I was handed a Mitsubishi Tachometer with what seemed like a blown capacitor. Apparently, these meters have issues with that component because I was shown how it can be repaired on YouTube. I had to go down to Pasar Road since my components stash does not have any capacitor of that particular value, which was […]
Category Archives: A Piscean Works Blog
20230514 Cleaning my Desoldering Pump
After some discussion with a friend today, the topic of tool cleaning came up. In summary, I needed to clean my de-soldering pump. Come to think of it, it has never been cleaned before. There were the occasional wipes with tissue paper when I felt that the tool is not working as it should be. […]
20230507 Razor Crest Cargo Bay test lighting
A few days ago, the circuit boards that I designed has arrived. It was quite exciting because of the two boards that has been sent out, one of them was a very expensive experiment. Yes, it is the flexible PCB (aka flexPCB?) and like most projects that I have started, this is really another milestone. […]
20230506 A BIG Thank You to Mr. Michael Schmee of Revell.de Service Team
WHERE DID IT GO? One of the problems when I am working on projects, especially on scale models which has a lot of tiny parts, is that I either loose them or, it went ‘missing’. Yeah, the term ‘missing’ is a safer word since I cannot blame anyone in the house as it was my […]
20230430 Are we there yet?
Its just one day short of the month of May. Looking at my progress on the project, my disheartening answer is, ‘No, we are not there yet.’ When I first started the project last year, it was just to light the engines of the AMT model and nothing more. Then I realised, the cockpit needs […]
