BOATMAN's USS NIMITZ CVN 68 BUILD IN 1/144 SCALE

[boatman]

HI all well I have finally managed to convert all the build pics from bitmap to jpeg some pics wont be as good as as others as I had an old camera at the start of the build but they will get better as I bought a new one a little later .

Now this is a 7yr scratch build using a limted plan an to try an scale it right a ( 1/7OO I THINK ) plastic model of this super carrier an on the r/c it had 19 functions that work different things on the ship an the first pic is the keel without which there wont be a ship here we go

[boatman]

Nxt pic the hull frames cut from 1/4" marine ply with HULL JOINT FITTED

[boatman]

An its built upside down as the keel an some hull frame are screwed down to build board to stop the mode twisting or becomein a banna hull only good for goin round corner's :smiling3: an here in the nxt pic I had fitted the 1/4" quadtron's to give the hull strength

an I don't do a bread an butter covering as I think it takes up to much filler an creates more wheight so I opted to do what I call a 1/32" ply wrap round

[boatman]

[Steven000]

Beautiful project :thumb2:
It sure takes commitment to work on it for 7 years.
Cheers, Steven

[boatman]

Now the covering or skinning as some calls it is under way I used PVA wheather proof glue an small tack pins to hold the ply in place while its glueing

[boatman]

Here at this stage of covering it got very awkward as the ply skin has got to be bent three different ways to give the curves of a carrier

[boatman]

Beautiful project :thumb2:
It sure takes commitment to work on it for 7 years.
Cheers, Steven

Thanks Steven I must admit that I dint realise what I had let myself in for as my friends were sayin go on an build it as no one eles has done it around my area so I thought ah a challenge here an it most certainly was (PHEW)

[boatman]

Still covering nr a week later workin on it every day as I thought ive got to get stuck in or it will never happen

[boatman]

nearly there

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HULL now cut in half an I sweated bucket's doin this as it was make or brake time but it all turned out ok (PHEWEE) then I did a little dance around it to celibrate :smiling::smiling::smiling:LOL

[boatman]

Here building the bow

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An now here she's lookin like a super carrier

[Mickc1440]

That looks very impressive.

[boatman]

Thanks mick but it will get better as it goes
chris