boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

[boatman]

Some really brilliant work Chris.

cheers PaulE thanks for your nice comment an yes im pleased
chrisb

[adt70hk]

HI Andrew yes it would have done cant have a warship that cant turn its gun turrets can we lol
cheers for lookin in an have a nice day on sunday with all the rabble lol really nice guys them lot are
chrisb

Thanks Chris. I'll try to keep them on check but if St Ives hits the news Sunday evening you'll know I'll have failed!!

[boatman]

Excellent news. I know that one’s been niggling you for ages Chris so it must feel great to have nailed it.

AN HI Tim yes i feel over the moon as apart from this small servo prob but now its all fixed an yes a great feeling to know i can rest the ole grey matter on these gun turret gettin them to work but in the end it proved easyier than i imagined as up to a few wks ago i had only a few vague ideas on how this all will work but next probs will be fittin in the knockon switches that will work the gun fire an gun flash unit that ive ordered at thats gonna take some workin out as it quite complex but will see when i get said unit as i can really say this is the most complex model ive ever built but im havin fun on this as i love the wirein
ATB cheers for lookin in Tim
chrisb

[boatman]

Thanks Chris. I'll try to keep them on check but if St Ives hits the news Sunday evening you'll know I'll have failed!!

NEWS HEADLINES RABBLE GETS OUT OF HAND AT St Ives model show lol
chrisb

[Pingbat]

HI All well I fineally made a start on the HMS TIGER C20 build usein a bit of moddellers licence as it was nice warm wheather as its bein built in the garage an its gonna be a long build I reckon as my USS NIMITZ CVN68 build was 7 yrs .So don't please exspect a quick build lol an at the moment im havin a bit of trouble sourcein material's as model shops keep closein down nr me .Anyway some

facts about the model length will be approx. 94" an beam 10" approx. as I had all 6 plan sheets blown up to 1/72 so there will be some differents like a couple of mm out here an there so I got to split the differecent when building an working features will hopefully be

rudder, an throttle control , workin stabileizer;s , nav lights, up to 4 working radar;s, turning gun turret's by r/c , bridge lights , anti collishion light , steamin lights, landin lights on flight deck, hanger lights , workin white flood light;s to illuminate flight deck , working seaking helo , an proberly ship wide white flood lighting for shows an cant think of nothin eles at the moment. Gawrd must be out of my mind anyway some pics of the real ship to start off with before build pics
chris[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1113765[/ATTACH]

[Pingbat]

Wow this is what I call a boat project!

[boatman]

Wow this is what I call a boat project!

HI David yes it is but its gettin a bit out of hand as i knew this was goin to be a fair sized project but its surprised even me an still a lot to do on it about another
2yrs or so of buildin before she will go down the slipway thanks for looking an your intrest
chrisb

[boatman]

HI ALL JUST a small update today on my tiger as i have another prolem well bought that gun fire sound an flash system AN all the sound i can get is machine gun fire an not the BANG of a 6inch gun so i'll email the chap tomorrow to find out what im doin wrong an how to get the canon fire
an here is a shot of the desrtuckions sayin it will do canon fire

[boatman]

an a pic of the gun fire unit an spk

[boatman]

an here now starting to make the main 6inch gun turret an the gun barrels but got to put this on hold till i sort out that gun fire unit

[boatman]

AN ive also been workin on my norfolk givin it a mot an a sevice as had a small leak around the stabillizers as they have gone dry an no grease on their shafts so LILLEY our new cat is on guard :rolling::smiling: :smiling:
chrisb

[outrunner]

I am sure you will get to the bottom of the gunfire problem Chris, nice cat by the way.

Andy.

[Guest]

Great to see you back at the yard. Are you allowed time off for good behaviour Chris ?
As Andy says " nice cat "

[boatman]

I am sure you will get to the bottom of the gunfire problem Chris, nice cat by the way.

Andy.

HI Andy yes i hope so but the gunfire unit destruckions are all very confusein an the unit dont do what it says in destruckions so i will email the chap who makes them an ask him what im doin wrong ATBH im not that pleased with the unit as its not all that loud as i have wired it up through the whooper battle alarm spk an very poor in my opinion an yes lilley is a very nice cat an we are pleased to get another pure white one as they are fairly rare an hard to get
an thanks for lookin in
ATB chrisb

[boatman]

Great to see you back at the yard. Are you allowed time off for good behaviour Chris ?
As Andy says " nice cat "

YEA John its great to be back in the ship yard yea SWMBO allows me 3 hrs in the afternoons to work on tiger as had so many people come to see jen im gettin fed up with makin the tea EVEN THE KETTLE is playin up through so much use but i'll say this i know now how to make a cuppa in 20 different ways if i can remember that is as they are all so fussy on how they like their cuppas lol an good behaviour whats that LOL :rolling: :smiling:
an yes lilley is 3yrs old an she is beggining to settle in under her new slaves lol:rolling::smiling::smiling: an she can be a litlle b*gger as she is not usein her scratchin pole but our nice red carpet instead an we are tryin to break her of it as if she carryies on there will be a bloomin hole in the carpet :rolling::flushed::angry:
ATB
Chrisb ----throughly knackered at tea makin an butlership but a long way to go yet if i dont exspire first lol