RSM Delwins Boat & Net Storage build.

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Prior to getting into the lighting, I'd like to give a quick update of a couple of things.

I added the net drying racks to the dock.



I also repainted the lamp shades from dark green to bright green. I used Floquil MKT Green for this. Once the paint cures, I'll dull the gloss.





More in a few.

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A separate lighting kit for Delwin's is sold by Ngineering. I purchased mine from Slim.

http://microlumina.com/store/

I'm using about 85% of what comes in the lighting kit. The one item I'm not using is the LED Mother Board.



Instead and as I mentioned earlier in the thread, I want better control over the entire lighting of the diorama.

The LED board is an excellent idea and makes the lighting much easier for most modelers. However, for me the one big negative is all the lighting is in/on one central board. Another issue is the board, shown below, has two sides. Some LEDs are wired to side A and some are wired to side B.



If a short occurs, on side B then the entire board must be turned over to access that area. In so doing the wires are then wrapped around the edges . I wanted more freedom to make repairs and or change LEDs with as little disruption to the other sections as possible.

So, no mother board for me. I'll go over my choice later in the thread.

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Three LEDs are required for the boat lift shed and under the canopy roof. I installed the one in the lamp shade and two under the canopy roof. I didn't use shades for the two LEDs under the roof as they can't be seen so I saved my self a little work here.



You can see I made two additional braces where the LEDs are attached. This lets the LED sit just below the rafters instead of between them.

I'm making the entire substructure removable so I need to be able to disconnect the wires from the main structure.

When I was using the old DC analog sound, PFM (Pacific Fast Mail), I used micro-mini pin connectors to join the tender and loco wiring.



More in a few.

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The brass wire fits into the female connector. Wires are soldered to both parts and heat shrink tubing is added.



Here is how the wiring looks after two wires are soldered to the micro-mini connector.




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A little fast forward here and all the wiring for this section is complete. The wires and micro-mini connectors are nicely tucked between the rafters.  The black and red wires shown on the bottom go through the main structure where they will be joined with my version of a control panel.



When the wiring was finished, I installed the boat lift harness.




An important note here is that I made this section a separate sub structure. It can be removed from the diorama to be worked on without endangering the rest of the sub structures. This is the case even after the resin water is added.

Continued after a Diet Pepsi break.

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Here is a look at the first two lighted sections. Again, both sections can be removed and worked on.



I added the canopy roof supports and railing as shown in the photo below.

Black tar pitch was added around the lift shed.




More in a few.

[postalkarl]

Hi Tom:

WOW!!! Very cool. Like the lighting.

Karl

[cuse]

That's going to be another great scene that stands on it's own and draws the viewer in for a while. The layout is really coming together!


John

[Twopoint2]

Hello Tom

Another fantastic build/scene. Very nice job.

[donatode]

Don't mind me Tom....I'm still trying to find something you missed.....

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Hi Tom:

WOW!!! Very cool. Like the lighting.

Karl

Karl,

Thanks very much. The lighting of a structure with Nano LEDs really changes the entire look of the structure.

Tom

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That's going to be another great scene that stands on it's own and draws the viewer in for a while. The layout is really coming together!


John

John,

Thanks very much for the kind support. I'm getting near the end of this build. Delwin's does make the scene look better.

Tom

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Hello Tom

Another fantastic build/scene. Very nice job.

Jim,

I appreciate the kind words of encouragement on the build. I'm nearing the end and ready to move on. Again, thanks very much.

Tom

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Don't mind me Tom....I'm still trying to find something you missed.....

Donato,

Keep looking, I'm sure I missed something somewhere. If you don't see it, I probably will!


I appreciate your support on the thread.

Tom

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Today, I finished work on the floating dock. I followed the template and built the dock works.




I'm skipping all the photos of strip wood glued to the template and going directly to the finished docks.



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