Thanks Alan, just the sort of worklights I was looking for, great effect across the decks, the mast lights as well
Sleep well!!!!! dont mix the meds!!!!!!
Regards
Mark
Thanks Alan, just the sort of worklights I was looking for, great effect across the decks, the mast lights as well
Sleep well!!!!! dont mix the meds!!!!!!
Regards
Mark
Etherow Model Boat Club
Here are some pics of the six work lights fitted to the Maggie M that I have just finished.
That's all folks 😁
Time for my medicine 😁
Alan
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Here we go Mark 😁
Next thing was to solder small wires to the LED's, small discs where punched out of 2mm plasticard and super glued to the rear of the LED in order to space the LED off the back of the light, this made it easier to get the wires into the small hole that had been drilled in the rear of the light.
Now the hard bit, using very small plasticard angle a frame was made to fit snugly over the front of the light to hold the glass in, mitring the corners makes it look right.
For the glass I used plastic from a chocolate box or some such thing that was very thin, using very fine wet & dry I made this opaque.
After everything was painted the frame with the glass trapped behind was glued in place using canopy glue
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Here we go Mark 😁
Next thing was to solder small wires to the LED's, small discs where punched out of 2mm plasticard and super glued to the rear of the LED in order to space the LED off the back of the light, this made it easier to get the wires into the small hole that had been drilled in the rear of the light.
Now the hard bit, using very small plasticard angle a frame was made to fit snugly over the front of the light to hold the glass in, mitring the corners makes it look right.
For the glass I used plastic from a chocolate box or some such thing that was very thin, using very fine wet & dry I made this opaque.
After everything was painted the frame with the glass trapped behind was glued in place using canopy glue
Looking good Alan, are you using LED lights, I bought some from B&M christmas lights reduced to 99p, 40 bulbs red. green, blue and clear, some have resistors fitted some dont, all have flexible tails about 3" long.
The next insalment should be good, I need some for my Tug deck lights
Regards
Mark
Looking good Alan, are you using LED lights, I bought some from B&M christmas lights reduced to 99p, 40 bulbs red. green, blue and clear, some have resistors fitted some dont, all have flexible tails about 3" long.
The next insalment should be good, I need some for my Tug deck lights
Next are the brackets for the lights, these I made out of 1.5 plasticard, 1.6 aluminium rivets are used to fasten the brackets to the lights, I also use these to fasten the brackets to the boat. Lights and brackets painted.
to be continued 😀
Alan
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Next are the brackets for the lights, these I made out of 1.5 plasticard, 1.6 aluminium rivets are used to fasten the brackets to the lights, I also use these to fasten the brackets to the boat. Lights and brackets painted.
I have made many work lights in the past, but never been really happy with them, they end up out of square and squiffy and then go in the bin.
While having my medicine one night I came up with this idea, now I don't condone having medicine to get ideas, and too much medicine will result in not been able to remember the good idea that you had the previous night. 😁
A proto type was made out of cardboard to get the right shape and measurements.
Using 1.5 plasticard I cut parallel lines part way through the card, these lines MUST be parallel, then using a small square the lengths are cut, the lengths then have the ends glued on. After the glue has dried overnight the ends are trimmed and the creases are filled in with filler. Then sand ready for painting.
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I have made many work lights in the past, but never been really happy with them, they end up out of square and squiffy and then go in the bin.
While having my medicine one night I came up with this idea, now I don't condone having medicine to get ideas, and too much medicine will result in not been able to remember the good idea that you had the previous night. 😁
A proto type was made out of cardboard to get the right shape and measurements.
Using 1.5 plasticard I cut parallel lines part way through the card, these lines MUST be parallel, then using a small square the lengths are cut, the lengths then have the ends glued on. After the glue has dried overnight the ends are trimmed and the creases are filled in with filler. Then sand ready for painting.
