit too similar to Titanic to follow straight on
Please can you tell me what is the wire gauge of the wires of 0603 smd led? The are no prewired 0603 smd led on some of our online shopping apps and it is expensive and costs $2.5 for 10 pieces at my country while the 0603 smd led beads is only 0.5$ for 100 pieces but they don't have wires and I'll just have to wire it piece by piece. Thank you in advance!.
Hi, I don’t have an AWG for these wires but using the micrometer they are 0.28mm.
I have soldered some of these onto micro LEDs in the past and it is very fiddly but doable. You’ll certainly save a good bit of money doing it yourself 🙂
@@TheModelBoatGuy thank you very much!!. Been watching your videos since the part 1
I keep forgetting to like these videos.
Do you think you could run wires up the mast, drill the mast light, and stick a small led in there?
I intend to do something along those lines, not quite sure how yet.
Possibly very thin wires running along the mast itself, or I might disguise the wires as rigging and do it that ways but I do intend to do the mast lights
Can I ask, what are going to build after this epic one?
Ah I don’t know, I have a few ideas. I’d quite like to build a working James Bond Lotus car / submarine.
Quite fancy a rowing Trireme style boat.
But very open to suggestions, I would love to do something like Mauritania but I’m not aware of a good scale kit, and I just don’t have the time or space to scratch build!
What motors are you using? Brushless or brushed?
They are brushed, I don’t really need the performance of the brushless motors
simple!
If u block some of those windows lights.
That sould be much more realistic at night
Yeah I deffo need to get round to this, there are a few too many portholes lit at the moment
How long can I expect my LED strips to last, Robbie?
1000s of hours. Basically a couple of decades if you had them on all day 24/7
They should last a long time, how long is a bit of a ‘how longs a piece of string question’! It depends on a number of things. The voltage you run them at will have an effect. Running them at a slightly lower voltage than their rating is a good way of prolonging life (I’m running my 12V LEDs at 11.1v).
But other things will impact them too, the environment, frequent temperature change (if your model is in the window for example), humidity will make a difference, bad vibrations (if your model is RC), these all feed into the life span.
I appreciate that’s not very helpful but essentially they last a long time. The strip I bought is rated for 13,000 hours, which is 1.5 years if they were on all the time.
@@TheModelBoatGuy 5
Thanks. My main concern is that my superstructure is glued to the hull now so I've got no access to repair LEDs if they go (without taking a chisel to the whole thing.) Then again, it wouldn't hurt to add a couple of PWMs to the circuit before the contact goes into the ship. Didn't know about them.
@@cockerfreeman622 yes I know this is a bit of a bind, I have created a lot of work for myself by making my model disassemblesable (not convinced that’s a word but I’m sure you get my meaning)!
One way around that is to have a central light source which is accessible, then use fibre optics to get the light where you want it. Then if your light fails you can replace relatively easily.
The PWMs are certainly a good feature, and they give you that ability to dim or brighten as you see fit which is never a bad thing to have.
Hope all goes well on your model!
Cheers,
Robbie
@@TheModelBoatGuy Thanks, Robbie. I've basically got two LED strips going into the vessel (I copped out of soldering). One strip is in the hull and the other winds its way around the upper decks. My other bete noir is the photo etch steps and ship's rails. Still, I have plenty of time to repair them.
Good video but kitchen needs tidying .
You’re not wrong there!
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