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I think I've become a collector
HI Miko well im sure you did a trainer vershion in 1/72 of the rasbery ripple lightnig but would love to see you redo it in the fighter vershion as the rasbery ripple vershion holds a special place for me as my dad was heavy duty crane driver up at RAF COLTISALL an he lifted the plane by name... -
Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
AN this little white devil lilley keeps tryin to get into my model room to sit an watch me build but im wary of her as she tries to walk onto my bench an get wet paint on her an her hairs stuck on my painted parts oh dear chrisb an lilley lol- boatman
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- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
HERE the p/e has been sprayed matt light grey as will be difficult to paint this when on the model chrisb- boatman
- Post #65
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
G/M GUYS well ive had the kick in the pants from jen lol an at 9-30 this morn ive been up to the model room an lightly sanded down the p/e so the light grey spray paint has something to stick too an its now dryin off for a couple of hrs with the windows slightly open to let the paint smell...- boatman
- Post #64
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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I think I've become a collector
HI Guys well my mojo comes an goes now an makes me wonder how i spent 7 yrs building my big USS NIMITZ as I WORKED on that every day when home from work but yesterday i had a lazy day an dint want to do anything but today my mojo is back an im goin to force myself up to my modeling room to... -
Before starting a new kit . . . But which one first?
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Another coming back to the fold...
YES Smithy im building a 1/200 scale USS HORNET for the Dolittle raid on japan an lighting it up an the build is in ships under construckion as its half way through the build so far an about 6 months to go as its a big model ATB SIR chrisb- boatman
- Post #42
- Forum: Introduce yourself
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Bismarck. Trumpeter 1/200.
HI Ian id forgotten all about this build great to see it back on chrisb- boatman
- Post #198
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Tamiya paint and mr surfacer issues
WELL Katy im like Steven 000 as dont know much about this sprayin paint lark on cars as im mainly into planes an warships an all i do is just spray a undercoat primer an then the main top colour over top on the model an i always practice with these paints on a spare bit of plastic as ive like...- boatman
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- Forum: painting chit chat.
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Another coming back to the fold...
AN hi Smithy remember me the Boatman ? as im back on here as well an yes lets hope its as good a forum that it use to be as ive missed this badly AN REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK SIR ATB SIR Chrisb an jen- boatman
- Post #35
- Forum: Introduce yourself
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
HI BOYO many thanks for the info an yes will try it tomorrow an my cheat idea lol chrisb- boatman
- Post #63
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
HI Mick yes love makein these big kits in ships an planes an this is the biggest plastic ship kit ive ever built an i enjoyin it as there is plenty of detail but thinking about models this is a tiddler comparded to my nimitz or the tiger or the norfolk an yes more lighting but im not goin...- boatman
- Post #61
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory
ALL i can say Bri is BRILLIANT MODELELING wow wow chrisb- boatman
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- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
AN BOTH side views- boatman
- Post #58
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
an more shots of the front part of the S/S- boatman
- Post #57
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
AN it seems to me these essex class carriers were very boxy as can be seen- boatman
- Post #56
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
AN a few more pics of this bow S/S that has had me guessin as its not very well exsplained in the destruckions an here ive fitted on the bow the struts that hold the front part of the S/S BOX- boatman
- Post #55
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
AN Cheers BRI62 for that looper vid an yes i now get whats what on this looper just dip it in the glue c/a an the tiny hole will hold the glue in place an then just drop it onto where i want to glue yes i now understand but why the flame ? is it to stop the c/a from goin hard ? CHRISB- boatman
- Post #54
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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Boatmans 1/200 scale USS HORNET CV8 BUILD AN LIGHTS for the Doolittle raid on japan
CHEERS Bri62 an thanks for that idea but i still dont get how to use it maybe im dence lol but my idea is goin to be very easy but just got to fit a couple of more small parts on the bow when i can find them an then i will have the p/e sprayed grey an ready to try idea out AN ive been lookin...- boatman
- Post #53
- Forum: Ships Under Construction
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