boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

Too late Chris........the Revocation committee have met and the only way to retain the Award is to send copious amounts of CASH preferably USD (large denominations only), to the address, soon to be provided by the committee, in a large plain brown envelope. :tongue-out3:

B/M Rick you'll never get away with it will you except monopley money lol

[ozdell]

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Hi Chris, wow that is some radar you put together, did you have use solder to hold the parts n place, the first Type 42 destroyer had the same main radar, how long did it take you , the main mast is looking awesome , my ships mast will be a challenge indeed ,..
Keep the good work flowing and lots of pics, will be turning around , I have two smaller radars to scratch build , take care Tony

[boatman]

Hi Chris, wow that is some radar you put together, did you have use solder to hold the parts n place, the first Type 42 destroyer had the same main radar, how long did it take you , the main mast is looking awesome , my ships mast will be a challenge indeed ,..
Keep the good work flowing and lots of pics, will be turning around , I have two smaller radars to scratch build , take care Tony

HI Tony well IT TOOK ME A WEEK TO BUILD but first off i had a good think of how building this P/E radar would be built an yes i first thought id solder it but with me getting the shakes at time that was a no go as the iron would be all over the show an proberly burn myself into the bargain an plus as it was a big P/E unit it would need strenghtening with 1mm brass box section an that means wheight so no go as when building a ship thats goin to sail top wheight must be whatched carefully so i thought right brass is out so i SUPER GLUED in 1mm sqaure plastic evergreen strips to the inside panels so there is somethig to glue too an its light not heavy like brass this radar is bigger that big main search radar on my type 42 an that was in 1/64 th scale lords knows how big this radar would have been in 1/64 scale as its over 4 inches in 1/72 SCALE so its big an hope you can build your mast an radars ok
chris

[Tyron]

Wow, is that Airfix or Revel good luck

[boatman]

Wow, is that Airfix or Revel good luck

HI Tyron, nice to hear from you again an no its not airfix or revell lol its a little bit bigger than them kits an its a so far 2 an half yr scratchbuild in 1/72 scale which is big an still about 2-3 yrs to go of the build as this is a sailing R/C ship
an thanks for havin a look at the build
all the best to you
chris

[boatman]

HI ALL well that big P/E RADAR went fairly well thank goodness an no major probs building it as thinking ahead paid off an now ive built but not fininshed the smaller hieght finding radar in brass that sits on the back of the main mast as to finish it must have a black fine mesh over it but i at the moment need some very short sharp scirrors to cut the mesh away to give a fine finish an the only mesh i can find is one of jens black stockings ive nicked for the job an the radar in the pic is still needing to be filed down but thats done now

[boatman]

AN IVE never seen such an ugly looking radar as this an its the 278 radar an its on here on its mounting on the back of the main mast an it revoles like the big main long range search 965 radar but this one when it picks up a target then it stops an then goes into the target height find mood to direct fire i think ive got that right as not sure on that

[boatman]

an now it will soon have the mesh fitted on when i can get a pair of very sharp scirrors

[boatman]

an in these pics they are both revolving just at the right speed but as ive got the 14 channel R/C i think i will have it so on the step switch it will be just the two front ones goin or then i flick the switch too have all four radars goin an what a sight that will be

[boatman]

Well cant do anymore so for now that will get packed away with the big radar an im now building that heicopter controll bubble that sits on top of the hanger bay

[boatman]

an first thing now its been srayed grey is to fit in the light green window glazein an its that colour to break down the suns glare off the sea so it dont dazzel the crew members an also at the back ive fitted a two pin eletric plug to give power to the 2MM led's ive fitted inside f

[boatman]

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[boatman]

an done all the glazein here an ive fitted in a small simple controll panel no point doin much as it will hardly be seen

[boatman]

an leds all goin there are the two white leds for lights an two 2mm amber flashin an a red flashin leds in the console to spice it up a bit

[Tim Marlow]

More great work Chris.