I was tidying up all my ship stuffs after working it one night, and when I digged out all stuffs at the bottom of the box of my kit, and OMG!!! I found one thing that I've totally forgotten.. The Bell!!
Bell & Belfry
So, quickly I searched through the net for examples of belfry as references.. and this is what I've made!! :)
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| Belfry |
The columns are those leftovers from my beloved Pearl. Two 1mm thick of maple strips (leftover from 1st layer hull planking) are stacked up, and then another strip as bridge to hold them together. :) And, the shaft is made from fuse wire.. thin enough to cross through the crown of the bell.
Well, the flat head really doesn't look good.. So, I added a 'hat' for it! It is made of 3 * 1mm thick maple strips, and beveled at both ends. And, the shaft is painted to black.
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| Belfry After Staining |
Now, where should I place it??? Hmm... normally it should be at the main deck, but my main deck is currently tightly occupied.. but putting it on poop or front deck looks weird..
Anyway, here's a shot of how it's look like on deck! :)
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| Belfry on Deck |
Err... any comment on the position?? :P it really looks tight there! :D
Light & Lantern
As previously mentioned, I am still waiting for my LEDs to arrive.. however, I actually already bought 'lamp' to light up my cabin but it's just not bright enough.. That's why I'll need to buy LEDs to replace it.. and IT's tritium!
The main reason I wanted to use tritium to light up my ship is because of its durability, in which it is able to light up for 25 years!!! You just have no idea whether you'll be able to see it goes off alive!! :D In case you never heard of tritium: it is quite frequently used in military purposes, for example night vision on weapons; while for household application, watches.
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| Tritium Vials |
Tritium is costly. I bought 10 of them, and it cost me nearly USD$100!!!
OK, back to the ship... :P So, I tested it at night with all the light in my room turned off and taken this shot..
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| Light From the Cabin |
3 vials are placed RIGHT surrounding each window, in this case 6 vials are already used for the side windows, and there won't be enough for the stern ones (3 windows). This shot is taken in long exposure of 30s, and I swiped my phone flash over the ship during the exposure.
OK, the result here looks kinda satisfying but it's really different in real life. The light is already not noticeable from 3m distance, without any presence of other light source in the same room!! Moreover, 3 vials for each window is just so not worth doing, that's why I changed my mind to replace them with LEDs.
So, instead of wasting them, I planned to make them lanterns on deck! :)
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| Lantern's Head and Base Cut Off |
Again, by using the column from my Pearl, I cut off the head and base of the column as the head and base of my lantern. :) I then drilled a 1.5mm diameter (diameter of the tritium vial) of hole on both the head and foot, and pinned 4 more holes at the 4 corners of the foot. These 4 small holes will be where the columns of lantern set, like this:
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| Lantern of Tritium Vial |
The eye on top is made by the thinnest fuse wire.
The first one really took me some times until I came up with this idea, and my patience just allowed me to make another 2 on the same day. :P
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| The Three Brothers |
How it's look at night.
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| Lanterns At Night |
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| Brightness Comparison |
Here you can see the brightness comparison of tritium with my laptop's notification lights..
-End of Day 23-
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