boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[ozdell]

Hi Chris, yeah having fun many thanks for putting me onto this forum, Had a reply from a lady that lives in Melbourne Monica .

Glad you and wife are ok, I bought some 9.5 mm dowel for my bridge today .

Tony take care and stay safe, going to have a look to see if I can any 87 scale Navy plane kits.

[boatman]

Hi Chris, yeah having fun many thanks for putting me onto this forum, Had a reply from a lady that lives in Melbourne Monica .

Glad you and wife are ok, I bought some 9.5 mm dowel for my bridge today .

Tony take care and stay safe, going to have a look to see if I can any 87 scale Navy plane kits.

HI Tony glad you like the forum an glad to help you get on here an Monika is a nice lady to talk to as are all the guys on here very nice people
chris

[scottie3158]

Hi Chris,
Sorry not caught up for a while. Firstly happy birthday to the Tiger, and secondly wow this is an excellent build mate.

[Guest]

Just sat down this morning with a cup of coffee to do my wandering through the site finding all the nooks you guys hid in, but decided to do the whole 40 pages of your thread rather than jumping around. Didn't read every post but your pictorial timeline tells most of the story.

You are the freaking Martha Stewart of the modeling world

Just watching this come out of some sheets of wood to where it is, and am going to guess maybe not even half done is beyond.
It has to fall somewhere between a labor of love and a work of art. Simply AWESOME

[boatman]

Hi Chris,
Sorry not caught up for a while. Firstly happy birthday to the Tiger, and secondly wow this is an excellent build mate.

HI Scottie no need to apolagise you cant be everywhere at once an nice to see you on here an thanks for tigers birthday comment an again she says wheres her pressie lol :smiling: an yes its a year just over now since I started her an it seems like only yesterday god its gone fast that year has an thank you for your nice comments
ATB chris

[Guest]

Hi Chris this has moved on a lot since I last saw it, terrific work as always.
Hope you and the good lady are well.
Pete.

[boatman]

Just sat down this morning with a cup of coffee to do my wandering through the site finding all the nooks you guys hid in, but decided to do the whole 40 pages of your thread rather than jumping around. Didn't read every post but your pictorial timeline tells most of the story.

You are the freaking Martha Stewart of the modeling world

Just watching this come out of some sheets of wood to where it is, and am going to guess maybe not even half done is beyond.
It has to fall somewhere between a labor of love and a work of art. Simply AWESOME

AN hi Bob while havin your morning coffee im glad you enjoyed lookin through all 40 pages I hope I dint bore you to much but the build needs every pic to as you say give a pictorial timeline to tell most of the story of the build an you say it isn't even half done well im afraid its worst than that its not even a third done an this build will still be goin 3yrs or so from now as there is an awfull lot to this ship an ive hardly touched apon the electronics that's goin into her when I start .
An exscuse me for not knowin but who is freaking Martha Stewart ? as I led a rather sheltered life lol an yes this build like all my others is a labour of love as I love to see a warship on the water as they look so powerfull an that rings my bell an floats my boat ( pun intened lol) ANYWAY hope to see you on here again ATB
chris

[boatman]

Hi Chris this has moved on a lot since I last saw it, terrific work as always.
Hope you and the good lady are well.
Pete.

An hello Pete nice to see you on here also yes the build is comin on GOOD but I just wish an i'll be glad when I can say ive finished building this hull as im still at it had a little break from it to build a bit of the bridge S/S but now back to that hull as warm whether is here an yes jen an I are ok as we hope you an your SWMBO are ok ATB Chris

[boatman]

An HI ALL again another small update on whats happening on the build well now the warm wheather is here ive took her out to the garage to spray her in grey primer to show all the little holes an cracks where ive gluded the main deck to the hull an boy o boy there are a lot but I cant do any fillin until a tube of humbroll filler turns up by the postie so a couple of shots of the stern seckion all sprayed up

[boatman]

different angle shot thank goodness the holes an cracks are too small to be seen but I can see them an it just wont do they have got to be filled so the hull is nr as heck up to a decent standard

[minitnkr]

A ting'a'beauty. PaulE

[tr1ckey66]

Bottoms up!!!
The hull’s looking good Chris

[boatman]

AN in the next pic I have just sprayed the grey primer onto the bow section an again there are loads of tiny holes an cracks where the front deck has been glued to the hull so more fillin just got to hope the filler turns up an here both section are sorry the pic not great dint think about the light comin in through the windows

[Guest]

An exscuse me for not knowin but who is freaking Martha Stewart ? as I led a rather sheltered life

LOL....... https://www.marthastewart.com/
Maybe she hasn't made it across the big pond. She is a literal guru (thus the term freaking) and has a finger in everything home from cooking, gardening, decorating, crafts and pretty much anything else you you can think of and she does it well.

[Guest]

The monster grows. That is pretty amazing work Chris.